Who said there are no Russian legal blogs? Here’s one: Russian Patents Blog. This appears to be the blog of a company providing patent and trademark registration and search services in Russia.…

Levick Strategic Communications, a public relations firm that represents many clients in the legal field, has launched a blog, Stop the Presses. Written by the firm’s president and CEO Richard S. Levick, the blog will focus on helping executives and business leaders understand the mechanics of crisis, litigation and regulatory communications. Among…

Earlier this month, in anticipation of my trip to Russia, I asked here whether anyone knew of legal bloggers in Russia. No one did, apparently. While there last week, I investigated this question for myself, and likewise came up empty-handed.

My investigation consisted of asking everyone I…

For someone who grew up during an era when our collective image of Russia was based on grainy black-and-white photos of May Day military parades in Moscow’s Red Square, my trip to Russia this week was eye-opening. Our destination was the Siberian city of Tomsk and our focus…

The National Law Journal today reports that the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has launched its own wiki, a first for the federal judiciary. The wiki will allow lawyers and judges to post and change notes on procedure and practice. It launches with the complete contents of the

Canon yesterday announced the forthcoming release of a new camera, the Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS. I have the current model, the PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS, and love it. The S5 makes a great camera even better, with an upgrade from 6.0 to 8.0…

If anyone knows of Russian lawyers who blog or Russian bloggers who write about courts and legal affairs, please let me know.…

My article on legal wikis appears today on Law.com Legal Technology.…

Royal “Scoop” Daniel III disappeared from his Breckenridge, Colo., law office early in the morning on April 27 and has not been heard from since. Now, concerned friends of the 61-year-old lawyer have set up a Web site in the hope of finding clues to his whereabouts.

As Vail Daily reports, the site…

The Florida Bar will begin posting on its Web site its members’ 10-year disciplinary histories, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily Record. Each member’s page will show all admonishments, reprimands, suspensions and disbarments from the previous 10 years. If a member had no discipline, the word “none” will appear.…

The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School of law has created the Actual Innocence Awareness Database to track developments related to wrongful convictions. The database contains citations (and links, when the materials are online) to popular media, journal articles, books, reports, legislation and Web sites. Materials are classified by…

Not only did LLRX.com undergo a major redesign of its appearance, but it also got a good scrubbing beneath the surface. LLRX, of course, is the long-running law and technology resource site maintained by Sabrina Pacifici. Its redesign was engineered by Justia.com, and as Justia CEO Tim Stanley explains:

“Sabrina had