Law X.0

Social Networking Sites Beat Porn in Internet Searches

Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography according to Bill Tancer, general manager of global research at Hitwise, who has analyzed information for over 10 million web users to reach his conclusion. Details at Porn passed over as Web users become social: author. [JH]

Is Your Life a Blur of Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools?

Aliza Sherman's life is. Check out her Web Worker Daily post about her daily routine. [JH]

Would Publius Be a Spammer?

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down the state’s anti-spam law for violating the First Amendment because it bars anonymous transmission of political, religious and other speech protected by the First Amendment and fails to limit its restrictions to fraudulent or commercial e-mail or to unprotected speech such as defamation or obscenity. [Text of opinion] Writing for the court, Justice G. Steven Agee observed, "were the Federalist Papers just being published today via e-mail, that transmission by 'Publius' would violate the statute" because it bars anonymous transmissions. [JH]

New Practitioner Blogs

Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog
http://www.chicago-personal-injury-lawyer-blog.com
http://www.chicago-personal-injury-lawyer-blog.com/index.xml

Injury Attorney Robert Kreisman reports on current Personal Injury issues, news and events.

Maryland Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog
http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com
http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/index.xml

The Medical Malpractice Attorneys at Miller & Zois report on current issues, news and events in Medical Malpractice.

Michigan Longterm Disability Insurance Lawyer Blog
http://www.michiganlongtermdisabilityinsurancelawyer.com
http://www.michiganlongtermdisabilityinsurancelawyer.com/index.xml

Michigan Longterm Disability Lawyers at Serafini, Michalowski, Derkacz & Associates discuss current issues, news and events in Disability Insurance.

Using Blogs to Highlight Law Firm Practice Areas

Stoel Rives is taking advantage of blogging to hightlight the firm's practice specialities. Check out Renewable + Law, Food Liability Law Blog and World of Work. [JH]

How Much is Your Blog Worth?

This blog is worth $16,936.20 according to this calculator. [JH]

New Family and Employment Law Blogs

New York Family Law Blog
http://www.newyorkfamilylawblog.com
http://www.newyorkfamilylawblog.com/index.xml

New York Family Law Attorney Stephen Bilkis discusses current issues, news and events in Family Law.

New Jersey Divorce Lawyer Blog
http://www.newjerseydivorcelawyerblog.com
http://www.newjerseydivorcelawyerblog.com

Divorce Lawyers at Carton & Rudnick talk about current issues, news and events in Divorce Law.

New York Employment Attorney Blog
http://www.newyorkemploymentattorneyblog.com
http://www.newyorkemploymentattorneyblog.com/index.xml

The Employment Lawyers at Gangemi Law Firm provide insight on current Employment Law issues, news and events.

EFF Launches Coders' Rights Project

From the website: "EFF's Coders' Rights Project protects programmers and developers engaged in cutting-edge exploration of technology in our world. Security and encryption researchers help build a safer future for all of us using digital technologies, yet too many legitimate researchers face serious legal challenges that prevent or inhibit their work. These challenges come from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and state computer crime laws, among others." Special Coders' Rights projects include reverse engineering and vulnerability testing and reporting. [JH]

New Criminal Law Blogs

Florida Criminal Lawyer Blog
http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com
http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/index.xml

Florida Criminal Lawyer William Ryan Moore provides insight on current issues, news and events in Criminal Law.

Florida Criminal Law Blog
http://www.floridacriminallawblog.com
http://www.floridacriminallawblog.com

Criminal Defense Lawyer M. James Jenkins discusses current issues, news and events in Criminal Defense Law.

Georgia Criminal Defense Blog
http://www.georgiacriminaldefenseblog.com
http://www.georgiacriminaldefenseblog.com/index.xml

Criminal Defense Lawyers at Conaway & Strickler elaborate on current issues, news and events in Criminal Defense Law.

New York Criminal Attorney Blog
http://www.newyorkcriminalattorneyblog.com
http://www.newyorkcriminalattorneyblog.com/index.xml

The Criminal Defense Lawyers at Tilem & Campbell elaborate on current issues, news and events in Criminal Law.

San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
http://www.sandiegocriminaldefenselawyerblog.com
http://www.sandiegocriminaldefenselawyerblog.com

Attorney Victor Orsatti of San Diego Law Center discusses current issues, news and events in Criminal Defense.

Free Wi-Fi Directory

The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot™ Directory is a listing of locations that offer Free Wi-Fi IN the US, Europe and other regions.  In addition to US state-by-state listings there are several helpful specialty directories:

• Companies (like Panera Bread) with multiple locations with free Wi-Fi
• Airports
• Hotel, Motel, Inn and Resort National and Regional Chains
• RV Parks and Campgrounds
• Vacation Rental Properties

Bookmark it! [JH]

Is self-linking a tear in the fabric of the web?

More often than not, web and blog publishers are linking to their own related stories on the same or related web properties instead of providing out-bound links. Topic pages like those found on CNN accomplishe this in search engine-like fashion. The objective, of course, is to keep readers on their sites instead of going to search engines for related information. But is this a tear in the fabric of the web? Tim O'Reilly thinks it is and in Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? he offers two guidelines for anyone adopting this "link to myself" strategy:

1. Ensure that no more than 50% of the links on any page are to yourself. (Even this number may be too high.)
2. Ensure that the pages you create at those destinations are truly more valuable to your readers than any other external link you might provide.

[JH]

LinkedIn, the Ultimate Rolodex in Social Networking Sites

Is LinkedIn too old school? According to Sarah Jane Tribble's New York Times article, The Social Network as a Career Safety Net, LinkedIn is intended to appeal to the 41-year-old white-collar professional with an income of $109,000 a year. It has more than 25 million members, and is adding new ones at the rate of 1.2 million a month — or about one new networker every two seconds The growth rate makes LinkedIn a hard to ignore phenomenon in social networking so perhaps the service isn't old school at all.  [JH]

New Practitioner Blogs

Product Defect News And Advice Blog
http://www.productdefectnewsandadviceblog.com
http://www.productdefectnewsandadviceblog.com/index.xml

Product Liability attorneys at Bisnar Chase report on current issues, news and events related to defective products.

San Diego Criminal Lawyer Blog
http://www.sandiegocriminallawyerblog.com
http://www.sandiegocriminallawyerblog.com/index.xml

Stephen R. Brodsky writes about current issues, news and events pertaining to criminal defense.

Alaska Law Blog
http://www.alaskalawblog.com
http://www.alaskalawblog.com/index.xml

The Business Litigation Lawyers at Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon elaborate on current legal issues, news and events in business.

20 New Web Projects to Change the World

Check out Donny Shaw's (Open Congress) list. [JH]

New Medical Malpractice Blogs

California Medical Malpractice Law Blog
http://www.californiamedicalmalpracticelawblog.com
http://www.californiamedicalmalpracticelawblog.com/index.xml

Injury Lawyers at Bostwick, Peterson & Mitchell, LLP discuss current Personal Injury and Malpractice issues, news and events.

Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog
http://www.nursing-home-abuse-lawyer-blog.com
http://www.nursing-home-abuse-lawyer-blog.com/index.xml

The Terry Law Firm, L.L.C. provides insight into current issues, news and events in Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect.

Time for British Lawyers to Stake Their Claim in the Law Blogosphere

Isn’t it time that UK law firms staked their claim in the blogosphere? That's what Alex Wade asks in his Times Online story (includes a list of best UK law blogs. Hat tip to Legal Blog Watch. [JH]

New Blogs from Self-Help Legal Publisher Nolo

Nolo's Bankruptcy & Foreclosure Blog
http://www.bankruptcyforeclosureblog.com/
http://www.bankruptcyforeclosureblog.com/index.xml

Nolo.com Authors Steve Elias and Albin Renauer break down bankruptcy law into plain English to answer your bankruptcy queries and concerns.

Nolo's Divorce, Custody & Family Law Blog
http://www.divorceandfamilylawblog.com/
http://www.divorceandfamilylawblog.com/index.xml

Family law attorney Emily Doskow' writes about the legal issues in marriage, adoption, parenting, divorce, child custody, and child support.

Everyday Estate Planning
http://www.estateplanninglawblawg.com/
http://www.estateplanninglawblawg.com/index.xml

Nolo.com author Liza Weiman Hanks provides information you can really use about wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, estate taxes, and probate court.

Nolo's Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers
http://www.realestatelawtips.com/
http://www.realestatelawtips.com/index.xml

Nolo.com legal editors Alayna Schroeder, Ilona Bray, and Marcia Stewart have created this blog for anyone actively shopping for a home, still dreaming about homeownership, or who simply loves the world of real estate.

Nolo's Employment Law Blog
http://www.employmentlegalblawg.com/
http://www.employmentlegalblawg.com/index.xml

Lessons from the everyday experiences of employers and HR professionals on everything from hiring and firing to performance and discipline.

LLC & Corporation Small Talk
http://www.llccorporationblog.com/
http://www.llccorporationblog.com/index.xml

Nolo.com business legal author Anthony Mancuso writes about the pros and cons of LLCs and corporations and delves into the nitty gritty of the tax code as it affects these business ownership structures.

Nolo's Fundraising Tips for Busy Nonprofits
http://www.nonprofitfundraisingblog.com/
http://www.nonprofitfundraisingblog.com/index.xml

Nolo.com author Ilona Bray offers lots of ideas for raising money for your nonprofit — whether you're a staff member, board member, or volunteer — in a world where no one seems to have enough time to do all they'd like to, even for a good cause.

Nolo's Patent, Copyright & Trademark Blog
http://www.patentcopyrighttrademarkblog.com/
http://www.patentcopyrighttrademarkblog.com/index.xml

Nolo's intellectual property editor and author, Rich Stim discusses the ever-changing world of copyright, trademark and patent law.

What Price Justice?
http://www.whatpricejusticeblog.com
http://www.whatpricejusticeblog.com/index.xml

Nolo.com editor Rich Stim looks at legal economics and the costs of representation and what does it really costs to balance the scales of justice.

The Law Reform Soapbox
http://www.lawreformsoapbox.com/
http://www.lawreformsoapbox.com/index.xml

Attorney and Nolo.com author Steve Elias looks at why the legal system doesn't help the average person and how to make the legal system more accessible to nonlawyers.

Extend Firefox 3 Contest Winners Great for Online Researchers

Mozilla Labs has announced the winners of its Extend Firefox 3. The three grand prize winners in the Best New Add-On go to (1) an open source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping called Pencil; (2) Tagmarks, a one-click bookmark tagging add-on; and (3) HandyTag which provides a complete set of most relevant keywords in the bookmark’s edition panel.

Best Updated Add-on grand prize winners are (1) Read It Later which allows you to save pages of interest to read later, thereby eliminating the cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest; (2) TagSifter for browsing your bookmarks by their tags; and (3) Bookmark Previews which adds previews to the tooltips in the bookmarks sidebar.

See the Mozilla Labs blog post for download links. [JH]

The 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo

The 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo will take place September 20-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Going to be there? Conference agenda and registration Information. [JH]

New Employment Law Blogs

Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog
http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com
http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/index.xml

The Employment attorneys at Buckley & Klein, LLP examines current issues, news and events in Employment Law.

Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Lawyer Blog
http://www.massachusettsworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com
http://www.massachusettsworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/index.xml

The Workers' Compensation attorneys at Altman & Altman, LLP talk about current issues, news and events in Workers' Compensation.

New York Employment Lawyer Blog
http://www.nyemploymentlawyer.com
http://www.nyemploymentlawyer.com/index.xml

Employment Law attorneys at Schwartz & Perry LLP discuss about current issues, news and events in Employment Law.

New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog
http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com
http://www.newjerseyemploymentlawyerblog.com/index.xml

Steven Siegler discusses current Employment Law issues, news and events.