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Blawg of the Day - Asset Protection Law Journal

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:42:08 GMT

The Asset Protection Law Journal helps "individuals and businesses take advantage of asset protection laws." It's published by Kenneth Laino, of the Cleveland firm Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond. He's discussing business protection, creditors' rights, domestic asset protection trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, physician asset protection, Swiss bank accounts, and more.

Presentations from your Smartphone

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:39:39 GMT

I've never been a fan of giving PowerPoint presentations from my phone - I like more control over the program I'm using to give the presentation. However, with MightyMeeting I might just have to give it another try. MightyMeeting has a different take on the whole "presentation by smartphone" thing: instead of loading the presentation on your phone, you upload it to the MightyMeeting server. You can then send your attendees a link to the file when you're ready to present - but it's actually a link to the presentation that you can control remotely from your phone. When you move slides on your phone, it changes on everyone else's computer. This service is designed more for presentations to remote attendees, but there's no reason why you can't use it for a live presentation, and use your phone as a remote control - you'll need an Internet connection, though. I think MightyMeetings is great for people who frequently give the same presentation (or series of presentations), but don't necessarily want to be sitting in an office or at home in front of the computer all the time. The app is available both for iPhone and Android, or as a web app within a smartphone browser.

Blawg of the Day - Mixed Martial Arts Law Blog

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:30:25 GMT

Here's a niche blog I'll bet you haven't seen before: the Mixed Martial Arts Law Blog covers legal issues surrounding the full contact combat sport. It's authored by David Nelmark, a partner in the Des Moines, Iowa firm of Belin McCormick. He's discussing civil suits and criminal proceedings surrounding MMA, promoters, state athletic commissions, and the Police Blotter, among other things.

Blawg of the Day - The Canadian Business Law Blog

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:38:13 GMT

Another blog from Canada today - The Canadian Business Law Blog is brought to you by Shane McLean, a Canadian business lawyer based on Ottawa. He's discussing topics such as business structure, cleantech, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and more.

Is an iPad in Your Tech Future?

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:08:58 GMT

Well, after months and MONTHS of speculation, Apple finally unveiled its vaunted iPad tablet computing device. Does it signal a game change in the way mobile technology is designed, or is it just an oversized iPod Touch? Will lawyers use it as device for fun and games, or does it have real application for the legal profession? Those are some of the questions we tackle in the latest episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, entitled The iPad: Gadget or Game-Changer? We had a lot of fun in this episode, and we also briefly discussed the debut this week of WestLawNext, from Thomson Reuters. Give us a listen.

Blawg of the Day - Donna Neff's Law Blog

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:05:24 GMT

Donna Neff is a Ottawa lawyer I met last year, when she first spoke at ABA TECHSHOW. She's a lawyer who gets technology, but at her self-titled blog, Donna Neff's Law Blog, she's only talking a little bit about technology. She's spending a lot of time talking about her main area of practice, probate law. Give it a look!

Blawg of the Day - Trade Lawyers Blog

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:55:33 GMT

Here's a great idea for a group blog. The Trade Lawyers Blog is a forum for well-known and respected international trade lawyers around the world to share information about international trade developments. Current contributors include Cyndee Cherniak (Canada), Susan Ross (U.S.), and Andrew Hudson (Australia). They're discussing a plethora of trade law issues, including money laundering, anti-dumping, Buy America, export controls and economic sanctions, and the WTO, among others.

Instantly PDF a Web Page

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:18:24 GMT

I'm a bit behind in covering this site, but it's such a great idea I wanted to mention it. PDFmyURL allows you to almost instantly create a PDF from any page on the Internet. Just type in the URL of any web page, click the button, and wham! Instant PDF of that page. There are also some advanced options that allow you to format the style of the PDF - landscape orientation, header/footer, table of contents, margins, page size, and more. One thing I really like about this tool, and one thing I'm not wild about: -- PDFmyURL provides a bit of code that allows you to use the tool on your own website. Just insert the code into any page on your website, and a link reading "download this page as PDF" will be created. It's a great way to provide this functionality to your readers without going to a lot of trouble. -- On the down side, I can't see where PDFmyURL can create a PDF of an entire website. True, this can lead to extremely large, broken PDF files, but I think a PDF'd website can be very useful. If you need to create a PDF of a whole site, I'd recommend using Acrobat.

Blawg of the Day - Martin Felsky

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:43:54 GMT

Here's an electronic discovery blog I hadn't previously heard about - the self-titled Martin Felsky is an Ontario lawyer who now consults on electronic discovery for companies and their firms. Some recent topics he's discussed include Do-It-Yourself E-Discovery, preservation technology, email, and more.

Extra! Extra!

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:37:28 GMT

The latest issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available now for your reading pleasure.

Blawg of the Day - LLC Law Monitor

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:38:37 GMT

The LLC Law Monitor does exactly what its title says - it provides insight and commentary on the law of limited liability companies. Doug Batey at Stoel Rives in Seattle is discussing all things LLC, including dissolution, fiduciary duties, income taxes, operating agreements, piercing the veil, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Fair Housing Defense

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:31:51 GMT

Here's another blog from Fox Rothschild. Fair Housing Defense features on and compliance with the Fair Housing Act. It's edited by Scott Badami with two other contributing authors, all from the firm's Blue Bell, Pennsylvania office.

Blawg of the Day - ABS Investor Advocate

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:17:19 GMT

The ABS Investor Advocate is published by Grais & Ellsworth, a New York City firm that represents investors in asset-backed securities and other structured instruments. They're discussing such topics as mortgage modifications, securitization, and the servicer safe harbor, among others.

Blawg of the Day - Dallas Divorce Law Blog

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:11:45 GMT

Today, a blog from my backyard here in Dallas. The Dallas Divorce Law Blog is brought to you by the firm of O'Neil Anderson, and they're discussing the usual topics you'd imagine in a family law blog - child support, parenting, division of property, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Clostridium Difficile Blog

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:50:43 GMT

We haven't featured a food-borne illness blog from the Marler Clark firm in some time, so I'm happy to be talking about the Clostridium Difficile Blog today. For those of you who don't know, c. difficile is a bacteria that causes bad things to happen in your gut - I won't go into details. The blog provides information on outbreaks and how to avoid an infection, among other things.

SlideFinder Helps with Your Next Presentation

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:44:41 GMT

I don't know about you, but sometimes I'm preparing a presentation, and I'm completely at a loss about where to begin, or where to start on a particular topic within the presentation. Surely others have done presentations on my topic before - wouldn't it be cool if I could tap into their experiences? With SlideFinder, you can get pretty far. SlideFinder is a PowerPoint presentation search engine - it catalogs publicly available slide decks and indexes them by content. Just type in some words from your presentation, and you'll instantly see other PowerPoint presentations that include those words. Pretty slick. Granted, you can probably just go to Google and type in "[keywords] filetype:ppt," but with SlideFinder, why bother?

What I Followed on Twitter this Week

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:52:14 GMT

Here's a listing of some of my tweets on Twitter this past week, with links to helpful and interesting articles/sites. -- Best of ABA TECHSHOW: Capturing Quicksilver: Records Management for All That Other Stuff http://bit.ly/4t3tF4 -- Microsoft to Purge User Data on Bing After 6 Months - http://nyti.ms/6LfiRK -- Our latest Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast: From Early Adopters to Late Adopters and Everyone In Between http://is.gd/6C5Oj -- Practice Management and Ethics Issues, Plus Choosing a Litigation Support Vendor http://ow.ly/1nhemN -- The January issue of Law Practice Today is all about ABA TECHSHOW. Check out the articles. http://tiny.cc/c7n9V -- LPM members get discounts on ABA TECHSHOW. http://tiny.cc/BW5Tn -- Is 123456 your password? Might as well make it "HackMePlease": http://bit.ly/67FeZD[/url] (I love the clever use of 654321 - brilliant!) -- 6 Approaches to Time Stamping PDF Files Using Acrobat 9* -... http://ff.im/-eEGLy

Blawg of the Day - USA Inbound Acquisitions & Investments Blog

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:30:16 GMT

Today's blog occupies an interesting niche - mergers, acquisitions and investments by foreign businesses. The blog is logically titled USA Inbound Acquisitions & Investments Blog, and it's authored by Bill Newman in the New York office of Sullivan Worcester.

Technology Adoption - the Latest Kennedy-Mighell Report

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:01:53 GMT

Lawyers are generally thought of as some of the last people to adopt the latest technologies - why is that? Dennis Kennedy and I talk about possible explanations for this phenomenon in the latest edition of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, entitled From Early Adopters to Late Adopters, and Everyone In Between. We also answer some questions about Windows 7 and the Consumer Electronics Show. Give it a listen!

Blawg of the Day - Best Practices Construction Law

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:59:27 GMT

How about another construction law blog today - this one is Best Practices Construction Law, brought to you by Matthew DeVries of the Nashville firm of Smith, Cashion & Orr. "Using experience, knowledge and technology to ensure success in the construction industry," the blog discusses construction law best practices (obviously), project management, regional construction issues, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Ahead of Schedule

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:48:50 GMT

The cleverly-named Ahead of Schedule is a development, design, and construction law blog. It's authored by a whole bunch of lawyers at the big nationwide firm Stoel Rives. They're discussing topics like OSHA reform, defects, environmental concerns, as well as construction claims, contracts, defects, and litigation.

Blawg of the Day - NC Business Law Blog

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:38:29 GMT

My Law Practice Management Section friend and colleague is blogging now at the NC Business Law Blog. Tom Grella, of the Asheville firm of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, is discussing such topics as commercial financing, leasing, condominium law, securities, and others - all with a North Carolina focus.

Extra! Extra!

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:46 GMT

The latest issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is hot off the presses. Give it a read, and let someone else know about it - I'd love more subscribers!

Blawg of the Day - Canadian HR Reporter

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:03:49 GMT

Thomson Reuters publishes Canadian Employment Law Today and Canadian HR Reporter, to keep managers, business owners, trade unions, HR professionals, and law firms up to date on the latest developments in Canadian Employment Law. The blog version of Canadian HR Reporter offers regular reports on important HR topics.

Blawg of the Day - Patent Law Insights

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:32:39 GMT

An IP blog for you today, and the second this week from Perkins Coie - Patent Law Insights features intellectual property news on topics like patent applications, licensing, portfolio analysis, valuation, and more. It's edited by Rajiv Sarathy, in the firm's Seattle office.