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Judge Robert C. Nalley, the judge that deflated a womans tire for parking in a restricted area, has resigned as Chief Court Administrator.
‘”I am at a stage of my career where I feel that I can be of more use to the judiciary as a judge in the trenches than as someone with budget, planning, [...]
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Read the analysis of online research cost recovery by guest blogger Mark Gediman at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog. He titles his post “Cost Recovery… Such a Deal.” Gediman’s analysis is nicely detailed. He relies on hourly billing at the full lawyer $300/hour rate at his firm for pulling a case, for instance to calculate that it saves money to download the case electronically compared to pulling it off the shelf and copying it, when you bill the client.
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It can be said that patents are the key to sustaining innovative products and patent law is certainly an active area of legal practice in the U.S. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has been overwhelmed and undermanned. Could the Peer-to-Patent system be the answer? Co-Host Bob Ambrogi welcomes Professor Mark Webbink, Executive Director of the Center for Patent Innovations, a research and development arm of New York Law School’s Institute for Information Law & Property and Attorney Stephanie Scruggs , an expert in patent litigation from the firm of Hanify & King, to take an in-depth look at the innovative Peer-to Patent system, that employs a crowdsourcing and open source model using experts in the patent process.
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With all the other stuff going on in the news, people may have lost track of the release of the transcripts of testimony and e-mails that showed that Karl Rove was very much behind the political firing of Attorneys General during the George W. Bush administration under Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Several papers covered it but the Washington Post probably is the best source as a sort of “home town” paper. Here are several stories, all from Aug. 12, 2009:
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In the 2009 Socha Gelbmann E-Discovery Survey, consultant/attorney George Socha, president of Socha Consulting and Tom Gelbmann, managing director of Gelbmann & Associates, have jettisoned their traditional vendor rankings and instead offer analysis of a turbulent e-discovery year. On Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay welcomes George and Tom to explore their survey findings, discuss the year ahead and look at the growth of EDD.
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In Detroit, a city without a major supermarket, food has long been an issue. The demand for food has now reached an all time high and Detroits middle class is now feeling the pressure that has previously only affected the city’s poorest families.
“Families are forced to buy food from corner stores with less healthy and [...]
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Legal tech guru Brett Burney reviews the pros and cons of one of the smallest netbooks on the market, as well as a low-end all-in-one model PC, sporting a big monitor, all of which can easily be accommodated on just about any desktop.
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In part one of this two part series on email management on Legal3.Oh!, co-hosts and legal technology consultants, Adriana Linares and Debbie Foster, put the spotlight on email. They discuss what your email address says about you. Should you have more than one email address? Adriana and Debbie will also look at transitioning to a new email address and tips for controlling spam as well as managing the information in your inbox.
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A 60 year old grandfather was found guilty of groping a woman while she was dressed as Minnie Mouse at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
John Moyer was sentenced to 180 days of probation, 50 hours of community service, a $1,000 fine, he must undergo a mental health evaluation and write a letter of [...]
