ABA Techshow Presentations with Tips, Sites for Lawyers Are Online

Last month, we reported some of the digital tricks and interesting websites that lawyers should know, ones shared by panelists at the popular ABA Techshow sessions titled May 23, 2011 9:34 PM CDT

Okla. Law Determines Who Controls Social Media Accounts After Death

Estate executors in Oklahoma have been granted control over a dead person’s social media accounts according to a new law that went into effect Nov. 1.

Although the legislation conflicts…

Nov 30, 2010 11:07 PM CST

Bulk-emailer Holomaxx Sues Yahoo, Microsoft for Refusing to Deliver Messages

Holomaxx, which sends approximately 10 million emails a day on behalf of its clients, filed suit against Yahoo, Microsoft and two others last month for improperly flagging the bulk-emailer as…

Nov 16, 2010 9:29 PM CST

Associates Disgruntled Over ‘Depressing’ Technology Cuts at Firms

As some firms cut technology spending in the wake of the recession, midlevel associates are calling the move shortsighted and disheartening.

Lower productivity because of outdated technology—such as ineffective document…

Sep 3, 2010 6:22 PM CDT

More Firms Get into Lawyer Rating Game and Claim Profiles on Avvo

We caught up with Avvo founder and ‘09 Legal Rebel Mark Britton in Chicago to chat with him about online reputation management—a hot topic for big…

Aug 24, 2010 9:21 PM CDT

Texas State Bar Releases 63,000 Lawyer E-Mail Addresses to Law Student

The State Bar of Texas is feeling some heat after officials released the public e-mail addresses of nearly 63,000 lawyers to a law student.

Marni von Wilpert, a student at…

Aug 20, 2010 5:58 PM CDT

What Excesses Have You Uncovered in This Belt-Tightening Period?

We learned this week over at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog that a national law firm put the brakes on…

Apr 27, 2010 1:30 PM CDT

Is Your Smartphone Your 21st Century Swiss Army Knife?

Over at Advocate’s Studio, law blogger Martha Perry writes about the proliferation of smartphones and wonders whether these handy pocket devices are the modern equivalent of the…

Mar 23, 2010 5:29 PM CDT

Are Ghostwritten Legal Blogs Unethical?

When we asked late last year whether you thought it was ethical for lawyers to ghostwrite legal documents, the results were mixed. With more than 800…

Feb 23, 2010 5:03 PM CST

E-Mail vs. Face-to-Face: What Are Your Rules?

This week, Bryan Cave chairman Don Lents told the New York Times that e-mail has its place, but sometimes, face-to-face communication with clients…

Jan 26, 2010 9:05 PM CST

What Was Your Favorite Make-Life-Easier Tech Find in 2009?

There’s no shortage of time-saving technologies in the marketplace. In October, we wrote about 70 Sizzling Apps for smartphones.

And this month, Dec 18, 2009 5:41 PM CST

Is Free Legal Research Good Enough to Bank a Case On?

News this month that Google Scholar now gives lawyers (and anyone with an Internet connection) access to case law going back 50 to 80 years has…

Nov 28, 2009 11:57 PM CST

Is Google Enough for You Anymore?

In November’s ABA Journal, legal technology writer Dennis Kennedy opens his Internet search toolbox and shares it with readers.

Kennedy lists a dozen alternative search engines in his article, noting…

Oct 20, 2009 9:41 PM CDT

What’s Your Favorite Tech Blawg?

We editors have been seeking friend-of-the-blawg briefs for all manner of blawgs to help us compile this year’s Blawg 100 feature for our December issue, and readers and blawggers making…

Sep 22, 2009 5:45 PM CDT

Have You Seen Lawyers, Judges Cross Ethical Lines via Social Networks?

With more and more lawyers (and judges) getting on the social network highway, we started to wonder about the potential for conflict-of-interest collisions.

Should lawyers, and judges…

Aug 25, 2009 5:36 PM CDT