“209A” is the chapter of the Mass. General Laws governing domestic-abuse restraining orders. Boston lawyer Dmitry Lev has launched a blog devoted to defense of these orders, Criminal Defense and 209A Restraining Order Defense.

[Via Bob Kraft’s P.I.S.S.D.]…

The Supreme Court blog SCOTUSblog last week released its first podcast, featuring Tom Goldstein discussing Practice Pointers on the Cert Criteria. Says Goldstein of the podcasts:

“Today, we’re introducing a new feature to the blog: podcasts. Every week or two, we will record and post a 5-7 minute segment on a topic that

After my post last week, New browser covers your tracks, about the Web browser Browzar, which lets you surf without leaving tracks on the local computer, I heard from Neil Squillante of TechnoLawyer, who pointed me to this item on Web3.0log: New secure browser Browzar is fake and full of adware.…

This one, called TrackMeNot, is a Firefox exstention that, as AP writer Anick Jesdan says, “seeks to make your searches more private by hiding them in plain sight.” It works by periodically sending out random queries to popular search engines, hiding your actual search trail “in a cloud of ‘ghost’ queries.” This…

[Update 9.4.06: Is Browzar adware? Not that I can tell.]

A new browser, called Browzar, lets you surf the Web without leaving any tracks on your host computer. It keeps no cache files or browsing history and deletes any cookies you accept when you close it down. Better yet, the program is tiny…

I wrote yesterday about WikiPatents, a site designed to encourage public discussion of patents. Are the folks at rethink(ip) planning something similar? They are being coy about a new project they have in the works, but Matt Buchanan offered this hint:

“Here’s a big hint….remember the word everyone. The focus

Bonnie Shucha reports at WisBlawg that LexisNexis is now picking up blog content in its Newstex database. The list of included blogs shows a mix of legal, business, political, media, technology and cultural blogs. This blog is not on the list, but my other blog, Media Law, is there.…

A Web site launched today, WikiPatents, aims to improve the quality of U.S. patents by encouraging large-scale public comment on issued patents and, eventually, pending applications.

A statement announcing the site says:

“WikiPatents is a free-access web site and database containing millions of patents that allows the interested public to discuss, rate,

I like this story of how a Boston lawyer’s blog scooped the sports media on major Red Sox news. I provide details today at Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch.…

Lawyer and consultant Ross Kodner is rightly known as the guru of legal technology. He and his colleagues at MicroLaw Inc. have been dishing out sound technology advice to legal professionals for two decades. Ross is well known internationally as a speaker and writer on legal technology and has been generous in donating…

With stricter airport security measures in place, here’s what you need to know before checking your laptop as luggage.…

I wrote in January about Podzinger, a full-text search engine for podcasts. Now there is a Firefox plug-in that adds Podzinger searching to the Firefox search toolbar. [Via BlogZinger.]…