Marty Schwimmer kicks off his fourth year blogging. If anything, he’s just getting started.…

A new Web site aims to use the power of the Internet to deliver post-conviction legal services to prisoners throughout the United States. Called Prison Services Project, its purpose is to provide a brief and case management service for incarcerated pro se litigants and to serve as an intake, case management and referral…

How much money did your senators and representatives take for travel from private organizations? An American Public Media site, Power Trips, has the data. Here is the site’s introduction:

“Reforms in recent years have made many of the lush perks once enjoyed by Congress disappear. But not all, certainly not travel. That’s the conclusion

My ISP upgraded my account to a new server today, resulting in some glitches, such as postings disappearing and reappearing. Please let me know if you experience any problems.…

In a column last year, Laughing at Lawyers and the Law, I wrote about legal humor sites. Among them was Lawpsided, where Sean Carter — a lawyer, stand-up comedian and author of the book, If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit? Your Humorous Guide to the Law — follows the lighter side…

In The Choirboy, New York magazine writer John Heilemann tells the fascinating story of how well-known blawger and Stanford Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig ended up in a New Jersey courtroom confronting his own horrific past as a victim of child abuse.…

A Massachusetts company founded by former television broadcasters has launched a Web site devoted to Internet broadcasting of legal news and talk shows. Called The Legal Talk Network, the site so far offers only a handful of video and audio programs produced in cooperation with attorneys in Massachusetts but it aims to become a…

A service launched this week enables patent professionals to create watchlists for patent searches and monitor them through RSS feeds. Called PatentMojo, its users are able to create watchlists using any search criteria. The service searches the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data daily and delivers updates via RSS. A seven-day free trial…

Perhaps it is a sign of how far we have come in the information age. A Russian lawyer has filed suit against several Russian governmental bodies for not having Web sites, asserting that not having a public site is a violation of the human right for information.

According to a report by Mosnews.com ,…

An interesting case from the Massachusetts Appeals Court on an issue of first impression in the state, ruling that there is no legal duty of reasonable care owed by a defendant to a plaintiff who was injured during their consensual sexual conduct. John Doe vs. Mary Moe. The court said:

“There are no

Only 14 percent of Americans and 57 percent of newspaper and TV journalists can name “freedom of the press” as a right that is guaranteed by the First Amendment, according to a University of Connecticut study released today. I have more about the survey at my Media Law blog.…

By way of update to this morning’s post, In Boston, a tale worthy of Grisham, you can find the full text of the hearing officer’s report here. Be forewarned: It is 229-page PDF file.…