LexBlog saw three new blogs launch this past week, each representing a vastly different realm of the law (and bringing even more diversity to the legal blogosphere). The blog launches from November 26-30, 2007 were: The ChinaLat Law Blog, focusing on business & legal developments impacting three large regions of the world – China, Latin… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Complete the blog post competition : Increase your reader participation
Ken Adams has a clever way to increase reader participation in his blog, a ‘Complete the Blog Post Competition.’ I’ve had in the can for a few weeks a partly completed blog post on the subject of the phrase moral turpitude. This phrase features in various kinds of agreements providing for an ongoing relationship, but… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/30/07
Today is the last day of November, which means we’ve got just over a month left before 2008 arrives. The year continues to move at an unstoppable rate…and so do updates to legal blogs in the LexBlogosphere. The discourse continues on November 30, 2007 with these selected updates: Chapter 12 tutorial part 1: background –… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/29/07
Taking a break from my classes on this Thursday to provide another update of the best legal updates from the LexBlogosphere. There is some great content included today…even a podcast makes the list. The discussion for November 29, 2007 includes these posts: Plaintiffs fail to establish that email in LotusNotes format was not "reasonably accessible… Continue Reading
Law Blog vanity contests : ABA adds to the silliness
Maybe it’s lawyers’ low self esteem that requires their egos to be stroked by being on someone’s list of the 100 best this or that. Maybe lawyers are so bored that they love gimmicks. Maybe it’s websites and organizations that are so starved for attention or relevance that they need to have contests to get… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/28/07
Not much to report on from Seattle today, except that it seems like snow season is finally in sight. Rumor has it the local ski resorts will be opening this weekend. Let’s keep our fingers crossed… The developments in the LexBlogosphere for November 28, 2007 include: IRS mileage rate set for 2008 – Los Angeles… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/27/07
A lot of activity today, including quite a bit by bloggers who we haven’t heard from in a while. The updates in the LexBlogosphere for November 27, 2007 include: FBI serves search warrant on Scruggs’ office – Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog Inventor’s patent pending technology… Continue Reading
How to announce your blog to top bloggers without a press release
A strategic planning consultant emailed from Florida asking how to get word of her new blog out to top bloggers without sending them a press release. She had read my post regarding how lame lawyers are when they send a press release about their blog. She said she wanted to avoid being a lame corporate… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/26/07
Hot on the heels of our Sunday update, this is our first LexBlogosphere entry of the post-Thanksgiving work week. The news starting off this week, from November 26, 2007, includes: Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College – Maryland attorney Ron Miller at the Trial Law Resource Center White House issues broad statement regarding Nano-EHS principles –… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/25/07
The update for Sunday is coming a day late, as I was traveling for the bulk of yesterday and without an Internet connection. But look at the bright side: even those bloggers who posted late last night get to be featured. The news for yesterday, November 25, 2007 includes these posts: Who does family court… Continue Reading
New media and blog experience gets journalism students hired
Good to hear first hand what I already believe, new media experience gets college grads jobs. Ezra Shapiro, who teaches at Cal State Northridge, reports that the school has had several meetings with editors and reporters from four dailies in the area, the L.A. Times, the L.A. Daily News, the Orange County Register, and the… Continue Reading
Beat blogging has merit for legal reporters
‘Imagine a live social network connected to the beat, made up of people who know the territory the beat covers, and want the reporting on that beat to be better.’
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/24/07
Another Saturday brings another update from the LexBlogosphere, where our bloggers continue to churn out content. The news for November 24, 2007 includes these fine updates: Tamiflu & Relenza: FDA experts recommend new label warnings for children’s flu medication – the blogging lawyers and attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm’s D.C. Metro… Continue Reading
Law blogs : Intelligence agents for prospective clients
Prospective clients are drawn to lawyers’ blogs because the blogs act as intelligence agents on niche subjects. Where else can you get such focused content from someone who has domain expertise on an area of the law that you need to keep abreast of? Newsvine’s Mike Davidson summarizes the concept of blogs as intelligence agents… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/23/07
Hope everyone is recovering well from last night’s celebration. As we continue to count down the final few days of existence for these LexBlogosphere updates (preparing to usher in the arrival of LexMonitor), here is the news for November 23, 2007: Dunbar Village suspect gives police still more evidence – Florida lawyer Ron Chapman in… Continue Reading