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Bitter Blogger Battle

Last week, Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlog (http://kevin.lexblog.com) wrote about blogger Ana Marie Cox, formerly of Wonkette (www.wonkette.com) and how she has been stolen away by Time magazine. In the article, he mentioned the hard-working bloggers of Legal Blog Watch (http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/), Robert Ambrogi and Carolyn Elefant, and how they too could be stolen away from Legal Blog Watch's parent company American Lawyer Media if ALM doesn't watch their back.

While Elefant and Ambrogi were flattered to be singled out for such praise, others though O'Keefe was totally out of line. In particular, his public pondering of how much the Legal Blog Watch bloggers are being paid drew criticism. O'Keefe, always looking for a fight, posted an email from the anonymous author of Blawg Review (http://www.blawgreview.com/) in which the anonymous blogger took O'Keefe to task.

This left the guys from Legal Blog Watch scrambling to make it clear that A) they had no idea O'Keefe was going to talk about them and how much they are paid, B) they don't need anybody else to take up their cause, and C) they're happy working for ALM.

O'Keefe also mentioned that he didn't think ALM understood the power of blogs and the Internet in general, leaving the Legal Blog Watchers to do their best to defend their employers.

The whole thing is a little pointless and verges on navel-gazing, but it's funny. It seems that O'Keefe thought he was helping Ambrogi and Elefant out, but apparently, they didn't need that kind of help.

08-04-2006

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Law firm mascots

A brewing controversy between the ABA and a growing number of law firms involves the use of mascots in attorney advertisements. Larry Bodine of the Professional Services Marketing Blog (http://pm.typepad.com/professional_marketing_b l/) points out a new development that may have relevance to this controversy.

Law firm Womble Carlyle just introduced a new series of ads with their mascot, a pitbull named Winston, dancing to funk music. See it here (http://www.lawmarketing.com/images/dance_full. mov). Bodine thinks the spot is cool, and it should be noted that it actually is sort of cool. But let's not forget the fate of Florida firm Pape & Chandler, who used a very similar pitbull in their ads. The Flordia Bar said that Pape & Chandler could not use the pitbull because it is misleading to clients and demeaning to attorneys.

So if the pitbull can dance, it's not demeaning?

08-03-2006

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DontSueMeGirl

A long time ago, before Judged was around, this website was a dating service. It's true! It was called AttorneyOneNightStands, and it was a place where lawyers could meet local singles in their area for mutually degrading casual encounters.

Since then, we've matured a little and now offer mostly law firm news and that sort of thing. But the Internet dating racket has gained momentum. One such site, DontDateHimGirl, a website where jilted ladies can let the world know what a dog her man is, has recently come under fire by media watchdogs.

While it's a very funny site, the guys who are lambasted don't seem to like it very much. Over a month ago, Legal Blog Watch (http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_w atch/2006/06/dontsueherboy.html) mentioned that a man was angry at the website after he discovered his exgirlfriends went on the site and characterized him as a bisexual womanizer with STDs. The bad news for DontDateHim... the guy was an attorney. Needless to say, he filed a lawsuit against the exgirlfriends and the site.

Last week, Howard Bashman of How Appealing (http://howappealing.law.com/072206.html#016384 ) reported that the exgirlfriends have countersued, saying they weren't the ones who wrote those things on the website.

The case is about more than whether or not this attorney has herpes or who posted about him on the Internet. It is about our God-given right to say cowardly and libelous things on the Internet without repercussions. The Judge will be keeping a close eye on this case and updating you soon.

08-02-2006

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Revenge of the cable guy

One of the week’s best stories from the law blogosphere involves an aspiring Hollywood screenwriter, a bungling cable guy, and a multimillion dollar lawsuit. Thanks to J. Craig Williams of May It Please the Court (http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/) for the story.

A Los Angeles screenwriter called SBC to come and install high-speed Internet on his computer. The cable guy showed up (probably 3 hours late) and, in the process of installing DSL, deleted three screenplays from the guy’s computer.

The Judge has had his fair share of bad experiences with the cable guy (screw Adelphia), so it seemed like sweet justice when the writer sued SBC for the lost scripts and punitive damages. Bad news for SBC: the writer had a $2.7 million deal in the works with a Hollywood studio for one of the scripts.

In a reversal that could have come from the laptop of the laziest Hollywood hack, the jury awarded the writer a measly $60,000. The jury faulted the writer for not taking his computer into the shop immediately and they didn’t seem to care about the writer’s Hollywood deal. They probably also felt that being dumb and irresponsible was all part of a cable guy’s job. In his defense, the cable guy claimed he merely sat down on the writer’s computer and started deleting random things from the laptop (a perfectly reasonable thing to do when on someone else’s computer).

Act III: An appellate court takes away $33,000 in punitive damages from the writer saying that the dumb cable guy didn’t show intent when he deleted the files. The happy ending is that the cable guy got fired.

08-01-2006

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Post-Bar Exam blues

As another bar exam passes us by, we look to the blogosphere for the honest reactions of the men and women who sat for it.

Some stressed out (http://www.cathygellis.com/mt/archives/000874. html), some planned the after party (http://wingsandvodka.blogs.com/blog/2006/07/an d_done.html), others analyzed their possible score (http://ged3.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/bar-exam- post-mortem/), still others pointed out how totally B.S. the whole ordeal is (http://justinblanton.com/2006/07/umm-well-that -sucked).

It's a crummy time for anybody... that is except the big corporations who make a killing off students preparing for the bar exam. The Buffalo Wings & Vodka blog proposes a BarBri-type course where you get to punch a real-live MBE question writer in the face.

But it’s all over for now. Next February, the hand-wringing and gut-wrenching will begin anew. Until then, you can spend your days worrying about whether or not you passed.

07-31-2006

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