BabySafeHaven is a Web site launched today by Massachusetts officials as part of a campaign to make the public aware of a new state law that allows a parent anonymously to leave a newborn who is less than a week old at a hospital, police station or manned fire station without legal consequences. The…

I have a mental shortlist of people who should be blogging but who are not. That list just got one name shorter with today’s launch of Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog. Jim is director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program and chair of the American Bar Association’s TechShow 2005.…

Wisconsin court officials are putting together a Web site and developing a set of divorce forms for people who want to represent themselves in divorces, the Watertown Daily Times reports.

“They hope the forms, to be available statewide, will allow divorcing couples to avoid spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on lawyers and

Google has this page listing sites for tsunami relief information and donations.…

He blogs as Anonymous Lawyer, describing himself as a “fictional hiring partner in a large law firm in a major city.” He works long hours, criticizes his associates, gossips about his partners and relishes his view of the Pacific. But, as The New York Times reports, the anonymous blogger is, in fact, Jeremy…

I never cease to be surprised at how many lawyers are ignorant about basic copyright law. If the lawyer is a blogger or Web site publisher, ignorance is far from bliss. For anyone uncertain about copyright protections, I recommend Kathy Biehl’s article, Bloggers Beware: Debunking Eight Copyright Myths of the Online World, published on…

After two years of looking at my blog, I gave it a new skin today, using one of Blogger’s templates.…

Ken Kozlowski, director of the Law Library for the Supreme Court of Ohio, has launched a blawg, Ohio Law. Ken promises to post “reviews and announcements of new and not-so-new online sources of Ohio law along with a smattering of Internet news.” While you’re at it, check out Ken’s anti-spyware page.…

Consumers Union has released a telecommunications and media online resource, HearUsNow.org. The site offers in-depth reading on more than 60 consumer-related telecom issues. Topical sections focus on Internet and broadband; TV, radio and cable; media ownership; phone services; wireless services; and digital content. Related sections tell consumers how to get heard, get involved…

With so much attention focused on the explosive growth of blogs in 2004, other law-related Web sites arrived to far less fanfare. Law.com features my round-up of some useful, intriguing law-related sites that launched this year — and that weren’t blogs.…

In an effort to provide better service in alerting people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together to create Recalls.gov — a one-stop shop for U.S. government recalls. The six government regulatory agencies participating in recalls.gov are: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Food…

Justia, the Web site and online marketing company led by FindLaw co-founder and former CEO Tim Stanley, last week launched a service to allow law firms to build free search engine optimized Web sites. All Web sites include:
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