If you will be attending the Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting this week, I look forward to seeing you there. I am presenting two programs Friday:

9 a.m. to 10:15, Cloud Computing for Lawyers: Practical and Ethical Uses of the Cloud. 10:45 to noon, Twenty Tips for Seizing the Power of Social Media.

Both…

In this last of the four videos I prepared for the 38th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility panel, “Old Rules, New Tools: The Challenge of Social Media for Bar Associations and Lawyers,” I answer Simon Chester’s question, “Is there anyone a lawyer should not friend on Facebook?”

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In this third of the four videos I prepared for the 38th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility panel, “Old Rules, New Tools: The Challenge of Social Media for Bar Associations and Lawyers,” I answer Simon Chester’s question, “Are there any ethical concerns raised by lawyers’ use of Twitter?”

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In this second of the four videos I prepared for the 38th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility panel, “Old Rules, New Tools: The Challenge of Social Media for Bar Associations and Lawyers,” I answer Simon Chester’s question, “Are you aware of any cautionary horror stories about ethical problems caused…

Recently, I was scheduled to speak at the 38th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility as part of a panel, “Old Rules, New Tools: The Challenge of Social Media for Bar Associations and Lawyers.” About a week before the panel, a scheduling conflict arose in my…

The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School has announced the full slate of speakers and presentations for the 2012 Law via the Internet Conference, to be held Oct. 7-9, 2012, at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. It is an amazing line-up of speakers from all over the world, capped by legal technology innovator Richard…

Back in January 2010, this blog had an exclusive first look as Fastcase was about to launch its app to let iPhone users research cases and statutes for free, directly on their devices. Later,…

When California is so beautiful?

Back from a visit to San Francisco and environs to attend my son’s college graduation and tour with him north of the city. We covered a lot of ground, savoring the wine country, camping in a redwood forest, mellowing-out in Mendocino, and hiking at Point Reyes, among other things.…

Believe it or not, I’m going to jail and I need your help. It’s not a real jail (I hope), but I’m raising bail to help children and adults with muscular dystrophy in my community who are supported by the vital work of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

I’ll be participating in the Cape Ann…

In the continuing battle between Fastcase and Casemaker to win over the hearts (and business) of state bar associations, score one for Fastcase. And a big one, at that.

Today, the North Carolina Bar Association announced that, effective June 1, Fastcase will replace Casemaker as the legal-research service it offers its members.

Making that particularly…

Leana Fisher was an associate in the financial restructuring practice group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius the first time a partner asked her to draft a reorganization plan for a debtor. Uncertain of what to do, she dove into PACER in search of examples and burned the midnight oil cobbling together a plan. When she…

Warning: You might just go ape over ContactMonkey. It lets you provide your contact information to others in a way that makes it easy for them to add you to their contacts — no matter what program they use for their contacts and no matter what device or operating system they are…