I recently posed this question in the Legal Blogging group on LinkedIn along with the following commentary:[1] Have Twitter, Facebook, and blogs helped or hurt the practice of law? While social media has jeopardized some defendant’s right to a fair trial, it also allows attorneys to connect with existing and potential clients and allows the public to easily find information about the legal…
In case you missed it, Major League Baseball (MLB) has now taken control of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The intention of MLB and Commissioner Bud Selig is to eventually sell the club once an owner can be found and the legal hurdles are cleared. Frank McCourt is pretty much broke after his recent divorce from Jamie McCourt and does not have the…
Putting more information into the hands of legal consumers seems like a good idea. However, since the early days of listserv and bulletin boards, State Bars have sought to regulate attorney’s online conduct. Many states – especially New York and Florida – have chosen to heavily regulate attorney’s conduct on the Internet despite First Amendment and other concerns.[2] “If you look at…
The bad news is that if your last name starts with N – Z and you haven’t yet completed your 25 Unit California Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirement you will be fined $100. The good news is that if you pay your $100 fine and complete your MCLE by June 30th you will still be able to practice law. June 30th is the final deadline…
Back in the day when the California Bar Journal was in still in paper form, the first thing I would do when it came out was flip to the back. Usually, tucked in past all the ADR ads were that month’s attorney discipline pages. That’s where you get all the juicy dirt – from sex with clients to stealing money from partners.…
About two weeks ago I was taking my trash cans to the curb when I got a call. I reached down into my pocket, pulled out my phone – and like a football on a wet December day the phone just slipped out of my hand and my Blackberry splatted against the cement. Not unlike it had a number of times before,…