Natalie Huha

A big thanks to Natalie Huha for including this blog in 7 Great Legal Technology Law Blogs, a feature in the July 2011 Law Practice Today. It is a good list and I’m honored to be in the company of the other…

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming here at LawSites for a message from a proud father, via this story in today’s Gloucester Times: Rockport Hails Teens Who Found Missing Girl. Yes, one of those teens (the one in the blue shirt, second from right) is my son Matt.…

The official federal government publisher of the U.S. Code yesterday unveiled a beta version of a new U.S. Code website that features a number of enhancements for searching and working with the nation’s governing body of laws.

The Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives — the entity responsible for preparing…

A growing number of larger law firms are releasing their own mobile apps. But what about solo and smaller firm lawyers? Last week, Aaron Kelly, a solo who practices Internet law in Scottsdale, Ariz., released an app for Apple and Android devices. It incorporates a couple clever ideas…

Legal research service Fastcase has announced its inaugural Fastcase 50 and I am deeply honored to be on the list. The list recognizes the 50 “most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship, and legal technology.” See the full roster of honorees at www.fastcase.com/fastcase50-winners.…

Legal research company Fastcase will announce a new utility tomorrow that enables one-click printing of any case from any source on the Web or in any Microsoft Word document. Called Fastcase Cloud Printing, the utility lets you print or save a nicely formatted, two-column version of any case. The utility works with…

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has launched a podcast series discussing landmark Supreme Court cases. The series, Supreme Court Landmarks, discusses cases that have shaped American life.

Each episode features a law professor presenting a brief discussion of a landmark case. The professor explains the case’s background, the key arguments, the decision,…

Amy Howe, editor of SCOTUSblog, and Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent for The National Law Journal, ALM and Law.com review the just-concluded Supreme Court term as our guests this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Listen to…

In two posts I wrote about Bloomberg Law — one earlier this month and one when it launched — I cited something that Bloomberg emphasizes as a key selling point, its flat-fee pricing of…

Novelist Elmore Leonard once said about his writing, “I leave out the parts that most people skip.” His statement, at once so simple and so quizzical, could as easily have come from either Buddha or Yogi Berra. Leonard’s point, however, is clear. Lean writing is strong writing.

For many lawyers, lean writing is anathema.…

Bloomberg Law today released what it describes as “the next evolution” of its legal research platform. Changes include a redesigned interface, enhanced search capabilities, new practice centers and enhanced collaboration and workflow features. One thing that is not changing is Bloomberg Law’s flat-fee, all-inclusive pricing — something the company believes…

The folks at Rocket Matter today released the first installment in a planned three-part, free e-book, The Law Firm of Tomorrow. Based on articles originally published at Rocket Matter’s Legal Productivity blog that have been revised and updated, the book’s first installment focuses on social media…