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,

Law firm associates (or even partners) who want to blog without risking their jobs should check out How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else), a how-to guide for bloggers worried about protecting their privacy and free speech. Published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the guide covers basic measures people can take…

GovNet, a legislative tracking service based in Harrisburg, Penn., has acquired the subscription-based, state government news service Capitolwire from The Associated Press, effective at the close of business on April 8. Capitolwire provides state capital news and legislative tracking information to trade associations, lobbyists and other professionals.…

Since at least 1997, TechnoLawyer has published a network of highly regarded legal technology and practice management e-newsletters. Today, it officially moves into the blogosphere, with the launch of TechnoLawyer Blog. At the same time, it is unveiling a revamped Web site, which for the first time creates a distinct home page for…

Following my item Tuesday, More than 6,200 lawyers sanctioned in 2003, survey says, both Norm Pattis and Carolyn Elefant posted thoughtful comments on the report, which Lisa Stone nicely summarized. Much as I respect Norm’s thoughts on many issues, I can’t help but disagree with him on this. And while I…

One blog was not enough for Al Nye The Lawyer Guy. He now has another: Maine Divorce Law. Nye, whose office is in Portland, says: “This blog is written as a guide to all aspects of Maine family law, including divorce, separation, child support, mediation, spousal support, child custody and property rights.”…

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued the 2005 edition of Drugs of Abuse, its annual survey of illicit substance use across the United States. According to the site,

“This DEA magazine delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way, combined with scores of precise photographs shot to

“Throughout the Schiavo media frenzy, lawyer Matt Conigliaro’s blog stayed on mission — offering the straight scoop on Florida appellate law.” So says Online Journalism Review reporter Staci D. Kramer in the article, Lawyer’s plain-language blogging on Schiavo case a refuge for many. Conigliaro, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, Fla., writes the blog…

I have long been a fan of The Daubert Tracker. In fact, the site’s front page bears witness to this. Something I wrote about in The National Law Journal a few years ago appears as a quote at the top of the page (“A lawyer would be remiss not to check an expert…

Thanks to a reader for informing me that the person in the fifth photo down on this page of BlawgConnect photos, whom I previously identified as “someone whose name I do not know,” is Jeremy Blachman (a/k/a The Anonymous Lawyer). I have corrected the photo caption. Sorry Jeremy.…

The trial consulting firm DecisionQuest launched a completely revamped Web site yesterday, featuring the addition of hundreds of articles, trial tips and research reports drawn from decades of consulting.

Among the documents now available on the site:…

A total of 3,725 lawyers were subject to public sanctions for professional misconduct during 2003, while another 2,495 received private sanctions, according to the Survey on Lawyer Discipline Systems published last week by the Standing Committee on Professional Discipline of the American Bar Association.

Disciplinary agencies received 119,863 complaints in 2003,…