In a posting Dec. 5, I discussed Workplace Fairness, the new Web site devoted to providing information, education and assistance to workers and their advocates. The site has now added its own blog, Today’s Workplace. Written by Paula Brantner, Workplace Fairness program director, it focuses on legal and political information relevant to…
One-stop shopping for nationwide bankruptcy information
A new Web site promises one-stop shopping for bankruptcy court data nationwide. BankruptcyClearingHouse.com provides bankruptcy filings from courts in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Data for most courts dates back to Jan. 1, 1997, and is current to within a few days. Users can pay by the search, at…
Web aggregator gives blawgs a whirl
OK, this is kinda cool. The Daily Whirl promises “quick loading headlines from legal news and information sites.” It snags the headlines from a range of legal blogs and news sources and displays them on a single Web page. You get to customize the configuration, meaning that you select the blogs you want displayed…
Ephedra sites promises consumers help finding attorneys
If the publicity surrounding the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler has Ephedra users rushing to find an attorney, there is now a Web site just for them. An Ephedra Attorney For You is designed to help consumers find an attorney in their vicinity with experience in handling matters relating to Ephedra or…
WSJ Online launches Afternoon Report blog
The Wall Street Journal announced yesterday the launch of a new product — Afternoon Report — an add-on that updates with fresh news twice during the day, InternetNews.com reports. It will be available only to subscribers to the WSJ.com site, which charges $79 a year for access (print subscribers pay $39 per year).…
CNN suspends correspondent’s war blog
In a post last week about war blogs, I mentioned CNN correspondent’s Kevin Sites’ blog. On Friday, Sites announced that CNN has asked him to suspend his blog. “But I don’t want let you down,” he wrote. “I’m chronicling the events of my war experiences, the same as I always have, and hope…
Blawg focuses on immigration
Received an e-mail last week from Randy Tunac, who publishes The Manifest Border, a blawg focusing on U.S. immigration law and policy. Tunac launched the blog earlier this month, and believes it is the first dedicated to immigration law. First or not, he does a good job covering the topic.…
Judge not lest you be the subject of a Web site
This Ohio man is very unhappy with a judge in Cuyahoga County.…
CNN: FBI recovers copy of Bill of Rights
CNN.com reports that the FBI recovered an original copy of Bill of Rights, missing since the Civil War. Let’s hope the agency delivers it here.…
An online guide to conflicts of interest for lawyers
The March issue of Law Practice Management, the magazine of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section, includes an article I wrote about ethics sites on the Web. (The magazine is out in print, but has not showed up yet on the LPM Web site.) One of the sites I reviewed was
Another blawger targets election law
Back in November, I told you about the election-law blawg maintained by Birmingham, Ala., lawyer Edward Still, Votelaw — Law and Politics. I said then that it appeared to be the only blawg devoted to voting law.
That is no longer true. Last month, Richard Hasen, professor of law and William M. Rains…
Update to blawg article on Law.com
I see that Law.com today posted an article I wrote several months ago about blawgs.
One update that should be made to that is that the RealCorporateLawyer.com Blog was discontinued and replaced by TheCorporateCounsel.netBlog. Broc Romanek, the blogger, is no longer editor of RR Donnelley Financial’s RealCorporateLawyer.com, but instead works for…
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