Follow us:
Follow us:
Interesting piece from the ABA Journal By Debra Cassens Weiss 7th Circuit Says Plaintiffs Lawyer ‘May Wish to Moderate His Fury’ in which the 7th Circuit chastises Illinois class action attorney Clinton A. Krislov for making statements in his motion for rehearing such as this one: “Indeed, the panel’s role as the self assured Simon Cowell of the circuits demeans not just us, but the court as well.” Obviously, this wasn’t the right tactic to take in his attempt to obtain a rehearing as the Court reacted to what it feels is, a certain lack of civility shall we say, from Attorney Krislov: Unknown Object
My friend Larry Bodine has a great article on firms turning away from custom content management systems for their websites and turning to free and open source solutions for website design and content management. While Larry specifically talks about Drupal, one of the comments to his post also mentions Joomla and WordPress (which is the platform that Compujurist uses).
The folks over at MakeUseOf.com are offering another free e-book in PDF format, this time for Mac users. You can download The Awesome Automation Guide for Macs or read it online vie Scribd. According to author Bakari Chavanu "...I wrote this MUO Mac Automation Guide for new and existing Mac users who haven‟t taken advantage of the smart automation features of OS X Snow Leopard"
Many US attorneys have started receiving letters from their IOLTA providing banks that the IOLTA accounts no longer receive unlimited FDIC insurance as they had since enactment of the FDIC's Transaction Account Guarantee Program. This change and the reason for the notices is a direct result of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as IOLTA accounts were not included in the enacting provisions for accounts that received this insurance.
A post on the Lawyer Marketing Blog believes that marketing is more important than the accounting and management aspects of running a law firm. In his post Marketing, More Important Than Accounting, Finance, and Management, Gyi Tsakalakis of AttorneySync ("legal web strategy professionals") advocates this premise based on an article in the New York Times and his own experience working with law firms.
One of my frustrations in Word has been how to copy just the text in a specific column in a multi-column layout in Word. I am frustrated no longer: I came across the Legal Office Guru blog and a great tip on Copying vertical columns of text in Word. Keep reading to find out how easy this is and if you’re like me, you’ll probably be slapping yourself on your forehead as this task is much too easy for having not known about it.
I'm a big fan of ioSafe external hard drives for data backup and protection from fire, water or impact (go ahead, crush it with a tank). You can check out videos of their drives being torched, dunked, crushed by a tank at the links below the break. However, weighing in at 15lbs, no one would call their previous products portable. That's all changed with the introduction of their ioSafe Rugged Portable line of drives at his years Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV..
During a recent trip to Atlanta, I was taken to one of it's iconic restaurants: Fat Matt's Rib Shack . In addition to serving up barbecue and comfort style side dishes, Fat Matt's also has live blues music playing every month...By now you're probably asking yourself what does a successful barbecue restaurant and a successful law practice have in common? Keep reading after the break and you'll find out.
Whether you’re here to ask a burning question, nerd out about technology, swap productivity tips and tricks, or strategize about avoiding the AI apocalypse, this is the fastest way to reach us—no compiling, no API calls, no waiting for your modem to dial up.
Rockford, IL
We’ll reply faster than you can say `git commit -m "Hello World"` — usually within 24 hours.
We love to chat about tech, gadgets, workflows, AI news, and all things nerdy. But please note: we don’t offer legal advice through this site.
© 2025 Geeky Nerdy Lawyer. All rights reserved.