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Update: For more interesting perspectives on Free, check out Ken Adams at Adams Drafting, Doug Cornelius at Compliance Building, Jordan Furlong at Law 21 and Jay Parkhill of Start Up Tool Box. A few weeks back, I read Chris Anderson’s book, Free which is also available free in a variety of formats, including a sponsored…

With many biglaw attorneys now considering solo practice, I wanted to list a couple of ideas and resources to procure biglaw practice tools on a budget.  For most consumer practice areas, such as family law, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, new solos can find a cornucopia of low cost practice tools, such as pro bono training…

According to this CNET post of last month (and as you’ve probably already heard), the Federal Trade Commission is planning to adopt guidelines this summer which would require bloggers to disclose any freebies, payments or other financial benefits that they receive in return for promoting a product.  The proposed guidelines are available here.  Since I’ve always…

OK, so I understand that a company like Thomson Reuters doesn’t "get" the concept of free.  After all, Westlaw, one of Thomson Reuters’ flagship legal products costs a pretty penny.  Even so, it’s one thing to charge for a product that delivers value, as Westlaw undeniably does.  It’s quite another to extract payment for materials…

Over at Legal Blogwatch, I posted about how shingler Kiwi Camara of Camara Sibley, not yet 25 years old and just five years out of law school is giving the RIAA a run for its money in the high profile copyright infringement re-trial of Jammie Thomas.  Thomas’ first lawyer, Brian Toder won a new trial…

The Total Attorney’s Practice Management Association Get a Life conference begins this Wednesday, May 27 and continues through May 28.  There’s a great line up of speakers who don’t typically present at these kinds of events (at least, not all in one place!) including my colleague and friend Allison Shields and some fun activities as well. …

At the request of my blogging colleague, Jordan Furlong of Law21 and Chair of the College of Law Practice Management Innovaction program, I’m somewhat belatedly posting this call for nominations for this year’s Innovaction Awards sponsored by the College of Law Practice Management.  The awards are given to law firms or other legal services providers…