The North Carolina Bar Association published Proposed 2010 Formal Ethics Opinion 7, which concludes that: …a law firm may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the risks that confidential client information may be disclosed or lost are effectively minimized. This opinion is a welcome tool for attorneys trying to implement a [...]

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OnlineDegreePrograms.org has created “The Ultimate Google Wave Guide for Students: 100 Tips, Tools, and Tricks” which provides students with tip for using Google Wave. As a college student, we know you’re always on the hunt for tools that save you time and trouble, especially on homework. That’s why we’ve generated this list of tips and [...]

Counsel.Net claims to be the “first name in attorney-to-attorney connections online”. Counsel.Net has an attorney chatboard, a place for new attorneys & solo practitioners, attorney marketing, and several other attorney forums. This social network is basically a mixed bag of forums to posts legal questions, hypotheticals, job openings, and pretty much anything you want. Attorneys [...]

There’s no doubt that 2009 marks the year when lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals are realistically considering using web 2.0 technologies within their business. (Arguably, these tools have been around for over half a decade.) This was the year that almost every law school signed up for Twitter. Judges, lawyers, law students, paralegals, legal [...]

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Martindale-Hubbell Connected will be hosting a live webinar on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009. Word on the street says they have over 700 registered participants! They are expecting a record number of people to attend. Who will be there? Lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, legal professionals, non-legal professionals, people interested in social media, and even people not interested in social media. [...]

There are many social networks out there tailored to those within the legal profession. From Facebook, LinkedIn, Avvo, JD Diversity, Legally Minded, Lawyrs.net, Advance Advocates, Counsel.net, Legal OnRamp, MH Connected…the list goes on and on. All of these social networks are trying to become the gold standard within the legal profession. The reality: only a [...]

The federal judiciary recently posted a revised version of the Federal Rules of Evidence to solicit comments on the proposed changes. The revisions, overall, are a tremendous improvement over the current rules. They make the rules easier to read and understand. However, while the goal of these re-styled rules is to avoid any changes in meaning, I think some of the proposed changes will result in a change in meaning.