From Crowell & Moring’s government contracts lawyers comes the Government Contracts Legal Forum, a blog about the world of – you guessed it, government contracts. About 20 of the C&M lawyers write on the blog, and you’ll see posts on such topics as antitrust, bid protests, false claims, international contracting, public-private partnerships, and the
Blawg of the Day – Banking & Financial Services Law
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The Canadian firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt publishes Banking & Financial Services Law, which provides analysis and updates on Canadian and U.S. Cross-Border credit market developments. Recent posts have been written on the Wage Earner Program Act, security interests, PMSI secured parties, and the Personal Property Security Act.
Google Docs Charts Get More Interesting
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Okay, so Google Docs still can’t match the power of any part of the Microsoft Office suite, but they sure keep getting closer and closer. Recently, they debuted a great new chart creation tool that makes some significant advances. You’ll find annotated timelines, organizational charts, gauges, a motion chart, and many more chart types. It…
Blawg of the Day – GlobalTort
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Another interesting “niche-ish” blog for you today – it’s called GlobalTort, and it aims to map “the intersections among torts, science, corporate law, insurance and bankruptcy.” Not all of the authors are lawyers – Kirk Hartley is with Childress Duffy Goldblatt, a litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Florida. Also blogging with him…
Give your Gmail security a tuneup
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If you’re a Gmail user, you might want to to give this Gmail Security Checklist a onceover. It takes you through an assessment of security basics – on your computer, your browser, your Google account, and then your Gmail settings. And although this is designed for Gmail, many parts of this checklist apply just as…
Blawg of the Day – Oregon Patent Litigation Tracker
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Here’s an interesting niche blog that hasn’t posted in a couple of months – the Oregon Patent Litigation Tracker features news and updates from all active patent cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. You can track the cases according to the judge assigned to them, or look at such issues…
Blawg of the Day – Endangered Species Law & Policy
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An interesting niche blog for you today – Endangered Species Law & Policy is published by the Nossaman law firm, known for its endangered species and natural resources practice. They’re talking about conservation, critical habitat, regulatory reform, listing and delisting, and more. I’ll be off for the holiday, so no post tomorrow – if you’re…
Blawg of the Day – Lexician
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Here’s a blog on something most lawyers probably don’t think about all that often – legal project management. More and more these days, as lawyers find that the practice of law is coming closer to operating a business, they are moving to use project management techniques to get things done within the firm. Steven Levy…
Blawg of the Day – Austin Technology Law Blog
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From just down I-35 from me comes the Austin Technology Law Blog, a blog with “legal thoughts on technical business transactions, intellectual property and licensing.” It’s published by the Austin firm of Stanfield Hiserodt, which likes to blog on such subjects as browsewrap agreements, cloud computing, mobile phones, social networks, and defamation, among others.
Blawg of the Day – ON Securities
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ON Securities is the blog of Marty Rosenbaum, a lawyer with the Minneapolis firm of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand. He’s discussing securities, governance and executive compensation issues facing public companies, on such topics as disclosure, the Dodd-Frank act, investor relations, public company reporting, and SOX, among others.