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On this edition of Litigation Support Review, host Mary Pat Poteet, an eDiscovery/Litigation Support expert with almost 20 years experience, welcomes Joanne Lane, Director of eDiscovery and Litigation Support for MetLife, to talk about the everyday challenges in their profession. Joanne discusses the biggest challenge in moving in-house, her new point of view on eDiscovery, how to manage work that is being done for your company and some commonly-held beliefs about corporate life that turned out to be myths.

On this edition of The Landy Law Letter, host John L. Torvi, from the Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency of Needham, Massachusetts welcomes Attorney Patrick Barry, from the firm Morowitz & Barry, Ltd. in Providence, Rhode Island, as they take a look at the latest in medical malpractice law and law firm management. John and Patrick discuss the challenges attorneys can face when taking on medmal cases, the importance of specialized experience and skill when it comes to medmal law and how attorneys can prepare for medmal cases and benefit their client.

Massachusetts just became the latest state to drop out of the Electoral College. Oh, wow! The Boston Globe reported yesterday that our legislature had passed the bill, which will go to our governor, who has expressed support for it. All 12 of Massachusetts’ electoral college votes will then be awarded to whichever presidential candidate garners the most popular votes nationwide. Other states which have passed similar laws so far are Illinois, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland, and Washington. You can track the efforts at www.NationalPopularVote.com. A number of other states have pending bills. Once enough states have passed similar legislation that their electoral college votes add up to a majority (or 270 of the 538 electoral college votes), it won’t matter what the other states do. Whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote would win the national election through the electoral college vote.

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The first constitutional workers compensation law in the United States was enacted back in 1911, and in recognition of this milestone of law, Massachusetts will host a centennial commemoration in April of 2011. In this edition of Workers Comp Matters, host Attorney Alan S. Pierce, welcomes the Honorable Richard S. Tirrell with the Department of Industrial Accidents and Attorney Joseph F. Agnelli, Jr., partner at Keches Law Group, P.C, to discuss the early origins of workers compensation and look ahead to the Workers Compensation Centennial 2011.

Assistant Dean of Students Michelle Harper discusses her role as Suffolk Law’s Disability Compliance Officer in this podcast. To learn more visit http://law.suffolk.edu/offices/deanofstu/disability/.

The good folks at the Federal Register are relaunching their new website, a much nicer interface than the old GPO website. Take a look at http://www.federalregister.gov, to see the new access. The Washington Post has an article covering the relaunch, noting it is part of the Obama administration efforts to make government information more available. The relaunch is scheduled for July 26. The article notes that the relaunch demystifies the arcane searching of the Register by reorganizing the thousands of rules and regulations issued each week into six categories: Read the rest of this entry »

On this edition of The Paralegal Voice, co-hosts Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin welcome attorney, mediator and management consultant, Nancy Byerly Jones, as she draws from her extensive legal experience to share career advice for paralegals. A passionate advocate for the paralegal profession, Nancy talks about the biggest challenges facing paralegals today, how the profession has changed over the years, handling conflict at work and how paralegals can enhance their individual value, as well as the value of the profession.

The Times of London went behind a paywall on June 15. In addition, the owner of The Times, Rupert Murdoch, blocked search engines from including Times stories in their search results. The authors must love this! This was covered at the Law Librarian Blog by Mark Giangrande, who also reported on the “steep decline in online viewers” since the changeover to the paywall. One source reports a decline of 65% in online readers, while another reports 90%–both large numbers, to be sure, and large enough that no one could claim that the paywall has been a success so far.

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2010 marks the first year for the University of Massachusetts School of Law Dartmouth, the states first public law school. Attorneys and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi welcome Dean Robert V. Ward, Jr., to talk about the new UMass Law school. They discuss the rise in applications in a down economy, the incoming class and faculty, accreditation and the opportunities available for students after they leave law school.

“Do more with less” is a mantra of the day. One of the great promises of the day is that technology will organize and optimize us, as computers take over the work we don’t need to do and make our lives easier. The reality feels more like a jammed email inbox, a mountain of to-do lists and technology we often fight with. In this episode, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell and special guest Allison Shields, discuss the importance of improving personal productivity and the role technology, when done well, can play in optimizing your work, enhancing your productivity and simplifying your life. 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.