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.…
The Cornell Law Library has posted Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler, a rare 1943 psychological analysis of the personality of Adolph Hitler that predicted, among other things, his eventual suicide. This is the only copy of the report available to the public online.
The report was written by Harvard psychologist…
Five legal bloggers known for their insights into legal technology have launched a group blog devoted to discussions of that very topic, which they call Between Lawyers. As contributor Denise Howell explains of the authors in an introductory note:
…“They are all bloggers with a track record of being able to explain
Be careful what you say about podcasting, if you’re not prepared to defend your position. Several bloggers, myself included, found themselves embroiled in this great debate over the weekend. A recap is provided, courtesy of JurisPundit.…
Next Thursday is the start of ABA TECHSHOW 2005, so if you have not yet made plans to attend, you’d better get started, because I expect to see you there.
And kicking things off Wednesday night is BlawgConnect.2005 — the largest assembly of law bloggers ever (35, by my count).
I’ll…
Elegus Corporation announced yesterday the launch of Elegus.com, a subscription-based tool designed to provide one-stop, simplified searching of virtually any U.S. federal or state government Web site or group of sites.
Users select searches from a list of government sites that includes nearly every domain and sub-domain within the federal system, as well as…
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