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Complaints Increase About Attorneys Billing for Time Spent on ‘Words with Friends’

In a recent case, a law firm billed a corporate client more than $12,000 for 78 separate billing entries related to the game, including one with the notation “Awesome! Played the word QA on a triple letter score to win the game!”

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New Lawyer Networking Site Promises to Deliver All the Crappy Things the Other Ones Did

A newly launched online lawyer networking site has promised to deliver all the crappy features that every other failed lawyer networking site has delivered, according to lawyers behind the launch.

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Lawyer Receives Prestigious Award for Tweeting Excellence

An Alabama lawyer has received one of the top legal awards for professional excellence because of extensive tweeting, a bar association trade magazine reported Wednesday.

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New Social Media Site Has Lots of Blah Blah Blah, Yadda Yadda, etc.

Quorpus, a new social media site aimed at lawyers, is being heralded as the next blah blah blah, yadda yadda, etc. Lawyers who have beta-tested the site didn’t say much else except that “it’s going to be really big. It’s kind of like Quora except with some pus. Something like that. Hell, I don’t know. I just did a bunch of typing.”

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Iowa Lawyer Admits She Failed to Tweet About iPad Purchase

An Iowa family law attorney admitted late last week that she purchased an iPad earlier in the month but failed to tweet about the purchase or seek input on apps she should use.

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World’s Lawyers Wake Up to Find Themselves Two Degrees from Kevin O’Keefe

Prior to this morning, most lawyers were three degrees from Rex Gradeless, a recent unemployed law school graduate with a massive Twitter following and apparently not much else.

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Lawyer Barely Escapes Death After Committing 2 of the ’10 Deadly Mistakes of Using Social Media’

An Oregon attorney barely escaped death yesterday after committing two of the “10 Deadly Mistakes Attorneys Make When Using Social Media.”

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Twitter Client Identified as Robert K. Caruthers of Poughkeepsie

News sources have finally disclosed the name of the person who hired a lawyer based on the lawyer’s posts on the popular micro-blogging service.

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Confused Lawyers Descend on Qdoba Mexican Grill, Looking for Clients

When asked why they were seeking clients at Qdoba, most lawyers generally shrugged and said that they heard that “they were there.”

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Jury’s Verdict to Lawyers: “We Don’t Give a F*ck Whether the iPad or Android Tablet is Better”

Having listened to hours of testimony about the iPad and its competitors, a jury returns a verdict of “f#ck off.”

Local Attorney Goes Out of Business After Forgetting to Practice Law

A local attorney acknowledged this week that his law firm failed because he forgot to practice law. It’s the third reported instance this year of “forgetting to practice,” prompting some professional liability insurers to lower insurance rates for newer attorneys because of the lack of potential claims.

New Lawyer Networking Site Promises to Deliver All the Crappy Things the Other Ones Did

A newly launched online lawyer networking site has promised to deliver all the crappy features that every other failed lawyer networking site has delivered, according to lawyers behind the launch.

Lawyer Receives Prestigious Award for Tweeting Excellence

An Alabama lawyer has received one of the top legal awards for professional excellence because of extensive tweeting, a bar association trade magazine reported Wednesday.

Scientists Identify Part of Brain That Lies Fallow When Wife is Around

With potentially massive legal ramifications, scientists in Nova Scotia have identified the portion of the male human brain that lies fallow when the person’s wife is within earshot. The finding comes after three years of study into the odd human behavior that was informally known as “the dude cloud.”

Experts Predict “Strong Growth” in Lawyers Debating Merits of iPad

Legal practice management and technology experts are predicting “continued strong growth” in the new legal subspecialty known as “is the iPad a good tool for lawyers,” according to a report released yesterday from Shiny Things Daily.