This is a fact: Sales of the second edition of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, have surpassed all previous records for sales of the second edition of my book. Better get one before they run out.…
FCC chair launches blog
Speaking of Sabrina, she reports that FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell has launched a blog hosted by the AlwaysOn Network.…
AALL program on blogging
If time were my friend — which it is not — it would allow me to get over Tuesday to hear Sabrina Pacifici and Glenn Reynolds preach the gospel of blogging at the AALL annual meeting.…
Security hole found in Mozilla browser
So no browser is perfect. Read: What Mozilla users should know about the shell: protocol security issue. Then install the patch or download the latest version.…
Newly launched site tracks law school news
U.S. Law Schools News Brief is a new Web site devoted to publishing the latest news releases from U.S. law schools nationwide. It includes an RSS feed. The site is a service of St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, the same folks who bring you DiplomacyMonitor.com, which I wrote about in…
Writer urges caution when citing to Internet
From the New York Law Journal, via law.com, comes Written on the Wind, an article urging caution when citing to the Internet in legal documents. The article is written by Ken Strutin, an attorney and the director of legal information services for the New York State Defenders Association in Albany. “The Internet is…
A common person’s WordPerfect macro manual
Jim Calloway, director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program, sent me a note about a useful Web resource. His note bears repeating here:
Oklahoma lawyer Doug Loudenback has created a quite remarkable WordPerfect resource and placed it on the web for others to use at no charge. It is called
LawSites named among 50 best blawgs
I am honored to be included among the 50 best blawgs as selected by EDDix, a new research and publishing firm focusing exclusively on electronic data discovery. The listing of best blawgs is part of a beta launch of the EDDix Web site, which features categorized news pages and links to content at…
BriefMasters to close after death of founder
I wrote an article last year about outsourced legal writing, and, in particular, about one legal writing company, BriefMasters. For that story, I interviewed BriefMasters’ co-founder, Adam E. Quarles, and subsequently exchanged e-mails with him on various occasions. Thus, it was with sadness that I learned of Adam’s death June 5 at the young…
AALL annual meeting blog
For anyone heading to Boston next week for the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, be sure to check out the new AALL annual meeting blog.…
Best Legal Sites: second edition now available
Now officially available, the second edition of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web. Although the cover hasn’t changed much, the inside has. I revisited every site from the original book and updated its review, I added several new chapters, and I added lots of…
NASD posts latest issue of securities ADR newsletter
The latest issue of the monthly newsletter The Neutral Corner is now available on the Web site of NASD Dispute Resolution, the arbitration and mediation arm of the National Association of Securities Dealers. As a member of the NASD’s securities arbitration panel, I find the newsletter to be a good way to…