Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/kennedy-mighell-report/2012/10/2012-legal-tech-surveys-say/
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
2012 Legal Tech Surveys Say . . .
We hear a lot of stories about lawyers using (and not using) technology. It’s always been difficult to get good data on what is actually happening in the ground. The release of results from two major annual surveys about the use of technology by lawyers gives us some data to assess trends and draw conclusions. In this episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell take a look at highlights of the 2012 ILTA / Inside Legal Technology Purchase Survey and the 2012 Legal Technology Survey Report from the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center, the trends the surveys show, and some practical implications of the survey results.
Making Collaboration Tools Work in 2012
People are collaborating more than ever before. There are more collaboration tools and technologies than ever before. Yet, the actual adoption of collaboration tools seems to lag behind the wish to use collaboration tools. In this episode, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss the gap between tools and people in collaboration, the common challenges faced when implementing collaboration tools, especially ones used by lawyers, and their best recommendations for improving the adoption of collaboration tools and technologies in 2012. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis’ co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.
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Judge Grants Hamza’s Request for More Lawyers
A federal judge has granted permission for a bigger legal team to represent a radical imam facing terrorism charges after his lawyer complained in court Friday that mounting a defense was an overwhelming task.
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/10/26/judge-grants-hamzas-request-for-more-lawyers/?mod=WSJBlog
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Solo Sanity: How to Control the Anxiety
The largest proportion of attorneys work as sole practitioners, or within small firms and chronic stress is rampant among these attorneys, who face stress from all sides. On The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Executive Director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and Director of LCL’s Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program joins returning guest, Attorney Eric MacLeish, principal of MacLeish & Woolverton, to cite the major stress points for sole and small firm attorneys, steps attorneys can take to reduce the impact of acute and chronic stress, and the benefits of learning to manage stress.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Supreme Court denies cert for Wersal
Greg Wersal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear attorney Greg Wersal’s appeal today on his challenge to Minnesota’s campaign laws that prohibit candidates for judicial office from personally fundraising or endorsing other candidates for office.
Wersal is a frequent candidate for the appellate bench in Minnesota. He ran for Supreme Court in and in 2008 race he wanted to endorse two other judicial candidates and Michelle Bachmann for U.S. Congress. The endorsement clause of the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct forbids candidates for the bench endorsing other candidates.
Wersal also wanted to go door-to-door to solicit campaign contributions from non-attorney voters. The personal solicitation clause of the judicial code prohibits candidates from seeking donations themselves.
Wersal said he could not wage an effective campaign and postponed his run for the bench until 2010. He sued arguing the clauses that prohibited endorsing candidates and soliciting campaign contributions violated the First Amendment as it was applied to political speech in the Republican Party vs. White decision.
He sued Patrick D. Sexton who was the chair of the Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards at the time and a host of others. The district court denied Wersal’s motion and granted summary judgment to the judicial standards board. Wersal appealed that decision and won an en banc review hearing at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A five judge panel voted to uphold the district court’s opinion.
The panel ruled that “Minnesota has compelling interests in maintaining judicial impartiality and the appearance of such impartiality.”
Wersal appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court which today denied to hear his appeal. (Link is here on p. 16.)
Source: http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2012/10/02/supreme-court-denies-cert-for-wersal/
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Trigiani named “Leader of the Year”
Last night, Virginia Lawyers Weekly held its seventh annual “Leaders in the Law” awards reception at the Science Museum of Virginia. The program honors attorneys and others in the legal field who have made significant contributions to the practice of law.
The 28 members of the class of 2012 were recognized for their accomplishments during yesterday’s ceremony.
The honorees were asked to vote for one member of their class as the “2012 Leader of the Year.” This year’s Leaders selected Trigiani for the honor.
Trigiani is a partner in the Alexandria firm of MercerTrigiani, where she focuses her practice on community association law. She has also been a leader in the legal field through her bar service and advocacy before the General Assembly to promote legislative reform.
Source: http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/10/26/trigiani-named-leader-of-the-year/
Law School Falsified Jobs Data, Ex-Employee Says
A former career-services employee at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego said she falsified data indicating whether graduates had found employment, at the request of her supervisor.
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/10/24/law-school-falsified-jobs-data-ex-employee-says/?mod=WSJBlog
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EEOC briefs on line
This is pretty cool.
EEOC briefs are now on line. [Here]
They cover briefs filed in the US Circuit Courts of Appeals in which the EEOC was a party, plus amicus briefs filed in the US Circuit Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and state courts.
And there is a user-friendly search function.
Briefs filed in the US Supreme Court are not in this collection, and can be found through the US Solicitor General's collection [here].
Source: http://www.lawmemo.com/blog/2012/06/eeoc_briefs_on.html
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THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST
These 19 firms are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work -- and are giving defense players a run for their money.
Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202572912278&rss=rss_nlj
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2011 Intellectual Property Year in Review and Outlook for 2012 - Part II: Trademarks
Attorney Peter Lando, host of IP Counsel and partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes John Welch, Of Counsel with Lando & Anastasi, to discuss important trademark cases and issues of 2011 that may continue well into the new year. Peter and John discuss the high profile trademark battle between designers, Christian Louboutin and Yves St. Laurent, over a trademark for the color red for shoe soles; the trademark "bullying" report from the U.S. Commerce Department; recent happenings regarding fraud at the USPTO; the latest cases interpreting the trademark statute on dilution by blurring; and the effect of the recent launch of generic TLD’s on trademark owners.
Busy Days Ahead For Insider-Trading Prosecutions
The next few days will be quite busy for hedge-fund managers and others keeping an eye on the government’s broad crackdown on insider trading.
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/10/23/busy-days-ahead-for-insider-trading-prosecutions/?mod=WSJBlog
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The "Pink Collar" Profession: The Male Paralegal's Perspective
Is the paralegal profession a woman’s world? Or is the number of male paralegals on the rise in this female-dominated profession? Paralegal Voice co-hosts Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin get the male perspective and some interesting insight from special guests, Carl H. Morrison, II, PP, AACP, a Certified Paralegal at Rhodes Hieronymus and Zachary W. Brewer, CP, a Litigation Paralegal at Hall Estill.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Prop 34, The Death Penalty Initiative Statute
On November 6, 2012, Proposition 34 will be one of the initiatives on the ballot in the state of California. If approved, Prop 34 will eliminate the death penalty in California and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Lawyer2Lawyer host Craig Williams joins Attorney Donald H. Heller to discuss Proposition 34, support and opposition and ultimately the impact on our prison and justice system.
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America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837
Alasdair Roberts, Suffolk Law's Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy, discusses his upcoming book and how it relates to the United States economy today. Learn more about Professor Roberts at http://bit.ly/zTKaZP.
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The Impact of BU Law’s LL.M. Programs
BU Law has offered a post-graduate legal education leading to the Master of Laws degree for more than 125 years. In this BU Law podcast, host David Yas, a BU Law alum, former publisher of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and a V.P. at Bernstein Global Wealth, welcomes John N. Riccardi, BU Law’s assistant dean for Graduate and International Programs and director of the Office of Graduate and International Programs, to take a look at the School’s graduate programs for international lawyers. Later in the program, David is joined by former student Johan S. Ellefsen, who talks about his experience with the LL.M. program and where he is today.
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Education Advocacy Clinic at Suffolk University Law School
Isabel Raskin, who runs the Education Advocacy Clinic at Suffolk University Law School, discusses her goals for the clinic, as well as what students enrolled in the clinic experience. Learn more about Ms. Raskin at http://bit.ly/AAPxJa.
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Cost-Effective Law Practice Management
As law firms slowly climb out of this recession, have their legal practice management skills changed? Lawyer2Lawyer co-host and attorney J. Craig Williams welcomes Rudy Bazelmans, Regional Director of Expense Reduction Analysts and Jim Calloway, Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Management Assistance Program, to explain the current state of the legal industry, new law practice management skills, what attorneys have done to cut costs and how to keep costs down in the future.
Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2012/03/cost-effective-law-practice-management/
Revisiting Citizens United in an Election Year
Since 2010, there has been great debate over the controversial ruling, Citizens United. Most recently, the Montana Supreme Court challenged the decision while Senator McCain called it "one of the worst decisions I have ever seen." Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi welcome, Attorney Joseph M. Birkenstock, former chief counsel of the Democratic National Committee and Bradley A. Smith, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Center for Competitive Politics and former Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, for an in-depth discussion on the impact of the ruling during an election year and its influence on the upcoming Presidential election.
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Gone Clio with Attorney Anthony Reeves
On this edition of Gone Clio, Clio co-founder Jack Newton talks with special guest, Anthony Reeves of the Reeves Law Firm. Anthony talks about cloud computing and security, flexibility of using Clio for his practice and the role Internet access plays in serving his clients.
Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/gone-clio/2012/10/gone-clio-with-attorney-anthony-reeves/
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