One would think that the idea of taxing e-mails wouldn’t find much support among lawyers. After all, large law firms must send out thousands of e-mails a day, while even a solo like myself can easily dispatch two dozen or…
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What with blogging and twittering and all, we weren’t able to make it to Cannes this year for the annual gathering of the film world’s glitterati. One Texas lawyer did find the time to attend, and where Texas lawyers go,…
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Nearly 20 lawyers in China stand in jeopardy of losing their livelihood, reports The New York Times. But in contrast to the scores of unemployed American lawyers who are victims of the economy, the lawyers in China are victims of…
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Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson’s defense of alleged file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum against a lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America has been nothing if not controversial. This is the man, after all, who tape-recorded a telephone conference with…
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In a victory sure to be hailed by professional baseball players everywhere, a Massachusetts judge is expected to give his approval today to a $10.65 million settlement of a class action lawsuit involving smokeless tobacco, the Boston Herald reports. Notably,…
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Who ever thought that a 140 character tweet could get you into so much trouble? If you haven’t given the issue thought, fear not — San Francisco-based Howard Rice Nemerovski Cannady Falk & Rabkin has done the work for you,…
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Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster announced on his blog this morning that he has filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster over his repeated threats to file criminal charges against the company. "Mr. McMaster’s repeated threats of criminal…
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With a slumping economy forcing more companies to lay off employees, you might think that it’s the higher-paid, older workers who are bearing the brunt of the terminations. But as Jane Genova points out at Law and More, millennials are…
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What makes a blog worth reading? A distinctive voice. A unique topic. Smarts and savvy. Fearlessness. Those characteristics describe two legal blogs that are no more thanks to their writers moving on to other things. In writing Law Beat, Mark…
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Five apples, a dozen eggs, a liter of milk, two wills and a lease. That’s what a grocery list could might look like in supermarkets in England and Wales by the middle of 2011, according to the BBC. Under the…
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Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal gave its editorial staffers a set of rules for how to conduct themselves online and, in particular, on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The news got me to thinking about…
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For years, the legal profession lagged behind other industries in adopting cloud computing technologies, which encompass a range of services — platforms, infrastructure and software — delivered over the Internet, instead of residing on local computers. It’s not clear whether…
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This Sunday magazine piece from The Chicago Tribune, The Guantanamo Labyrinth, by Tom Hundley, is the best description I’ve read of what it is like to be a lawyer representing a Guantanamo detainee. The story focuses on Candace Gorman, a…
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Last week, Above the Law readers discussed whether returning to school for an LLM degree is a good option for laid off lawyers. Most commenters agreed that in today’s economy, an LLM is a waste of both money and time….
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Here is a round-up of what legal bloggers are buzzing about on this Friday before Mother’s Day: Are You Fit for Solo Practice? Stephen Seckler hones in on an essential quality of every entrepreneur. Study Projects Growth in Corporate Legal…
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With postings on legal blogs now offering prompt, detailed and readily accessible analysis of Supreme Court cases, is it time to re-evaluate the ethical standards that govern the interplay between lawyers, the Internet, and the Court? That’s the money question…
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We noted here last month that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke was on tap to speak at this year’s Boston College Law School commencement and reported earlier on UNC School of Law’s déjà-vu-ish choice of former U.S. Attorney General…
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The Pregnancy Discrimination Act makes it illegal to fire, or not hire, a woman because she is pregnant. But when companies need to make tough choices during the recession, some are wondering whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act actually hurts women…
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Two-hundred million is not a bad constituency on which to base a run for elective office. That is the number of active members of the social networking site Facebook. Granted, not all of them are in California — or even…
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