The folks who publish the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin last week announced that the company has added 55,000 civil jury verdicts and negotiated settlements from Illinois and Wisconsin to its online research service, AccessPlus on the Web. Access requires a paid subscription, but the announcement did not provide prices.…

Not sure when it was launched, but I have just discovered Blawg Republic, a self-described legal news and commentary search engine. It is interesting for the two vantage points it provides on the latest news and commentary from the legal blogging community. The first, Top Blawg Posts, lists the 20 most popular items…

The Trademark Blog provided this pointer to the new Technology & Marketing Law Blog, written by Eric Goldman, assistant professor at Marquette University Law School and former general counsel of Epinions Inc. Goldman also writes a second blog, Goldman’s Observations.…

So far today, I have read here, here, here, here, here and here about Reid Trautz’s new blog, Reid My Blog!. So why so much ado about yet another blog?

Reid may be new to blogging, but he long ago proved his mettle and earned his stripes…

The American Bar Association today made available on the Web a new report that says the nation’s indigent defense systems are “mired in crisis.” The report, “Gideon’s Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice,” released today by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, finds that 40 years…

Via Micro Persuasion comes news that CNET News.com has launched a Web-based RSS news aggregator called Newsburst. The site, now in preview, will compete with Bloglines and Rojo, notes Micro Persuasion’s Steve Rubel. Newsburst describes itself this way: “Newsburst is a personalized tool that tracks virtually any type of information…

Editor & Publisher magazine polled its readers to guess the identity of Watergate legend Deep Throat. The surprise winner: Chief Justice William Rehnquist.…

Off topic for this blog, but over at my other blog, Media Law, I report on a decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that marks another in a recent string of legal blows to reporters’ protection of confidential sources.…

In a previous post, I mentioned Justia, the Web site and online marketing company led by FindLaw co-founder and former CEO Tim Stanley. Now I see that Tim has launched a companion blog, Legal SEO Blog. Says Tim: “On this blog we will comment on the Internet and legal marketing industries, as…

Law Technology News has my Web Watch article, Podcasting: CLE’s New Wave?. [Free registration required.]…

The UK magazine Managing Intellectual Property has announced the results of its survey of the leading patent firms worldwide. [Subscription required, but free trial available.]

The survey polled IP practitioners in 57 countries for their picks for the best firms. The magazine followed the survey with requests for more detailed comments from practitioners…

I recently noted the shuttering of CrossingtheBar.com, a legal-ethics site devoted to multijurisdictional practice, so I was glad to learn of a new site devoted to legal ethics, judicial ethics and bar admission issues, sunEthics.com.

The site is written and maintained by Timothy P. Chinaris, assistant dean of information resources and associate…