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.
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F. Supp. and F.2d to Change to Fed Personal, Federal Personal Plus Pro
In a marketing move intended to make the federal reporter citation system “more modern and socially interactive,” Thomson Reuters plans to rename its F. Supp and F.2d citators to “Fed Personal” and “Fed Personal Plus Pro.”
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to Creator of Westlaw Random Pricing
The Nobel Prize in economics has reportedly been awarded to Gary Carruthers, the creator of the complex economic formula that is used to price Westlaw products randomly, a Swedish legal publication is reporting.
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.
Eight Attorneys Seriously Injured After Cloud-Based Computing Catastrophe
The catastrophic failure of a law firm’s cloud-based storage solution led to the release of deadly “binary rain,” seriously injuring eight attorneys at the firm and causing widespread gawking in downtown Chicago. It was the fourth incident in the last week of a catastrophic cloud-based software failure.
Wary of Cloud-Based Services, Lawyers Increasingly Adopt Pig Latin for Encryption Needs
Attorneys wary of cloud-based services and client data storage solutions are now pursuing a new data security process that uses Pig Latin to encrypt sensitive client communications, according to Rational Lawyer Magazine.
IBM’s Watson Has Been “Practicing Insurance Defense for Years”
IBM acknowledged yesterday that its Watson Super Computer has been quietly practicing in an insurance defense firm in California for the past three years and “making some decent money from it.”
Delta Says First Class Upgrades “Definitely” Related to Blawg Post About Cloud Computing
A Delta spokesperson says the airline started seeing 2-3 times the requests for first class accommodations after publication of the post.
ABA Ethics Report Gives Green Light to Use of Fax Machines
As expected, the Commission’s report concludes that the fax machine is “OK, but should be used with appropriate caution.”
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