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Google+The New York State Court of Appeals, in Stern v. Bluestone, 2009 NY Slip Op 04740 (2009), overturned a lower court ruling that ruled that a faxed newsletter dealing with attorney malpractice issues – the same area in which the author of the newsletter practiced. Lower courts thought this newsletter constituted advertising, and thus ran into rules about attorney advertising. The Court of Appeals disagreed.
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My Current Top 5 Favorite WordPress Plugins
There are many, many WordPress plugins out there. Here are my top recommendations for the blogging lawyer/law student.
A manifesto for the new Web from building43
Building43 is the latest Robert Scoble/Rackspace venture, a kind of online community space to develop the future of the Web. (Or something like that.) I am typically suspicious of grand ventures by luminaries – so often they fail to live up to expectations. Still, I’m willing to give it a chance – and, hopefully, to translate some of its message to the legal world.
Journalism and Ethical Blogging
Bloggers who maintain high standards of ethics have the potential to contribute for the benefit of us all. How can one translate the traditional code of journalist ethics into blogging terms? Cyber Journalist has a proposal that makes sense, and I recommend you read and consider it.
Journalist Shield Laws and Bloggers
Image via Wikipedia Should so-called “shield laws,” intended to provide protection for journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential sources, apply to bloggers? The current answer seems to be “no,” although the question must be asked on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction … Continued
What You Write Could Get You Sued
Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife From the Wall Street Journal comes an article cheerfully titled Bloggers, Beware: What You Write Can Get You Sued – WSJ.com Be careful what you post online. You could get sued. In March 2008, … Continued
Six Small Marketing Steps
Right now, as you read this, someone out there needs the service you provide. – Aviva Cuyler, Small Marketing Steps with Big Impact from GPSolo Magazine I recommend you read through this whole article, which has a good deal of … Continued
Reusable Example Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
So you’ve decided your new Web site needs a privacy policy or terms of service. Why? Perhaps you are collecting personal information, or providing a service that visitors may come to depend on. (Or maybe you’re just a lawyer and … Continued
10 Reasons for a Law Student to Blog
Image by TW Collins via Flickr 10. Make money fast! Hardly. Blogging may pay the bills for some, but law blogging is hardly going to pay for the coffee you need to get through the semester, much less your books. … Continued
Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere?
Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere? by Margaret A. Schilt in Legal Times: If you are looking for the future of legal scholarship, chances are that you may find it not in a treatise or the traditional … Continued
Justice Not Blind Blog
A new blog I found recently (via BlogCatalog), focusing on law and the use of technology in law: Justice Not Blind. As a current MS Word for Mac user (and hating it!), I’m going to be very curious how the … Continued
Update to Domain Name Change
It looks like the domain name change has finally “taken.” Hopefully most things have been updated on the site itself, and URLs going to the old site should be redirected. Now I just need to finish moving myself, and I … Continued
Domain Name Change
in propria persona is moving from my domain (ekris.org) to its own home at http://www.inpropriapersona.com. The move should be seamless, but there may be some limited disruptions over the next few days.
14 Ways to Speed Up Your Site
From Steve Souders, author of High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers, comes the following useful 14 “Rules for High Performance Web Sites“: Rule 1 – Make Fewer HTTP Requests Rule 2 – Use a Content Delivery Network … Continued
Free Web Stats Evaluation
I am evaluating a variety of free statistics providers at the moment. If in propria persona seems to be loading slowly, or you notice lots of calls to external sites (especially external tracking scripts), now you’ll know why. As of … Continued
Blog Redesign
in propria persona has been on temporary hiatus for a week or two while I finished finals and worked on my law review competition entry (due on Tuesday). Since this involved considerable mental energy, I’ve kept myself amused through a … Continued
