Back in November, I wrote here about the end of our Lawyer2Lawyer podcast and the closing down of our host, the Legal Talk Network. (Lawyer2Lawyer: The Final Podcast). Today, there is good news to report. The Legal Talk Network will continue, thanks to its acquisition by Lawgical. The following announcement was made today:

LAWgical,

An interesting coincidence is occurring tomorrow. On the very same day, in very different locations, the nation’s two leading legal publishers are both staging day-long summit meetings, to which they have invited a variety of legal bloggers, journalists, industry analysts and “influencers.”

In New York City, LexisNexis is conducting what it is billing…

Last year, I wrote about TheFormTool, describing it as smart, simple document assembly. An add-on to Microsoft Word, TheFormTool makes it easy to create document templates and generate documents using those templates.

In the year since, TheFormTool has been upgraded several times. Now, the…

Last month, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business launched the Wolters Kluwer Daily Reporting Suite, which it described as “a daily reporting service created by attorneys, for attorneys.” The suite provides daily reports summarizing court decisions, legislative and regulatory developments, and industry news.  Daily…

Would you consider it ethical for a lawyer to post the following to a social media site such as Facebook:

“Another great victory in court today! My client is delighted. Who wants to be next?”

In California, that post would violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, according to a

“Four years after his father died a hero’s death fighting a fire, Tim Ginocchetti was behind bars for killing his mother. How one tragedy led to another is a story that puts a horrifying twist on the familiar one of bullied gay teens. In this case, the bully was the teen’s own mother, and…

WordPress is a fantastic web publishing platform for blogs and even complete websites. However, in order to run, WordPress must be installed on a Web server. This is not a problem for using WordPress, because most web-hosting companies offer free installation of WordPress. However, it can be a problem if you are…

When I launched this blog in November 2002, I joined the ranks of what then were only a small number of legal blogs. Among those who inspired me back then to start blogging was New Orleans lawyer Ernest Svenson, better known…

I always find it interesting to look back over the year to see which of my posts generated the most traffic. Interestingly, of my top 10 posts for traffic in 2012, six were actually posted in 2011 or 2010. This first list shows the top 10 in traffic for the year, regardless of what year…

When it comes to practice management software, competition is a good thing. With the ever-increasing popularity of cloud-based practice management among lawyers, the various platforms have all been scurrying to add new features and enhancements. A prime example is Rocket Matter, which in recent months has

Last week, I wrote a follow-up to my October post about the launch of wireLawyer.com, a new professional network for lawyers. In my post, I took issue with a

More than a quarter of the nation’s top 200 law firms now have mobile websites, an increase of 46% from last year. This is the finding of the Second Annual AmLaw 200 and Global 100 Mobile Web Survey, conducted by the Law Firm Mobile blog.

The survey looked at which…