Check out the recent ABA Ethics Newsletter. There is a highly informative article about the responsibilities of lawyers when it comes to “unsolicited” information received from potential clients. On the web, lawyers are sent information everyday that could lead to a conflict of interest. The most common case would be the one in which both [...]
On the Web Worker Daily blog: Thanks for the post,–this is an area I am very concerned about and am blogging the issue of Law 2.0, so I’d really love to hear what you think about it. You can see my thoughts at two places: Mullen on Law 2.0+ (for technical web 2.0 + law) [...]
There’s a lot of information and a few books out there (I think) talking about this, but the basic idea of building “critical mass” is exemplified by the case of Avvo’s launch last week. This image, created by Alexa (which you can do for any site) is a beautiful example of how well the strategy [...]
Ok, I’m moving all the litigation-type news over to Illegal Patterns. I’d like to keep this blog focused on the Law 2.0 aspects, whereas Illegal patterns is a much better place for gossip, speculation and mayhem. I would like to say that this is the way of it: trying something new doesn’t mean getting it [...]
It’s not the center of my world, but when the Wall Street Journal has picked up the Avvo story, I figured I’d better create a category for it. The most fun can be had reading some of the comments (most of which are CLEARLY not by the person whose name is used): There must some [...]
the beginning of a discussion of the theoretical issues inherent in reputation-creation services raised by the recent Avvo launch. In her intriguing article, Denise Howell picks up on a few new issues. The one that she spends the most time discussing is that of the distinction between interpretive reputation (as a corporate service) and the [...]
This will be interesting. Avvo management has started a blog, so I’ll add this to the Monday coffee cup [ what's that? ] and try to keep up with what’s going on there. Current comments deal with the launch, so let’s take a peek (comments are NOT in order): “You have a first rate team [...]
Avvo‘s here! I was going to call this the “countdown to the Avvo launch,” but then they went and launched, so I guess there’s no point in counting anything down anymore. Wot’s Avvo? Well, Nigel: Avvo is the brainchild of Microsoft-Expedia alumni. Actually, it’s sort of a sister to Zillow (“Your Edge in Real Estate”), [...]
Just got my iScrybe beta test invite…at the top of the page was a link that said “Press This”, so I did and ended up on my own blog. Very cool. Maybe I jsut never noticed it before. This is going to be fun. I signed up for this heven knows when, something I rarely [...]
Whoa, nearly forgoddaboutit! Going down my list of blogs, I realized that this one was just as neglected as the others! Not anymore! Welcome (back) to the jungle! It’s ugly, but I’ll get around to fixing the design later! Find a new word press template or something. I love WordPress. They have made my life [...]