Monday, January 23, 2006 at 1:43PM Don't miss Blawg Review #41, courtesy of Interland general counsel Jonathan B. Wilson, and Carnival of the Capitalists #120, courtesy of the Patent Baristas. As Jonathan says, "I thought it interesting to note the many different ways in which legal blogs (or 'blawgs') come into contact with society and the world." Both are replete with examples.
Monday, January 23, 2006 at 11:48AM Here's one I'm ashamed not to have known about earlier; instead, one of Reed Smith's astute PR team recently clued me in. It's the Legal Pad blog, authored and edited by the staff of The Recorder (a California legal newspaper) and Cal Law, both American Lawyer Media productions.
Our PR person would have been remiss had he not pointed me toward this post mentioning comments by my colleague Sonja Weissman, Know Your Opponents by the Cut of Their Hair: "[M]embers of her legal team were careful to schedule barber shop appointments the week before their first court appearance, because every lawyer knows how difficult it is to get your bangs clipped during a trial. So when the plaintiff's attorneys showed up looking a little rough around the edges, Weissman realized her opponents weren't prepared to try their case." This of course leads to the corollary: when you really want to psych out the other side, you show up to the final pre-trial proceedings looking very bedraggled, but being very prepared. Sounds like something Evan Schaeffer or Jeff Lewis could have considerable fun with... (Also, here's a tip for anyone who might be playing this game but unfamiliar with the intricacies of female coiffures: where on a short-haired man you'd scan the neck to gauge the time elapsed since the last cut, with women you'd be better served by finding a way to nonchalantly survey your opponent's roots.)
[Technorati tags: blawg; blawgs; reed smith; american lawyer media; trial tactics; haircut theory]
Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 9:04AM Good for Adam Curry, who plans to take a tabloid to court for its unlicensed commercial use of some of his Flickr pics, among other things. Go get 'em Adam, and if you're looking for some UK based cetaceans I'll be happy to help hook you up.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 4:05PM John Palfrey's post RSS and Copyright, Circa 2006 revisits the implied license issue regarding feeds, and Shelley Powers, per usual, asks good questions. (If you disagree with my take and/or can formulate a "yes" or "no," answer for her, get over there and leave a comment.) Related:
[Update:] Shelley adds more great links, and I have more to say over there.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 12:36PM The Law and Policy Institutions Guide (LPIG.org) published its inaugural newsletter yesterday, which features an interview with lawyer/author Scott Turow. Some of it reads like a judicial confirmation hearing (albeit with a nominee from a different administration): "Perhaps I am wrong about the Constitution, but I doubt it. I think this will be remembered as a shameful period, in which we allowed Osama Bin Laden to diminish our freedoms, a victory he never deserved." There's a feed if you'd like to subscribe. (I'm on the site's advisory board.)
