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Media Law is a blot about freedom of the press. Robert J. Ambrogi, the author, is a Massachusetts lawyer and journalist. He is executive director of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Yet Another Practice Management Platform adds Document Assembly
I’m sensing a trend here. In January, I wrote here that the Web-based practice management application Rocket Matter had added document assembly. Less than a week later, I posted here that Clio had announced its addition of a document assembly feature. Then I learned that HoudiniEsq had...
Going to Techshow? There’s an App for That
If you are attending ABA Techshow in Chicago next week, be sure to download the Techshow app for your mobile phone. It is available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The app includes a number of features. Among them: The Techshow schedule. View the full schedule or see events by day, topic or...
LexisNexis Acquires Legal News Site Law360
LexisNexis said today that it has acquired Portfolio Media, the company that runs Law360, a subscription website that provides legal news and analysis targeted at business lawyers. Law360 covers legal news on its website and in e-newsletters. News is organized according to some 30 practice areas,...
A Thorough Guide to Freelance Lawyering
What if you could have a law job that let you wear pajamas at noon, take extended trips to visit family and friends, and burn the midnight oil because that is when a great idea hits you? If that strikes a chord for you, then don’t even finish reading this post. Just head over and [...]What if...
Another Site for Lawyers to Share Legal Forms
I’ve written at least a couple times before about websites created in order to allow lawyers to share legal forms and documents. Now there is another one. First, a recap. I wrote last June about Standardforms.org, a legal wiki intended to serve as a free repository of sophisticated legal...
Google Maps Thinks the Mass. State House is in Hyde Park
Either the State House has moved or Google Maps is very confused.Either the State House has moved or Google Maps is very confused.
‘DocketLaw’ App Calculates Court Deadlines
If fear of missed deadlines keeps you awake at night, you might want to try DocketLaw , a new app for iPhone and iPad that lets you calculate court deadlines based on jurisdiction-specific rules. The app can perform calculations based on the rules of more than 300 federal and state courts. The two...
New Service Helps You Vet Expert Witnesses
Whether you are about to retain an expert witness or about to cross-examine one, you want to learn everything you can about the expert’s experience and background. A new service, Expert Witness Profiler, helps you do exactly that. It provides you with a dossier that covers everything from the...
Panel This Week on Cameras in the Courts
The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts is among 14 federal courts participating in a pilot project allowing cameras in the courtroom. I am moderating a panel this week that will look at this pilot project, and also contrast it with the experimental OpenCourt digital-access project under way in...
A First Look at the Newest Casemaker
Almost a year ago, I wrote here about the major upgrade in the works for the Casemaker legal research service. At the time, I was given a demonstration that previewed the new interface but I was not then able to try it out directly. Well, it’s taken awhile, but I have finally been able to...
