He has compiled a list of cases that
cite legal blogs.
Not exact matches
Through a «best practices» approach, the
blog provides commentary from experts in a wide range of areas,
citing specific client examples of progressive and innovative (or «laudable») initiatives that have helped
legal departments become more efficient and economical without sacrificing quality.
The enterprising Ian Best, at his
blog 3L Epiphany, scores an interview about
blogs with U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf of Nebraska, who recently
cited to a
legal blog in an opinion.
In addition to the holidays, I argued at the Fifth Circuit; published two articles at The Huffington Post (here and here); produced a podcast episode on appellate practice for the ABA's Sound Advice series; gave a presentation to the Dallas Bar Association (about the post-election Supreme Court and Trump's list of possible nominees); participated in a panel discussion about e-briefs and
legal writing at the annual meeting of the Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal (in North Carolina); was
cited on SCOTUSblog and the Appellate Advocacy
Blog (both here and here); and was quoted by Bloomberg (here, here, here, and here), CNN, and the Winnipeg Free Press.
In fact, yesterday's
Blog of the
Legal Times,
citing a Wall Street Journal report, noted that the Department of Justice is cracking down on alleged acts of foreign bribery and is currently investigating 120 cases, up from 100 at the end of last year.
But I continue to see posts from
blogs such as Futurelawyer that explain how to use Google Scholar for purposes once reserved for Lexis / Westlaw such as «Finding Significant Opinions
Citing Your Case With Google Scholar» or, more bluntly, asking straight up: «Why Are You Paying For
Legal Research?»
This post from the WSJ Law
Blog cites an April survey by
legal consulting group Altman Weil that found that GCs aren't too happy about associate salary increases — which will put more pressure on associates to bill hours to justify the increases.
Bloggers being bloggers, plenty of others chime in with comments to Spiro's post, including one Spiro
cited as an example of an abandoned
legal blog, Belle Lettre of the
blog Law and Letters, who comments:
Gee, just when I was about to tease Dennis Kennedy for naming his own
blog as among his 2005 Best of
Legal Blogging Awards, I read that he
cites me as precedent for so doing.
In addition to administering the award - winning Fair Competition Law
blog, Russell writes, lectures, and is quoted or
cited in connection with various intellectual property and other
legal issues, including enforcement and defense of noncompete agreements, protection of trade secrets, trademark disputes, copyright issues, arbitration, mediation, and binding mediation.
He
cites in his Prism
Legal post an article from The Wall Street Journal and points out some of his past
blog entries on the subject, also here:
There seemed to be something going around, as Dennis Kennedy likewise found himself sidelined from live blogging and even my colleague here at
Legal Blog Watch, Carolyn Elefant, produced but one post,
citing her own suffering from «a bit of a pain.»
Though some might attribute the decline of law reviews to the increased popularity of
blogs (which courts continue to
cite with growing frequency), there are other factors at play, such as the larger issue of whether
legal scholarship has grown out of touch with the realities of law practice.
Justice Samuel Alito apparently picked up on the theme, complaining about the role of the Internet in
legal reporting, suggesting that the media either oversimplifies or sensationalizes decisions (I guess Alito doesn't realize that while he turns up his nose at Internet reporting, his colleagues are increasingly
citing blogs in their opinions).
I've written extensively about this on my
blog (see this post, for example, where I
cite many
legal cases where statistical conclusions have been misstated).
Brian Garner, Brief Writing,
Citing Legally
Blog, E-Briefs, E-Filing,
Legal Citations,
Legal Technology,
Legal Writing, Peter Martin
It is certainly true, as we here at Abnormal Use have been
cited by a number of
legal publications that have taken notice of this site, including The New York Times, NPR, Scientific American, and a whole host of regional newspapers, law
blogs, and other publications.
For the past year, I have been researching changes in the
legal profession and the market it has created, but I have had trouble sorting out the story buried in the often
cited numbers contained in scam
blog posts, academic works, or news reports.
We have top students from schools across the country ready to jump in and help with
legal research,
cite - checking, deposition summaries, document review, client alerts, academic articles,
blog content, and whatever other tasks you need done.
In addition, although the new 6th edition of the «McGill Guide» (the Canadian Guide to Uniform
Legal Citation) does not appear to discuss «
blogs» specifically, one could likely adapt their rules and examples on
citing to electronic sources under Rule 6.19.
The question still arises as to why more
blog posts are not
cited in
legal journals.
Here's to hoping we are the first law
blog in Canada to be
cited as an authority in a
legal judgment.
Bob Ambrogi, who in the not - too - distant past patrolled the hallways here at LBW, proclaimed on Wednesday that «reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated,» and, as evidence,
cited 15
legal blogs of relatively recent vintage that he believes to be of value to the
legal community.
The Facebook
blog post, written by deputy general counsel Paul Grewal,
cited the «public prominence» of Cambridge Analytica, called the alleged data retention an «unacceptable violation of trust» and said the social network will take
legal action if necessary to hold all parties «responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior.»