The Judiciary/Media Committee of the Supreme Judicial Court is considering revisions to the Guidelines on the Public’s Right of Access to Judicial Proceedings and Records. In order to evaluate whether the guidelines should be amended or expanded and what other initiatives the committee might wish to pursue, the committee is asking members…

During LegalTech, I recorded this conversation with the founders of Rocket Matter, Larry Port and Ariel Jatib. Rocket Matter is a Web-based practice management and time-and-billing application. They talk about their product, the cloud, social media and the cow in their…

Last week here, I reported on an iPhone evidence app that was missing one of the federal rules. The company that created the app, Tekk Innovations, contacted me to say that it has now updated the app’s description to say, “Current as…

In a move that underscores the increasing importance of lawyer ratings and reviews in helping consumers select a lawyer, Thomson Reuters announced today that it has acquired the Super Lawyers, the suite of attorney-rating publications and Web site created by Key Professional Media, based in Minneapolis, Minn.

Super Lawyers creates and distributes an…

Lawyers spend much of their time at their computers, and much of that time using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook. In recognition of that, LexisNexis today is announcing a major new product that integrates search and other tools directly within Word and Outlook. Called Lexis® for Microsoft Office, the product is an add-on to Office…

I cannot explain the weird expression on my face as I greet Gov. Deval Patrick, the honoree at the recent 45th anniversary dinner of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation.…

Here is a preview, but go to photo blog Shorpy to see a high-resolution version. …

As a follow-up to my post earlier this week with a first look at WestlawNext, here are a half-dozen screen caps provided by West:

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Lawyers, beware the errant iPhone app! I recently installed an app, FR Evidence, which promised to provide “the complete text of the Federal Rules of Evidence.” Problem is, it is missing Rule 502, which was added to the FRE effective Sept. 19, 2008.

The app…

Earlier this week, I posted an exclusive first look at a pre-release version of the new iPhone app from Fastcase. It provides no-cost access to a full library of cases and statutes.

The app has now been approved by Apple and is available for download from the App Store.…

Join me tomorrow, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, where I will be a guest on the Internet radio program PR Insider, hosted by Maureen Kedes. Also on the program will be Jay Jaffe, founder of Jaffe PR, and Heather Morse Milligan, director of marketing at Barger & Wolen…