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Law Schools, Technology, Westlaw
Harvard Law And Ravel Law To Digitize All Case Law For Free; Are Paid Competitors Worried?
When will you be able to get all of your case law for free? Soon! -
Alex Kozinski, Antonin Scalia, English Grammar and Usage, Federal Judges, Law Professors, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Westlaw
Black's Law Dictionary: An Interview with Bryan A. Garner
David Lat interviews Professor Bryan A. Garner about the newest edition of Black's Law Dictionary. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Google / Search Engines, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Small Law Firms, Technology, Westlaw, Wikipedia
Is Wikipedia A Reliable Legal Authority?
Small-firm columnist Keith Lee looks at how widely courts are citing Wikipedia.
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2nd Circuit, 8th Circuit, Lexis-Nexis, Trademarks, Westlaw
On Remand: Lexis Drives West, Sues Toyota
Years before Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center built the forty-foot high “Tower of Law” (or, as Stephen Colbert called it, “the building blocks of boring”) out of unused legal reporters, Lexis started the books’ march to obsolescence when it debuted on April 2, 1973. “Lexis,” a term the company’s president coined by combining the Latin word […] -
Crime, Department of Justice, DUI / DWI, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Legal Research, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Rape, Westlaw
Non-Sequiturs: 02.17.14
* Were you using Westlaw last week and saw this image? Here’s why… [Westlaw] * A federal judge is charged with DUI. And there’s video of the arrest! [American Press] * A heartwrenching poem from a law professor about discrimination. Wait, it’s not about race or gender discrimination but about not getting tenure as a legal writing professor. Yeah, that makes sense. [TaxProf Blog] * Criminal defense lawyers are part-counselor, listening to the woes of their clients. Should basic instruction in therapy be part of professional training? [Katz Justice] * The collapse of legal industry could be happening again, this time to the medical profession. [The Atlantic] * Jeez, I had no idea that the paralegal industry is enjoying such a surge in hiring. I guess it makes sense… you get all the drudgery work of a young lawyer at half the cost. [George Washington University] * A new DOJ report confirms what we all expected: Montana law enforcement officials are kind of terrible at prosecuting sexual assault cases. [Jezebel] -
Layoffs, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Media and Journalism, Technology, Westlaw
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Large Layoffs at LexisNexis
If the estimates are accurate, LexisNexis laid off enough people to staff a sizable law firm. -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Confirmations, Copyright, Gender, Jed Rakoff, Law Professors, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Securities and Exchange Commission, State Judges, Westlaw
Morning Docket: 02.12.13
* This guy could teach a master class in how to stand by your (wo)man. Mary Jo White’s husband, John White, will relinquish his equity partner status at Cravath upon her confirmation as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. [Am Law Daily]
* Macho, macho man: it looks like we’ll never know if Dechert actually has a “macho culture,” because the FMLA and paternity leave case that questioned the very existence of this Biglaw subculture was settled out of court. [National Law Journal]
* Why you gotta go and ruin Valentine’s Day for everyone at O’Melveny and Akin Gump? Apple’s request to speed up the Greenlight Capital case was approved, with arguments now scheduled for February 19. [CNET]
* Despite her nomination being crapped on by the Senate, Jenny Rivera, the CUNY School of Law professor, was recently confirmed as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals. [New York Law Journal]
* Remember the lawyer who sued Westlaw and Lexis for copyright infringement? Judge Jef Rakoff dismissed it for reasons yet to be disclosed, but probably for legal dumbassery. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* “Behold, the instrument of your liberation!” Survivors of the Aurora movie massacre are being harassed by conspiracy theorists, and the DA asked the judge to scrub their names from the record. [Courthouse News]
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Music, Rap, Videos, Weirdness, Westlaw, YouTube
Yo! ATL Raps
A former Dewey & LeBoeuf associate started a company that just received $15 million in venture capital financing. But can it compete with Westlaw and Lexis? - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Admin, Advertising, Announcements, Cellphones, iPhone, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad, Westlaw
Have You Downloaded the Above the Law App Yet?
The Above the Law App is now available for download. Why haven't you gotten it yet? -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad, Westlaw
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Jed Rakoff, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw
Lawyers Sue Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis for Copyright Infringement
Where would lawyers be without open (and absurdly expensive) access to Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis for legal research? They’d have to trudge down to the closest law library and read real books made of paper. They’d have to head over to the courthouse and pull actual files with non-electronic documents inside of them. In a time where legal texts are used solely for decorative bookshelf purposes, that is just too much to ask. But that is the behavior that two lawyers would expect of their professional colleagues. Do they have any chance of winning their class action copyright suit? -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Gay, Gay Marriage, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Morning Docket, Murder, Westlaw
Morning Docket: 02.23.12
* And now another reason for lawyers to hate other lawyers (even more than they already do): Westlaw and LexisNexis are being sued for copyright infringement for selling access to publicly filed legal documents. [WSJ Law Blog]
* MGA Entertainment’s antitrust suit against Mattel has been dismissed. In celebration, attorneys from Quinn Emanuel will buy themselves hot pink convertibles while singing that “Barbie Girl” song. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Yesterday in the Golinski case, a federal judge ruled that the definition of marriage under DOMA is unconstitutional. Come on, even a Bush II appointee knows what’s up. [Poliglot / Metro Weekly]
* After finally realizing that he was a lawyer and not an agent — and that his most infamous client wasn’t worth as much as he thought — Jose Baez dropped Casey Anthony like a bad habit. [Miami Herald]
* Former University of Virginia lax player George W. Huguely V was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Yeardley Love. UVA students are instructed to pop their collars at half-staff. [Bloomberg]
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Google / Search Engines, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Old People, Rank Stupidity, Screw-Ups, Summer Associates, Technology, Westlaw
All This Techno-Ignorance Will Make Your Head Explode
Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about some über expensive and embarrassing examples of lawyers making technological mistakes. Those stories involved sexily scandalous blunders, but they were relatively extreme scenarios. (If turning over thousands of privileged documents happens regularly at your firm, may God help you.) More frequently, firm employees deal with little technological […]
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Law Schools, Legal Research, Quote of the Day, Westlaw
Quote of the Day: Is Elie Writing Westlaw Headnotes Now?
Although no accredited law school offered night classes, public interest did not require granting of accreditation to law school offering night classes, absent a sound operation, because there was no compelling need for additional law graduates. — Matter of Laclede School of Law, 700 S.W.2d 81 (Mo. 1985) (via Westlaw Headnote of the Day). -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Outsourcing, Technology, Westlaw
Thomson Reuters Exploring Sale of BAR/BRI, Will Acquire Pangea3
Hang onto your hats, your legal world is about to get rocked. At least behind the scenes. Thomson Reuters, owner of West Publishing and BAR/BRI is selling BAR/BRI. The reports have been confirmed by people who are enrolled in BAR/BRI. They all received an email from the company tonight. Above the Law obtained a copy […] -
LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw
Google Does Evil to LexisNexis and Westlaw?
Last week Google engineer Anurag Acharya sent a shot across the bow of the multi-million dollar legal publishing business. “Starting today,” he wrote on the Google blog, people will be able to use Google Scholar to “find and read full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts.” And in […] -
Legal Research, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Technology, Westlaw
Bloomberg to Compete with Lexis and Westlaw
It’s been a long time coming, but Bloomberg is finally ready to unveil its new legal research tool. It will compete with Lexis and Westlaw for the hearts and minds of law students and junior associates across the land. Bloomberg Law will have its launch party at the end of the month at the west […] -
Biglaw, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Westlaw
Westlaw Red-Flags Law Librarians
Law librarians got miffed at Westlaw this week, after the legal research company sent out the following advertisement via e-mail: Law librarians across the land were appalled and voiced their displeasure on this list-serv, among other places. From a librarian at a large southern law firm: [Apparently] the folks at West think that attorneys shouldn’t […] -
Legal Research, Racism, Technology, Westlaw
Westlaw Printer Access Restored for Puerto Rico!
Life happens fast. This morning we reported that Thomson Reuters had revoked free printer access to law schools in Puerto Rico. It seems that the policy has now been reversed. A message from University of Puerto Rico law professor José Julián Álvarez González, after the jump. -
Legal Research, Racism, Technology, Westlaw
Is Westlaw Discriminating Against Puerto Rico?
Update (4:15): After this post went was published, Thomson Reuters reversed course and reinstated the free printer access to Puerto Rican law schools. Click here for our coverage. Thomson Reuters owns Westlaw and is one of the two major gatekeepers to legal research in the modern world. Recently, the company made an economic decision that […]