Gone Hollywood: Video’s the Ticket for New Legal Business

Jan 1, 2013 8:19 AM CST

Photo Gallery: See 6 Holiday E-Cards from Law Firms

After posting an earlier story about the trend of law firms creating holiday e-cards instead of the traditional paper cards, we received several more examples from our commenters. We’ve created a slideshow of them, which ranges from staid and traditional to edgy (for a law firm) and offbeat. Above the…

Dec 20, 2012 5:03 PM CST

6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100

With six Blawg 100 notches on our belt, we have developed a bit of a sixth sense when it comes to knowing what it takes to have a successful blog. We know that bloggers who are passionate about their chosen subjects are more likely to have lively, engaging blogs we…

Dec 1, 2012 11:20 AM CST

Introducing Our Inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame

Dec 1, 2012 11:15 AM CST

Online Rain: Survey Says a Virtual Presence May Pay

Dec 1, 2012 8:10 AM CST

Law Firm Posts Seemingly Drunken Rant From Rebuffed SEO Salesman to the Web

Oh what fun it is to share rambling voicemails from rejected salesmen with the digital universe! In a move that might boost its Web visibility after all, the Kansas City, Mo., law firm McCollum & Griggs posted a slurred audio clip that they say was from the miffed supervisor (or…

Nov 30, 2012 7:00 PM CST

Legal PR Pioneer Jay Jaffe Dies at Age 68

Jay Jaffe, who pioneered the business of law firm marketing after the U.S. Supreme Court gave a green light to such advertising in a landmark 1977 decision, died last week. He was 68 years old. A Chicago native, Jaffe worked as a journalist before establishing Jaffe PR in the wake…

Nov 27, 2012 5:35 PM CST

Law Firms Anticipate Turkey Day, Hand Out Free Birds

Turkeys aren’t just flying off the supermarket shelves as Thanksgiving Day nears. A number of law firms are giving the holiday birds away, hoping to help others and in appreciation of their own good fortune. In Florida, the Pendas Law Firm gave away 1,000 turkeys in Fort Myers over the…

Nov 21, 2012 10:01 PM CST

Altman Weil Survey Says Corporate Legal Budgets Cut As Most CLOs Negotiate for Lower Law Firm Bills

A new Altman Weil survey of corporate legal spending isn’t happy news for law firms. For the first time in three years, more in-house legal departments are reducing, rather than increasing, their spending on law firm services, the Phildelphia Business Journal and Reuters report. Almost 40 percent of those responding…

Nov 5, 2012 11:15 PM CST

Scared to Expand? Experts Offer Hiring Advice in Troubled Times

Podcast transcript: This ABA Journal podcast is brought to you by WestlawNext, the legal research platform chosen by over 40,000 legal organizations for their tradition of editorial excellence combined with the most advanced technology. Learn more at WestlawNext.com. Stephanie Francis Ward: It’s often hard enough to support yourself in a…

Nov 5, 2012 2:30 PM CST

No Twitters: Law Blogs Hold Their Own

Nov 1, 2012 7:20 AM CDT

‘Facing’ It: It Can Be Worth It to Join the Social Media Giant

Nov 1, 2012 7:10 AM CDT

A Bill for Voice Mail? In-House Counsel Tell of Law Firm Gaffes

Law firms, take note. In-house counsel don’t like it when one of your lawyers is glued to a BlackBerry during a meeting. Or when one of your lawyers submits a bill for a voice mail. Or when your firm offers a poorly drafted motion to dismiss under a flat fee…

Oct 30, 2012 11:15 AM CDT

DUI Defense Lawyer Advertises Services on Bar Wristbands; MADD Disapproves

“Drinking Tonight? Know Your Rights,” read wristbands handed out at a Texas bar, with the phone number for drunk-driving defense lawyer Stephen Hamilton. “The sign on the road that says drink, drive, go to jail. It’s a catchy slogan. That ain’t the law in Texas,” Hamilton, of Lubbock, told Nexstar…

Oct 26, 2012 3:47 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Media Getting Rape Case Wrong, Bloggers Say; Will LinkedIn Take Over?

In 2008, a Connecticut jury found Richard Fourtin Jr. guilty of sexually assaulting a woman with severe cerebral palsy. But in 2009, state appellate court, considering “the sole issue of whether the jury reasonably could have found that the state introduced sufficient evidence to prove that the victim was unable…

Oct 12, 2012 1:30 PM CDT