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Technology can help you manage your law practice OR make you want to throw the computer or mobile device of choice out the window! Who better to talk about legal technology than three of the top legal technologists anywhere…and they speak YOUR language! Announcing (drum roll please) co-hosts and big-name legal bloggers, Dennis Kennedy, Tom Mighell, and Adriana Linares in this inaugural edition of the Kennedy- Mighell Report on Legal Talk Network! Insight, opinion, and maybe even a dose of advice about all the legal technology necessities and choices. On this edition: Economic reality check and the impact on legal technology for lawyers - the hard but helpful facts. Times up for computer illiterate lawyers - find out why! And too much stuff to search for discovery, case law, etc - what to do? Also hear their Parting Shots in the podcast. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis co-blog and book by the same name, “The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration.”

In the blink of an eye, Broward County FLA Judge Ian Richards dropped his gavel, hopped over his bench and tackled a defendant in his courtroom after the defendant attacked a woman who testified against her former boyfriend in a domestic violence case. Score: Judge - 2, Defendant - 0.
“A bailiff was putting handcuffs on [...]

Having just reviewed my 2009 tax returns, I was in an appropriate frame of mind to enjoy this article from the New York Times Magazine (March 29, 2009) about the tax-denial movement. Nobody likes paying taxes, but some people take this emotion to extremes, including one man who went so far as to send a firebomb to the I.R.S., for which he went to prison. People who do not believe in paying taxes have crafted a number of ingenious and sometimes bizarre arguments to support their position. These arguments unusually lose in court, but as soon as one argument loses favor, another one is put forth and enjoys temporary popularity until it too is shot down. The article offers fascinating insights into the motivations of individuals who believe passionately that the federal government does not have the power to tax them. Read the rest of this entry »

A heated battle over the famous Shepard Fairey Obama images has taken the spotlight and raised questions about copyright license agreements when it comes to artistic expression.
The Associated Press has sued Shepard Fairey for for violating a copyright license agreement on the photo taken by Mannie Garcia that Shepard Fairey turned into the famous graphic [...]

After I looked over the post yesterday, I realized that it focused entirely on networking for law students. What, you may well ask, about library students? Well, there are lots of networking opportunities there, too. Librarians are nothing if not collegial! Law librarians have national, regional and occasionally, city organizations. Here is a set of links and a bit of info on those groups:

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With outraged taxpayers reeling from AIG bonuses awarded to executives after a bailout, the question of executive contracts comes into play. Join Law.com blogger and co-host, Bob Ambrogi as he welcomes Franklin G. Snyder, Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and editor-in-chief of ContractsProf Blog and Professor Deborah W. Post, the interim dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development at Touro Law Center, as they take a look at how the AIG case will provide precedent going forward and maybe even change the future of contracts.

A contribution agreement is an agreement between two parties, whereby one party agrees to contribute something of value to the other party in exchange for consideration of some kind. There are many types of contribution agreements and the terms included vary.
One example of a contribution agreement is an equity contribution agreement, which is defined [...]

Well, I can’t claim to know it all, but here are some thoughts that might help find a job in a tough economy…

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