) March 19, 2009 -- The Weston-based law firm of Freedland Russo announced today that they have entered the blogosphere and it is clear they have something important to say. After all, Freedland Russo is the first law firm in United States history to ever represent whistleblowers in a case that settled for over one billion dollars.

Earlier this year, the firm revealed that they had initiated the case against pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lily (Civil Action #03943). Firm partner Anthony Russo said, "It was a clear case of David against Goliath. For over five years these six victims put everything on the line. In the end, truth and right were the victors. That is why we are launching this blog. We want to others who are out there to know that there is hope."

) October 20, 2009 -- LegalRow.com is launching a new online attorney directory which provides search results down to the zip code for persons looking for an attorney nearby who fits their needs.

Continuing in our quest to be the premier source for legal information online, we have rolled out our directory of world-class attorneys and law firms to connect people in need of legal help with qualified lawyers.

) January 14, 2009 -- Veteran Drinker Biddle & Reath litigator and product-liability expert Michael Duffy has joined Mindcrest Inc., the oldest and largest legal services outsourcing company as head of its litigation services division. Duffy will expand Mindcrest's litigation services business on a worldwide basis.

"I see this as an exciting opportunity in the direction the legal market is moving, and a great challenge," said Duffy, (57), who had primary responsibility for more than 40 jury trials in his 30 years as a trial lawyer.

) February 19, 2009 -- Veteran legal marketing coach and consultant, Terrie Wheeler, MBC, has launched the Esq Coach Blog, written for small law firms and solo practitioners. The Esq Coach Blog is a natural outgrowth of Wheeler's dynamic, interactive online tool, MarketYourLawPractice.com. Some of Wheeler's most recent blog posts include "Lost Clients, Reduced Legal Budgets. Don't Panic--Talk to Your Clients!," "Social Networking: Tips for Lawyers Who Want to Try It!," and "Are Your Legal Services 'Must Have' With Clients?."

Terrie Wheeler, MBC

) October 9, 2008 -- Lawyer Central is pleased to announce the launch of Accidents.com, an all-encompassing legal accident resource site. This state of the art national website features legal help and information for 39 accident practice areas, including car accidents, medical malpractice, slip and fall accidents, products liability accidents, and construction accidents, among many others.

) October 29, 2009 -- The New Jersey personal injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod are proud to reveal their newly-redesigned website.

The attorneys of Levinson Axelrod believe that in this era, which is governed by online networking and all things technology, having a stand-out internet base is key. Therefore, they have upgraded their home page with accessibility and quick communication as their top priorities.

The new site design emphasizes ease-of-use and multiple points of entry, allowing clients to contact an attorney when they need it most.

) January 19, 2009 -- LegalForce (www.legalforce.com), the largest community of American lawyers on the Internet, announces a day of service for lawyers across the United States to answer legal questions of Americans for free to commemorate the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. LegalForce is the largest community of American lawyers on the Internet with more than 315,000 American lawyers and legal professionals. Commemorating Barack Obama's historic inauguration to the United States presidency tomorrow, lawyers across the country have united to volunteer their time to answer questions for free for all Americans through the LegalForce Answers forum.

) March 3, 2010 -- State Bar regulations for attorney advertising can be confusing for lawyers, especially when it comes to their website. The newly announced Florida Bar Rules have recently caused a great deal of anxiety among Florida lawyers. As of January 1, 2010, the Florida Supreme Court has amended the Bar Rules to require lawyer websites to be governed by the same rules as general advertising.

) October 8, 2008 -- Welcome to the new LawInfo: An industry leader for over a decade, LawInfo's continuous mission has been to provide comprehensive and up-to-date legal resources for the public and professionals alike, while providing access to qualified legal services and experienced attorneys throughout the nation. LawInfo has undergone an extensive makeover and now offers services and interactive legal options that were not previously available.

) January 15, 2009 -- If you or anyone you know is thinking about getting a divorce, stop. A must read for anyone thinking of hiring a divorce lawyer is a newly released free publication written by a husband and wife team who are both experienced attorneys and shareholders in a California divorce law firm. Feinberg & Waller, a professional corporation, is a results-oriented law firm practicing exclusively in Family Law. The firms' lawyers can compete head to head with the nation's best Family Law advocates. The law firm is known throughout Southern California for its skilled, effective, well-crafted, and refined legal presentations.

) October 14, 2009 -- Tom and Tess Lee were on the way from their home in Chicago to Cleveland for a family wedding. The couple was traveling in the eastbound lanes of the Ohio turnpike near Toledo. A car driven by retired podiatrist Charles Marlowe, Jr. came from the westbound lanes across the median and into the eastbound lanes striking the Lees' vehicle head-on. The Lees were killed instantly.

Auto Accident on Ohio Turnpike

) January 6, 2009 -- Smiley & Smiley, LLP, founded in 1968, has successfully represented victims of negligence, personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice for over 40 years.

Smiley & Smiley, LLP

To commemorate this milestone, the firm has launched a video-based website, www.smileylaw.com that highlights the firm's philosophy of handling a small inventory of significant New York cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice or wrongful death.

) January 15, 2009 -- The Tennessee law firm of Terry, Terry & Stapleton has launched an expanded website to inform clients about their rights after a serious accident and the role the firm's lawyers can play in helping them obtain compensation for their injuries.

"We're delighted to enhance our online offerings to better serve accident victims in East Tennessee," said Brack Terry, a partner in the Morristown, TN law firm. "We have incorporated resources that explain many of the types of cases we handle. The website also demonstrates the approaches our attorneys take to obtain the best possible results for personal injury victims."

) October 21, 2008 -- As lawyers continue to seek alternative career opportunities in record numbers, a new website has launched to help them in their search.

AlternativeLawyerJobs.com is a unique job posting website that helps lawyers who have become dissatisfied with traditional legal practice find alternative, more fulfilling careers both in and out of the legal profession.

Long hours, unfulfilling work and a desire for better work / life balance have all contributed to an increase in lawyers seeking in-house, law related, non-legal and entrepreneurial career opportunities.

) July 24, 2009 -- Maryland divorce, child custody, family law and personal injury attorneys and lawyers, Henry Weil and Stuart Grozbean, have both been selected as part of Maryland's top 5 percent of lawyers for 2009, making them "Super Lawyers." Created by Super Lawyers Magazine, outstanding attorneys are chosen and placed on its annual list of "Super Lawyers." Weil and Grozbean represent Belli, Weil & Grozbean, a nationally recognized law firm.

) November 2, 2009 -- The Law Offices of Louis R. Fine have launched their new website (http://www.lrflaw.com) that helps answer client's questions and point them in a new direction. The website was created to serve as a source of information for those looking for answers to their questions about family and commercial law.

) April 3, 2009 -- Legal professionals now face even greater challenges when trying to determine where to search for critical data and information that can be used to help build (or defend) a case. This has led to the continued importance and growth of companies and firms that provide technologies or services that make Electronic Discovery - or eDiscovery faster and easier for the legal community. Information that was once was contained to paper files has now exploded to digital devices as the use of mobile devices (i.e., iPhone, Blackberry), portable computers, and social networking sites (i.e., Facebook), and related items are used more frequently.

) November 21, 2008 -- The State Bar of Texas, http://www.texasbar.com, is pleased to announce that it is the winner of the 2008 Excellence in New Communications Award in the External Communications and Communities Category, Government Division. The award winners were announced at the Society's awards gala at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday, November 14th.

Jacksonville, Fla. Residents of any state who have recently been arrested for drunk driving and need advice can now turn to a new online guide to finding the right DUI lawyer.
The new, user-friendly website is located on the Internet at http://lawyerdui.googlepages.com. The online guide contains information on if you need to hire a DUI lawyer, definitions of legal terms associated with drunk driving and a state-by-state list of DUI and DWI lawyers.
Anyone who is considering hiring a lawyer to defend them in their DUI or DWI case can get useful information on hiring the right attorney for them and their case as well as find a local DUI attorney all on the same site.

) July 9, 2009 -- Cepac, an attorney and law firm marketing agency specializing in law firm website design, internet marketing / search engine optimization (SEO), and press release writing and distribution, announces the launching and syndication of a new website for a top Dallas, Texas personal injury law firm.

) October 27, 2009 --

Great Bowl O' Fire at RumFire Restaurant

When it comes to copyrighted work, how similar is too similar in design, content, or name when someone else creates a product like an existing one?

Intellectual property issues have the potential to affect artists, bloggers, journalists, freelancers, designers and others who make their living through creative, original work, especially if they primarily do so online. Not only money, but also reputation, and customer satisfaction are at stake.

) February 25, 2009 --Some of the largest legal associations in the United States have teamed up with MarketYourLawPractice.com and its founder, Terrie Wheeler, MBC, to provide members access to this innovative online tool for lawyers which replicates Wheeler's individual marketing coaching process. MarketYourLawPractice.com is an affinity partner with the New York State Bar Association, the State Bar Association of California, the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Vermont Bar Association, and is now finalizing its relationship with the New Jersey State Bar Association.

) November 16, 2008 -- Lexvista LLC and The Vallex Fund announced today the next seminar in its series tracking change and change agents in the legal industry. The series is entitled "Wired GC - Off the Meter" and will be available through Lexvista's Wired GC weblog.

The every-other-month series is sponsored exclusively by The Vallex Fund.

Wired GC - Off the Meter

Wired GC - Off the Meter

) February 2, 2009 -- DirectLaw, Inc. today announced, at the LEGALTECH Trade Show in New York, the legal technology industry's largest trade show, the release of its virtual law firm platform for solo practitioners and small law firms. The DirectLaw Virtual Law Firm Platform(TM) will allow solo practitioners and small law firms to service consumers and compete technologically with larger firms by using Web-enabled automated document assembly that can be bundled with legal advice.

How It Works

) June 10, 2009 -- BigHand, the leading voice productivity application in the professional services community, and CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, today announced a reseller agreement whereby CDW will sell BigHand software into the North American legal market.

BigHand

) August 30, 2009 -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 2,700 jobs were lost in the legal industry in July as reported by JDJournal.com at http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/08/10/bls-legal-industry-lost-2700-jobs-in-july/. Legal industry layoffs have included both lawyers and staff. Carmela Williams, a student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law pursuing the MS in Legal Administration, launches Virtual Legal Corner - http://www.virtuallegalcorner.com.

) October 29, 2009 -- Two motions for reconsideration filed Monday, October 26, 2009 with the Ohio Supreme Court ask the court to reconsider its decision in case number 2005-0422, ordering two estate-planning companies to pay fees of nearly $6.4 million.

The court's order resulted from an unauthorized practice of law case brought by the Columbus Bar Association against American Family Prepaid Legal Corporation, Heritage Marketing and Insurance Services, Inc., and co-owners Stanly Norman and Jeffrey L. Norman. The order concluded the companies sold legal plans to senior citizens in violation of laws barring non-attorneys from practicing law.

) October 29, 2009 -- Two motions for reconsideration filed Monday, October 26, 2009 with the Ohio Supreme Court ask the court to reconsider its decision in case number 2005-0422, ordering two estate-planning companies to pay fees of nearly $6.4 million.

The court's order resulted from an unauthorized practice of law case brought by the Columbus Bar Association against American Family Prepaid Legal Corporation, Heritage Marketing and Insurance Services, Inc., and co-owners Stanly Norman and Jeffrey L. Norman. The order concluded the companies sold legal plans to senior citizens in violation of laws barring non-attorneys from practicing law.

) February 10, 2009 -- WorkersCompensation.com, LLC has recently announced a partnership with Lorman Education Services to provide continuing education training to the workers' compensation industry.

WorkersCompensation.com, LLC is dedicated to providing cost-effective training opportunities that meet the needs of their visitors and enhance their skills, knowledge, and competencies. The training partnership with Lorman Education Services allows WorkersCompensation.com, LLC to greatly expand their current services to better serve the needs and interests of this community.

) March 11, 2009 -- The State Bar of California (CalBar) has partnered with MarketYourLawPractice.com and its founder, Terrie Wheeler, MBC, to provide members access to an innovative new marketing tool. The first tool of its kind, MarketYourLawPractice.com is a highly secure, comprehensive Web-based legal marketing system built on a proven process and backed by hundreds of assessments, planning tools, tip sheets, and checklists to help lawyers ethically develop new business.

) March 11, 2009 -- The 76,000-member New York State Bar Association has partnered with MarketYourLawPractice.com and its founder, Terrie Wheeler, MBC, to provide members access to an innovative new marketing tool. The first tool of its kind, MarketYourLawPractice.com is a highly secure, comprehensive Web-based legal marketing system built on a proven process and backed by hundreds of assessments, planning tools, tip sheets, and checklists to help lawyers ethically develop new business.

) September 22, 2009 -- Cepac, attorney and law firm marketing consultants specializing in law firm website development, internet marketing / search engine optimization, and press release writing and distribution, announces the release of their updated website content management system (CMS) for lawyers.

) August 10, 2009 -- A new website has been launched which provides eye opening information to the millions of people now in or who are considering bankruptcy protection: www.bankruptcyconsumerprotection.com

According to Robert Marshall, founder of www.bankruptcyconsumerprotection.com, in the opaque world of bankruptcy, debtors and creditors are the main suspects when it comes to fraud. Bankruptcy Professionals are, to the contrary, rarely held accountable for what sometimes amounts to an egregious and arrogant abuse of power exercised in the interest of greed.

) November 19, 2008 -- LegalView, the number one resource for everything and anything legal on the Web, recently reported on its traumatic brain injury information blog of a new traumatic brain injury treatment study offering positive results for potential brain-injured victims. The study, conducted by Oxyen Biotherapeutics, was published in an October 2008 edition of the medical journal Neurosurgery and found that when brain injured rats were administered oxygen therapy to the brain they demonstrated a positive outcome.

) July 8, 2009 -- In the last few months, MyLLCAgreement.com has helped over 9,000 entrepreneurs and small business owners receive law firm quality customized LLC Operating Agreements without the law firm price. "In an economic downturn, we have been overwhelmed with the amount of people looking for LLC Operating Agreements for their new businesses" says Adam Bergman, President of MyLLCAgreement.com. "Our cutting edge program, developed by top firm attorneys, can generate customized LLC Operating Agreements tailored to its users needs in minutes."

) January 21, 2009 -- USLegal, Inc., announced today that its flagship legal forms web site, USLegalForms.com, has won the Gold Award for Online Legal Forms Service bestowed annually by independent consumer-help web site Top Ten Reviews.

) January 26, 2009 -- JD Supra, the free online publishing platform for legal documents and attorney work product, today announced that its user-contributed content will be distributed by Newstex, which provides instant access to real-time news, full-text blogs and video from top sources in a variety of markets and categories. The partnership gives legal professionals a mass channel for sharing their work and expertise.

Newstex will frame JD Supra's content with stock tickers, people tags and additional context, and deliver it to millions of professionals across several business sectors.

) January 13, 2009 -- Welcome to the new LawInfo! Celebrating 15 years as an industry leader within the legal community, LawInfo's continuous mission has been to provide comprehensive and up-to-date legal resources, while providing access to qualified legal services and experienced attorneys throughout the nation.

) January 18, 2009 -- OverflowLegal.com (OFL) launches with over 1,000 articles in over 100 niche and irreverent legal content categories.

Most on-line legal content is as stuffy and boring as a $500/hour big-law attorney blabbing about their law firm's storied history dating back to 1919. Even worse, most 'law' content-aggregators tend to serve-up poorly categorized, unrated, unfiltered, junk-laden, and irrelevant content which only adds to the ever-expanding problem of information overload.

) November 9, 2008 -- On Monday, November 3, 2008 Leopard Solutions launched a FREE attorney homepage and hiring solutions website for attorneys. Designed to help attorneys with job searches, law firm research, and other solutions, the attorney homepage features a free job board, exclusive video interviews, and a Legal Recruiter Directory that's all inclusive and easy to use. A Leopard Law Blog and Leopard Hot Spot (a legal aggregator) are slated to launch soon at the website creating a one-stop destination helping attorneys and law students get the information they need to stay in the know about the legal job market.

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