Back when I was a young journalism student, I handed in a story that said someone had “passed away.” My journalism professor nearly … well … killed me. “Pass away,” he bellowed, “is a weak euphemism used by those who let their discomfort with death get in the way of their reporting on it.” …

Here is the Social Media Copyright Quiz I presented at the recent program, Social Media: Risks and Rewards. A larger-format version of the presentation is available here.

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The editor of Blawg Review keeps his identity a secret. In this exclusive photo, LawSites finally reveals his face.

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Over the summer, I wrote a review (also here) comparing Casemaker and Fastcase. Each of these legal research services markets itself as a member benefit to state and local bar associations. In my review, I said that “both are worthwhile services with many similarities.” But I gave Fastcase the edge for…

In a June 2008 post here, I previewed the beta version of Clio, a Web-based practice management tool. One year ago today, it came out of beta with the release of its full version, which I picked as one of 10 tech stars at LegalTech NYC.

To mark its anniversary today, Clio…

I will be a panelist tomorrow for a program on Web 2.0 and social media at the Boston Bar Association. Also on the panel are James S. Bolan, a partner with Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan and a leading authority on legal ethics and professional responsibility; and Tyson P. Goodridge,…

After Justice Breyer spoke Tuesday evening at the commemorative dinner for the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Superior Court, I approached him, hoping for a cell-phone photo. Instead, the event’s official photographer stepped in and took this shot.

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The summer 2009 issue of Capital Ideas, the newsletter of the Capital Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association, features an article, “Trend Report: Legal Blogging: How, Why and What’s Next?” Author Eric Gruis of Howrey interviews Larry Bodine and…

An article I wrote for the e-newsletter of IMS ExpertServices, When What Happens Online Ends Up in Court, discusses 10 cases where involvement in social media came back to haunt lawyers, judges, jurors or witnesses.…

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels project. Joining us for a rare in-studio conversation are the Journal’s editor and publisher Edward A. Adams and legal affairs writer Rachael M. Zahorsky, who were in the Boston…

In a post here earlier this month, I told you how you can get a discount off the registration for a stellar conference coming up on Monday, Sept. 21, Social Media: Risks & Rewards. Seats are still available and so is a discount (now $50 off the price).

The day-long program is at…

In a post here in May, New Tool Jumps to Right Windows Folder, I told you about QuickJump, a simple but clever little utility for Windows that lets you quickly find the right folder with just a few key strokes. Today it comes out of beta and its developer, TechHit, has provided…