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,…
Winners of The Pulitzer Prize were announced today. The prize for distinguished beat reporting went to Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal. Marcus began her journalism career in 1987 as a reporter for The American Lawyer and later covered law for the WSJ.…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week introduced Hospital Compare, a Web site that provides healthcare consumers with information on how well the hospitals in their area care for adult patients with certain medical conditions.
The site is intended to help consumers compare the quality of care hospitals provide. It…
True stories from America’s legal system is the focus of Justice, a magazine preparing to launch June 21. With the tagline,
…“Real People, True Stories,” it promises: “We will consistently provide a behind-the-scenes look at the names you know and the stories you’ve been following. We’ll look at regular folks who buck the
Suffolk University Law School, in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, today began live webcasts of oral arguments before the court. Webcasts are streamed live from the courtroom. They are not archived. The webcast page includes a calendar of cases, summaries of the issues they present and links to case…
Among the highlights of this year’s ABA Techshow was BlawgConnect.2005, which co-organizer Tom Mighell called the “largest collection of law bloggers under one roof.” Here are some photos:
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4For the event’s play-by-play, see Larry Bodine’s report.…
John Day, a Tennessee personal injury lawyer, has launched a blog focused on torts: Day on Torts. A partner with Branham & Day in Nashville, Day describes himself as a lawyer “who is fascinated by the law of torts.” I share his interest, so I will look forward to reading his posts.…
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