Social Networking Websites
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Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Group Blog v. The Personal Blog
Are you a superstar or a team player? When it comes to law blogs, the question is: do you have your own blog, or are you part of a team that writes a group blog? With over 45% of the Am Law 200 now using blogs, amid mounting evidence that blogs bring both publicity and […] -
john quinn, Law Firm Mergers, Quote of the Day, Social Networking Websites
Tweet of the Day: John Quinn on a Possible Squire Sanders / Hammonds Merger
Since we last checked in on him on Twitter, John Quinn — founding partner of litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel, and one of the nation’s ‘s top business litigators — has gained about 200 followers. And if he keeps tweeting in such insightful, funny, and brutally candid fashion, his following — right now he’s at 665 […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Give Your Legal Writing Nine Lives
“If you build it, he will come.” — Voice heard by Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams Writing a book, blog, article or white paper are all great ways to get noticed and build relationships in the legal industry. Unfortunately, practicing lawyers confront great demands on their time, and even though they have good intentions, […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Lawsuit of the Day, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Lawsuit of the Day: Why is This Guy So Angry with Avvo?
Ed. note: This post is by “The Gobbler,” one of the two writers under consideration to join Morning Dockette as a Morning Docket writer. As always, we welcome your thoughts in the comments. Lawyers tend to define their careers by numbers (school rank, class rank, firm rank) – at least when the numbers are to […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Social Media Lessons from a Russian Sniper
Ed. note: Adrian Dayton is a lawyer and writer who advises law firms about business development through social media. He will be writing a series of guest posts for Above the Law about social media. The opening sequence of Enemy at the Gates begins with a volunteer Russian soldier named Vassili being forced into the […] -
Biglaw, Patton Boggs, Social Networking Websites
A Report From the First Meeting of the 'Big Law Society'
In a follow-up to Kash’s post on Monday regarding the newly formed Big Law Society, I volunteered to check out their first happy hour Tuesday night at the BlackFinn American Saloon in D.C. At first I thought it would be amusing to see the type of people who would attend such a gathering. But by […] -
Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The All-or-Nothing Social Media Skeptics
Ed. note: Adrian Dayton is a lawyer and writer who advises law firms about business development through social media.. He will be writing a series of guest posts for Above the Law about social media. Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, India, Outsourcing, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Could Technology Turn The Tide Against Legal Outsourcing Overseas?
“Believe me, kiddos, this is bad news for all of us.” As many websites and blogs (including ATL) mentioned last week, The New York Times published an article by Heather Timmons entitled “Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers.” The quote above was from the blog Shilling Me Softly giving its take on the article. As […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Sarah Palin, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Trials
A Guide to Internet Slang, Courtesy of the Sarah Palin Email Hacker Trial
Earlier this year, David Kernell, 22, was found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account and posting some of her emails on the Internetz. The Palins were pleased by his conviction. One of the places where Palin’s correspondence wound up was the (enter-at-your-own-risk) message forum 4chan.org. During the course of the April felony trial, […] -
Blogging, Social Networking Websites, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Social Media for Legal Types, Part II
Last week, Kash mentioned social media guru and attorney Adrian Dayton in a post entitled “Social Media for Legal Types.” As a follow up, I thought I would reach out to Carolyn Elefant and Nicole Black, authors of the recently published book, Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier. I first mentioned these two in […] -
Contracts, Facebook, Social Networking Websites
The Facebook Lawsuit: Everybody Calm Down and Remember Your 1L Contracts Class
The internet is on fire today. The purported contract between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and random New York resident Paul Ceglia has hit the worldwide web. We’ve written about Ceglia’s claims to 84% of Facebook before. But now that people have actually seen the document, everybody wants to talk about it. I even ended up […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Social Media Policies for Legal Types
After CNN editor Octavia Nasr got the boot for an indiscreet tweet, Fast Company was inspired to do a series of stories on companies’ social media policies: “guidelines about how its employees (and freelancers and interns) should represent themselves on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media destinations.” In the most recent piece in the series, […] -
Facebook, Lawsuit of the Day, Social Networking Websites
Facebook Wants to De-Friend State Court
The meteoric rise of Facebook has tended to inspire lawsuits by those who claim to have collaborated with Mark Zuckerberg in the site’s creation. The latest to make a claim on the 500-million-member site is a wood chipper man in New York. We don’t understand how Paul D. Ceglia went from writing code to producing […]
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Facebook, Lawyer Advertising, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Weirdness
A Juris 'Doctors' Facebook Movement
Upon graduation, some degrees grant graduates more than a few extra letters at the end of their name. Some degrees are transformative. An MD turns an anal, highlighter-happy med student into a “doctor.” A PhD does the same thing for disheveled grad students. A JD makes you an “esquire.” (Other degrees are not transformative: MBA […] -
Death Penalty, Quote of the Day, Sentencing Law, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Quote of the Day: The Twitter Firing Squad
WARNING! This page informs on real world of crime and punishment. “If u can’t stand the TWEET, get out of the TWITCHEN” Harry Truman #utpol — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who set off a heated debate about the appropriateness of tweeting about Utah’s firing squad execution last week. -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Facebook, Family Law, Social Networking Websites
Divorce Lawyers Turn Facebook into a Case-Winning Gold Mine
You’ve got to love lawyers sometimes. If nothing else, they’re a resourceful group of people. If there is information out there that can help win a case, you can count on a lawyer to find it, massage it, and use it to their client’s advantage. What makes a good lawyer? Research, baby, research. We’ve mentioned […] -
Akin Gump, Blogging, In-House Counsel, Patton Boggs, Social Networking Websites
Many In-House Counsel Are Social Media Savvy. But Biglaw Firms? Not So Much.
There are a number of firms that aren’t up to speed with this whole “social media thing.” But they should be, because their clients are. American Lawyer Media, Zeughauser Group and communications firm Greentarget surveyed 164 in-house counsel about their social media habits. Lo and behold, they are making use of blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and […] -
john quinn, Litigators, Social Networking Websites, Technology
john quinn of quinn emanuel is on twitter
In case you haven’t noticed, Twitter is all the rage right now. Everyone is signing up — including your ATL editors. Given that bloggers are in the business of taking in and pushing out content, our use of Twitter isn’t surprising. A more interesting development is that lawyers at large law firms, including fairly senior […] -
Admin, Media and Journalism, Shameless Plugs, Social Networking Websites
We're a Bunch of Tweeps
@OurReaders — we’re on Twitter. You can follow Above the Law at atlblog. There’s been no sign of the “fail whale” at Twitter in recent weeks, but here at ATL, we’re sure you’ve noticed our technical difficulties. We will use our Twitter feed to communicate with you when our site is down. But it’s not […] -
Google / Search Engines, Social Networking Websites
Google Gets Buzzed With A Class Action Lawsuit
Google launched its version of a social networking site last week with Buzz. Many people were royally pissed dismayed by the privacy flaws in the initial launch. Google took the list of people that users emailed most frequently and created a public “friend list.” As TechCrunch pointed out, “merging something designed for public broadcasting (Buzz) […]