Robert Ambrogi

Is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer

Our Panel of Lawyers Dissects the 'Serial' Podcast

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If you did not listen to the Serial podcast, you should. The 12-episode podcast — the most listened-to podcast ever — picks through in fascinating detail the 1999 Baltimore-area murder of high school senior Hae Min Lee and the arrest and conviction of her former boyfriend, Adnan Syed. It is a…

Friday Round-Up: LegalTech Edition

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Here is a brief round-up of some of the news I heard at LegalTech New York last week:

Carpe Diem Next Generation. Back in October, Tikit North America announced a major relaunch of the venerable timekeeping program Carpe Diem (which it acquired in 2010) as Carpe Diem Classic. The relaunch represented a…

40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers

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The iPad is fast replacing the legal pad as the essential accoutrement of trial lawyers. But what are the most-helpful apps for iPad- and iPhone-bearing litigators to load onto their devices before heading off to the courtroom?

I wrote a two-part wrap-up of essential apps for trial lawyers for the Bullseye legal…

Shockingly, Lawyer in Anti-Aging Ad Appears To Have Disappeared

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I’m shocked … shocked to find that there could be deception in advertising, especially when the advertising purports to involve a lawyer. Yet it seems that the successful M&A attorney featured in an online anti-aging cream ad not only doesn’t look as youthful as he appears, but he doesn’t exist at all. Either…

My Initial Post-Mortem on LegalTech New York 2015

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Reflective of the bone-chilling outdoor temperatures in New York last week, the air inside the annual LegalTech conference seemed a bit cooler than in years past. I say that with reference to products, not to the conference itself. Whereas LegalTech some years is characterized by a bevy of new product launches or major upgrades, many…

The Big Story at Next Week's LegalTech Isn't a Product, It's a Person

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At Fenway in September for Jeter’s second-to-last game, with David Horrigan of 451 Research and Monica.

Next week’s LegalTech will be a glitzy, bustling showcase of the world’s largest legal technology companies. But amidst it all, one individual may prove to be the biggest story of the show.

After a 30-year career…

New Web Service Serves as 'Ethics ER' for Lawyers

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A former American Bar Association ethics lawyer has launched a web service that serves as an “emergency room” for lawyers who need immediate assistance with legal ethics issues. The site, ER for Lawyers, provides ethics research to lawyers nationwide.

The site’s founder, Kathryn A. Thompson, is an Illinois lawyer who formerly served…