New Site Manages the Deal-making Process

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Transactional lawyers are the target users of a new Web site, TransactionSpace, that aims to make the deal-making process more efficient, intuitive and transparent. The site’s tagline sums up its purpose: “You do the lawyering. Let TransactionSpace manage the process.”

The site takes the three primary steps of a transaction — negotiation, document drafting…

Memorial Fund for Judge’s Family

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I wrote last week at Legal Blog Watch about the sad news of the suicide of Francis J. D’Eramo, a Superior Court judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands (where I am an inactive member of the bar). A memorial fund has now been established for the benefit of his children. Anyone wishing to contribute…

Lawyer2Lawyer: Craigslist’s Legal Liability

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The popular online advertising site Craigslist found itself in the spotlight recently after a Boston medical student was accused of murdering a Boston masseuse who he met through her advertisement on the site. Even before that incident, law enforcement officials sometimes accused Craigslist of enabling prostitution and other unlawful conduct. Last month, the sheriff…

Editor’s Blog Survives Editor’s Layoff

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One of my blogosphere indulgences is You Don’t Say, a blog about language, usage and journalism by John E. McIntyre, veteran copyeditor at The Baltimore Sun. But earlier this week, “the grim economics of the newspaper business” abruptly gave McIntyre “an early parole.” Fortunately for fans of his blog, he is back to blogging,…