In my continuing quest to identify law-related bloggers in Massachusetts, I have come across another: Velvel on National Affairs, written by Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of Massachusetts School of Law.…

Gee, just when I was about to tease Dennis Kennedy for naming his own blog as among his 2005 Best of Legal Blogging Awards, I read that he cites me as precedent for so doing. Whoops.

The fact is, his list is right on in its selections — including his selection of…

By way of John L. Welch’s The TTABlog comes word of a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denying Reed Elsevier’s application to trademark the name “Lawyers.com.” In the decision, In re Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., the TTAB affirmed an examiner’s refusal of the registration on the ground that…

The process used to identify partial fingerprints is sufficiently reliable to allow courts to admit expert testimony regarding the matching of a partial (or “latent”) impression with a full fingerprint, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today. Because the process — known as ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation and verification) — is generally accepted by the…

The folks at Blawg Review have handed out their 2005 Blawg Review Awards. I am proud to say that Coast to Coast, the weekly legal news podcast I cohost with J. Craig Williams, won the award for Best Legal Podcast.…

To all those who read this blog, I wish you peace, happiness and prosperity this holiday season and for all to come.…

As part of its special section, Far East, Close to Home, Law.com features a free webcast of a panel discussion, Going Global: What Does It Take? I participated on the panel, along with fellow Law.com bloggers Rees Morrison, senior director of Hildebrandt International, and Bruce MacEwen, law firm consultant. Law.com editor…

Another installment of our legal news podcast, Coast to Coast, was posted today, this time taking on the Legal Battle Over the Blackberry. Joining us is Eric J. Sinrod, a partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP, a technology and IP lawyer and columnist who has followed and written…

Bing Crosby couldn’t make it, but equally entertaining is Lawrence Savell, the lawyer, songwriter and performer who joins us for our holiday podcast, Holidays with Lawyers. Savell has recorded three humorous holiday albums for lawyers, all available at Lawtunes.com. Join my cohost J. Craig Williams and me as we listen to samples…

The Internal Revenue Service has unveiled the first major redesign of its Web site since 2002, and eWeek reports that the overhaul succeeds in making the site less taxing.…

Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled a beta version of Windows Live Local, a mapping tool with an array of useful features — plus an almost frightening ability to zoom in for a “bird’s-eye view” of certain locations. While other mapping tools such as Google maps offer straight-down aerial imagery, this new bird’s-eye view is…

What happens to a state law after a court strikes it down as unconstitutional? In Utah, it seems, the law stays on the books. Such was the finding of a report by the The Salt Lake Tribune, Killed by courts, some laws live on in the Utah code.…