Why retire? So says attorney Jack Borden, who is in his law office at 6:30 every morning, doing what he loves — practicing law. This month, Borden celebrated two milestones — he had his 101st birthday and he was named America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker for 2009 by

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is understaffed and overwhelmed. Could the answer to its problems lie in crowdsourcing the patent-review process? Could crowdsourcing result in better patents?

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at the Peer-to-Patent system, an innovative pilot project run jointly by the USPTO and the…

We are honored to have Jack Greenberg as our guest this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer to share his thoughts on the lessons to be learned from last week’s arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Greenberg was one of the lawyers, along with Thurgood Marshall, who argued Brown v. Board…

The Soldier in later Medieval England. This one has only the slightest to do with law but it is immensely cool nonetheless. This new British database provides access to the detailed service records of some 250,000 medieval soldiers who served between 1369 and 1453. As for the law connection, it includes a “protection database”……

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,…