As President Obama pushes Congress to reform our nation’s health care system, this week’s edition of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer considers the legal issues raised by the reform proposals. Helping us consider these issues are two experts in health law:…

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the Legal Talk Network, the folks who produce the legal-affairs podcast I cohost, Lawyer2Lawyer.

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A new Web site, still in beta testing, aims to connect freelance lawyers and other legal professionals with law firms and legal departments needing temporary help. The site, FreelanceLaw.com, will allow freelance attorneys, paralegals, court reporters, interpreters and other legal professionals to post their qualifications. Law firms and businesses in need of contract help…

Earlier this month, I published here the letter I received from Steve Newsom, general manager of Lawriter, the company that produces Casemaker, responding to my review of Casemaker vs. Fastcase published in Law Technology News. Because I could not replicate their formatting, I did not publish two attachments to his letter…

Halfway through, 2009 is already shaping up to be a year of significant appellate rulings involving expert witnesses. An article I wrote for the e-newsletter of IMS ExpertServices looks back over the first six months of 2009 and highlights the five most important expert rulings handed down this year — at least so far:

A new online networking site for lawyers and other professionals, HubSTREET, is unusual in that it evolved out of a bricks-and-mortar networking event. The site’s founder, Nancy Fox, is a professional networking and business-development coach. In October, she launched a regular New York City networking program, The MetroRoundTable, to facilitate networking between…

[Update 7/20/09: I did not post the attachments to Mr. Newsom’s letter because I could not replicate their formatting. Casemaker has now posted those attachments on its own Web site.]

In response to my review of Casemaker vs. Fastcase published this month in Law Technology News,…

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we delve into the legal issues surrounding Michael Jackson’s will and family trust. Joining us are two experts in the field, Lawrence H. Heller, an international tax and estate planning attorney at the firm Bryan Cave,…

Brain Injury Lawyer FAQ. New York personal injury lawyer John Hochfelder, author of the New York Injury Cases Blog, has launched this site to serve as a resource for both lawyers and injury victims. The site answers questions about traumatic brain injury and the law.

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Every year, the nation’s largest law firms produce thousands of client alerts, briefing papers and memoranda on a range of corporate, regulatory and industry issues. What if someone pulled together the links to all these materials and organized them in a way to make them more useful and more readily accessible?

That, in a nutshell,…

New Web sites and blogs of note for legal professionals:…

New Web sites and blogs of note:…