As a labor arbitrator myself, I was glad to discover that Ross Runkel had started Arbitration Blog, a blog about labor and employment arbitration. Then I realized he had started a second blog as well, LawMemo Employment Law Blog. Runkel’s LawMemo site has long been a leading Web destination for labor and…
Law firm launches Hispanic practice group
Chadbourne & Parke announced today the formation of its U.S. Hispanic Practice Group, an expansion of its Corporate, Private Equity and Latin America Practices.
A quick Google search shows that Sheppard Mullin also has a Hispanic practice group. Others?…
New blog on construction labor law
Charles R. Schrader, a partner with Jordan Schrader in Portland, Ore., has launched the Construction Labor Law Blog. He will discuss collective bargaining, jurisdictional disputes, strikes and picketing, prevailing wages and other labor law issues related to the construction industry.…
New blog on family law
Stephen C. Knight, a partner with Baydoun & Knight, Nashville, Tenn., has begun publishing a family law blog focused on, but not limited to, Tennessee: Knight on Family Law.…
Podscope: A search engine for podcasts
TVEyes, a company whose product allows full-text searching of TV and radio programs, announced Monday plans to launch the first full-text search engine for podcasts. Called Podscope, it will index the audio of podcasts as well as of video blogs and personal videos. It will be available later this month, the announcement…
A tutorial on monitoring dockets, for free
“While most attorneys are aware that many courts around the country have been offering inexpensive and free access to case dockets on the Internet for years, many are not aware that dockets can be automatically monitored for free as well.”
So starts the informative article, Free Court Case Docket Monitoring, written by Paul Bush,…
Pittsburgh court launches Web site
The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, located in Pittsburgh, Penn., launched its first Web site Monday. Among its many features, the site allows visitors to search criminal records, check court calendars, download forms and request postponements of jury duty.…
Inventors’ site posts unpublished USPTO complaints against invention-promotors
Ronald J. Riley is an inventor who claims that fraud by invention-promotion companies is bilking inventors out of millions of dollars. Executive director of a group called InventorEd.org, Riley used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain all unpublished complaints against invention promoters filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and…
Is censorware blocking your blog?
If you host your blog on Blogger or Typepad, then there is a good chance corporate networks are blocking it. Even if you host your blog elsewhere, you should check whether it is being blocked.
I learned this today thanks to blawger Stuart Levine. After discovering that a brokerage house…
Skype the police?
Could happen in Illinois:
“ILLINOIS — Internet phone users will be able to access 911 services under proposed legislation, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Sunday.”…
Philly lawyer launches ElectAPope.com
Philadelphia lawyer Patricia M. Dugan, who says that she is one of only a few lawyers who practice both Catholic canon law and U.S. civil law -– and one of the only laywomen in history to do so -– has launched a Web site devoted to helping people understand the process of electing the next…
Harvard prof accused in manure heist
My humble hometown makes the national wire: Professor Accused of Stealing Manure.
…“ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard economics professor has been accused of neglecting the standard market practice of paying for goods and services by trying to steal a truckload of manure from a horse farmer.
“Stable manager Phillip Casey says Martin Weitzman,