Garlo Ward, an Austin, Texas, law firm representing long-term health care providers, recently redesigned its Web site and launched its front page as a blog providing legal updates and news affecting the long-term health care industry.

The blog will discuss legal issues, such as how to deal with investigations of abuse and neglect in…

Where might you find romantic attorneys? Well, according to the Romantic Attorneys map, there is only one, and he appears to be in Arlington, Va.

But thanks to Google Maps and APIs such as Frappr! (for “friend mapper), any group can create a map that shows the whereabouts of its members. And…

The November 2005 Harvard Law Review looks at the Supreme Court’s 2004 term.…

Yesterday I updated my headcount of law-related bloggers in Massachusetts. At a conference today I met another, then returned to an e-mail from Brandy Karl pointing out two others. So here are my adds:…

Underneath Their Robes is a popular blog about the federal judiciary, written in a gossipy style by the hitherto anonymous Article III Groupie. A3G refers to herself in the feminine voice, but, as Jeffrey Toobin reports today in The New Yorker, A3G is actually David B. Lat, an assistant U.S. attorney in New…

This demographic mapping tool allows you to click on any U.S. location and obtain demographics within radii of one, three and five miles from the center point. It was developed by AnalyGIS in partnership with SRC.

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Speaking of Boston-area law blogs, back in September, I began to compile a list of lawyer-written blogs in Massachusetts. Since then, I’ve received word of a few others. Here is my updated list:…

Only a small number of Boston-area law firms have blogs, but more are in the works, according to the Boston Business Journal article, ‘Blawgs’ — Lawyer musings that raise firm awareness. The article cites Boston bloggers Brandy Karl, John L. Welch and the Gesmer Updegrove crew — Lee Gesmer,

Legal recruiter Stephen E. Seckler has launced a blog, Counsel to Counsel, focused on career and marketing issues for the legal community. Seckler, a lawyer, is managing director of the Boston office of BCG Attorney Search and former head of his own search firm, Seckler Legal Consulting. Steve is familiar to Massachusetts lawyers…

This week’s Coast to Coast — the legal news audiocast hosted by J. Craig Williams and me — looks at the future of Vioxx litigation in the wake of Merck’s recent win in New Jersey. Our guests this week are:…

Shortly after my post earlier today about national security letters, the Electronic Frontier Foundation issued an alert, “Last Chance to Support PATRIOT Reform — Call Congress Now!” urging anyone concerned about the PATRIOT Act and national security letters in particular to contact their senators and represenatives today. Conferees will be meeting as early as…

It is a pleasant surprise to come across a clever new product, but it is even better to discover that the person behind it is someone you know. Such is the case with The Billable Hour, a line of watches and clocks for lawyers that track time — how else? — in six-minute increments.…