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Nov 2, 2008 1:55 AM CST

Bankruptcy and Divorce Websites See Big Uptick in Visits

A company that operates bankruptcy and divorce law websites is apparently profiting from the economic downturn. Infra-Strategy reports an uptick in visits to two of its websites that link clients to divorce and bankruptcy lawyers, the Wall Street Journal’s Business Technology blog reports. Infra-Strategy’s CEO Edmund Scanlan said October visits…

Oct 31, 2008 3:56 PM CDT

InstaPundit Ranked Most Popular Law Prof Blog for Site Traffic

InstaPundit is the most popular blog edited by a law professor, according to the most recent traffic rankings. InstaPundit, written by University of Tennessee professor Glenn Reynolds, was a readers’ choice winner in the category of “politics for sport” in the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100. The Volokh Conspiracy, another readers’…

Oct 30, 2008 1:33 PM CDT

Ala. Lawyers’ Private Data Exposed in Court Documents, Researcher Says

Lawyers submitting briefs to federal courts in Alabama routinely sign the documents with their Social Security numbers, one of several ways that private data is exposed in court documents, according to a researcher whose organization analyzed publicly available documents in 32 districts. The researcher, Carl Malamud, has recounted his concerns…

Oct 29, 2008 6:47 PM CDT

Blog Comments Can Tank Job Prospects

Blogging may help law students blow off some steam or connect with others, but it could harm their job search, warns a law firm recruiting manager. Writing in the Am Law Daily, Lynne Traverse of Bryan Cave gives an example. A student interviewing for a summer associate position listed her…

Oct 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT

25% of Surveyed UK Law Firms Misplaced PDAs with Confidential Data

Nearly a quarter of British law firms responding to a survey reported misplacing at least one mobile device containing confidential information. Credant Technology is using the survey of 100 law firms to point out the danger of disclosing sensitive data, even on devices that are password-protected, Legal Blog Watch reports.…

Oct 29, 2008 11:23 AM CDT

Philadelphia Courts Take up Twittering

Philadelphia courts are putting news and announcements on Twitter, an online service that allows users to communicate in brief updates. As of last week, only 18 people were following court news from the 1st Judicial District on Twitter, the Legal Intelligencer reports. Users can obtain Twitter updates through text messages…

Oct 23, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

Excel Error by a Cleary Gottlieb Associate Alters Lehman Asset Deal

A first-year associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton made an Excel reformatting error that mistakenly added 179 contracts to an agreement to buy Lehman Brothers assets, according to a motion filed with a New York bankruptcy court on Friday. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represents Barclays Capital Inc. in…

Oct 16, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

As Worlds Collide

ABA groups ponder “real” law rules and applications in virtual environments

Oct 1, 2008 1:05 PM CDT

Another Lawyer Identified Who Walks and Works Simultaneously

Lawyers do a lot of sedentary work, but a new exercise device—a treadmill work station—offers a solution. A couple news stories say lawyers are picking up on the trend. The latest is an article in the New York Times that found Minneapolis lawyer Terri Krivosha walks three miles a day…

Sep 19, 2008 1:28 PM CDT

Contract Lawyers, Search Terms Blamed for Late-Disclosed McAfee E-Mails

A Howrey lawyer who headed an internal investigation of backdating at McAfee partly pinned the blame on contract lawyers when he told a judge yesterday why five corporate e-mails weren’t disclosed sooner. The e-mail had been turned over on the eve of trial for the company’s former general counsel, Kent…

Sep 19, 2008 11:08 AM CDT

35% of Professionals Would Choose BlackBerry Over Spouse; Take Our Poll

Professionals have a love-hate relationship with their BlackBerrys, and in some cases it’s interfering with their marriages. Thirty-five percent of 6,500 professionals surveyed said they would pick their personal digital assistants over their spouses, if they had to choose, and 87 percent said they take their PDAs into their bedrooms,…

Sep 17, 2008 2:58 PM CDT

After Ike, Houston Lawyer Works Out of his Luxury Car

Houston solo Tom Kirkendall, a complex business litigator, is keeping up his legal practice after Hurricane Ike, thanks to advance planning and his Infiniti Q45. Kirkendall downloaded his active case files to his laptop in advance of the storm and routed office phone calls to his cell phone, Texas Lawyer…

Sep 16, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

Law Blogger’s Twittering Lawyer List is Rapidly Expanding

Law blogger Adrian Lurssen seems to have started something by posting a list of lawyers and legal professionals he likes to follow on Twitter. His list of 145, posted on Tuesday on JD Scoop, has already expanded to 180. It includes both Edward A. Adams, editor and publisher of the…

Sep 11, 2008 4:01 PM CDT

Lawyers ‘in Love With MoFo’ Among those at Big Firms on Facebook

Big law firms may be Facebook Luddites, but their lawyers are using the social networking site. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle was in the news last month for using Facebook as a recruiting tool. It’s believed to be the first big firm to do so, but it’s not the only…

Sep 4, 2008 11:24 AM CDT