If you are wondering where on terra firma your favorite legal podcaster is located, there is now a Frappr! map of legal podcasters. Jim Milles, podcaster at Check This Out! and law library director at the University at Buffalo Law School, set it up. If you have a law-related podcast, add yourself.…

Offtopic, but … Last night marked a momentous milestone in my house: the Tooth Fairy’s final visit. My younger son’s last baby tooth came out, pushed aside by the grown-up tooth eager to replace it and spurred by his wiggling and prodding. Then came the ritual of placing the…

On this week’s legal-affairs podcast Coast to Coast, we discuss emerging issues in electronic filing of court documents. The program features a sneak preview of findings from the ABA’s soon-to-be-released 2006 Legal Technology Survey Report presented by Laura Ikens, senior research specialist the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center. Also joining…

I am proud to report that my “Web Watch” column in Law Technology News has won the 2006 Silver Tabbie Award for best regular column from Trade Association Business Publications International. The editorial and design competition honors English-language publications from throughout the world in 12 editorial categories. About my column, the…

Lawyers who moonlight as Elvis impersonators? Lawyers who run dating services? Lawyers who carry surfboards instead of briefcases?

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Coast to Coast, we look at the fun side of lawyers — lawyers who have lives outside law offices and courtrooms. My cohost J. Craig Williams and I interview:…

Footnote to my post on Skype v. Gizmo: Gizmo is compatible with the secure VoIP service Zfone, developed by Phil Zimmermann, the inventor of PGP encryption. Skype is not.…

Gizmo is a later arrival to the Internet telephony space staked out by Skype. While both offer free telephone calls over the Internet, Gizmo had the price advantage for landline phones, at 1 cent per minute for U.S. calls. But then Skype cut its price to zero, announcing free calling to all…

Man With Faulty Penile Implant Gets $400K: PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection. Lawyer Objects to Young Age of Jurors: ATLANTA (AP) — A 79-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her 85-year-old ex-beau is……

Congratulations to J. Craig Williams (my Coast to Coast cohost) for being named Best Individual Weblog in the Southern California Journalism Awards of the Los Angeles Press Club.…

Jurors who lie or conceal information on their jury questionnaires are causing problems in the courts. Should jurors’ backgrounds be checked more carefully? Would deeper checks benefit lawyers? Would they discourage potential jurors? Join my co-host J. Craig Williams and me on the legal-affairs podcast Coast to Coast as we discuss these questions with:…

Just when I was finally getting my arms around the concept of six sigma, along comes NineSigma.…

According to Engadget, this USB teddy bear holds data and scares children.…