Robert Ambrogi BlogAs one who can see no basis in law, reason or morality for a death penalty, I was disheartened to see today’s State House News Poll finding that almost two-thirds of Massachusetts residents, 65 percent, support Gov. Romney’s death penalty bill, filed last month, which would reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts for specific…
U.S. Copyright Office offers news via RSS
Steve Cohen at Library Stuff reports that the U.S. Copyright Office has launched four RSS feeds:…
Reed Smith launches regulatory compliance tool
By way of Denise Howell comes word of the launch today by her law firm Reed Smith, in conjunction with DolphinSearch, of ComplianSeek, described as “a first-of-its-kind integration of law and technology designed specifically to help meet the regulatory compliance needs of investment advisers within the financial services community.” According to the…
Sheppard Mullin launches third in its series of blogs
I wrote in February about the launch of the Antitrust Law Blog by Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton, noting the firm’s plans to use blogs to replace its former PDF newsletters.
It followed suit with the Feb. 1 launch of its Financial Institution Law blog and now adds a third,
SEC seeks to increase ‘transparency’ through release of disclosure letters
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced that it will begin publishing on its Web site comment letters and response letters relating to disclosure filings made after Aug. 1, 2004. The letters will be released on a filing-by-filing basis through the SEC’s EDGAR system.
The SEC first announced its plan to release…
Labor Dept. announces expansion of benefits site
The U.S. Department of Labor last week said that it had expanded the Web site GovBenefits.gov to include more than 1,000 federal and state benefit programs. It also announced the launch of GovLoans.gov en Español. The two sites are designed to serve as gateways to information about government benefits and loans.…
In Schiavo’s wake, site urges, ‘Put it in writing’
In the wake of the legal battle over Terri Schiavo’s fate, the American Hospital Association last week launched Put It In Writing, a Web site designed to be a one-stop resource on preparing advance directives such as living wills and health care proxies. It provides basic information about advance directives and links to resources…
Photos from ABA Techshow
Dale Tincher, president of Consultwebs, has posted photos from ABA TECHSHOW 2005, including shots of speakers, exhibitors and the Chicago skyline. Lots of blawgers in the mix, including me.…
Survey: One-sixth of U.S. adults read blogs
The Pew Internet & American Life Project this week released new data on blogs and blogging. The survey finds that 25 percent of Internet users and 16 percent of all U.S. adults say the read blogs.
Nine percent of Internet users say they have created blogs, the survey reported, which translates to…
Blogging and the Bottom Line
Law.com today features my article, Blogging and the Bottom Line, which originally appeared in ALM’s Legal Tech newsletter. Here’s a sample:
…“Pick an area of law — trademark, employment, appellate, whatever — tack “lawyer” onto it, and search the phrase on Google. Odds are, a legal blog will be among the top-ranking
[Offtopic] Craigslist meets Google Maps
What would you get if you combined craigslist apartment listings with Google Maps? The very cool Craigslist-GoogleMaps combo site. Offtopic? Hey, lawyers need housing too.…
U.S. courts publish guide for journalists
I have a post about it on my other blog, Media Law.…