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Commentary: Gain competitive intelligence using social media  (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 27, 2010
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This article is a continuation of the series in which I discuss how lawyers can use social media to accomplish different goals in support of their law practice. In Chapter 8 of our book, “Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier,” my co-author …

Commentary: Social media and large law firms (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 20, 2010
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I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how Big Law can effectively use social media ever since I spoke at King & Spalding’s Atlanta office in mid-August. During my presentation on social media, a member of the audience asked …

Commentary: Blogging for lawyers has changed (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 9, 2010
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When I first wrote about blogging for lawyers in 2006, the benefits were clear-cut. At the time, publishing a legal blog was one of the only ways to create an effective online presence, and was well worth the effort expended to maintain a blog.

Commentary: What social media isn’t (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 23, 2010
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Over the next few weeks I plan to write about different goals that lawyers can achieve through social media. Each week, I’ll focus on a specific goal and offer suggestions regarding ways the goal …

Commentary: Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my! (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 9, 2010
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In June I wrote about People v. Rios, 26 Misc.3d 1225(A), 2010 WL 625221 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2010), a negligent homicide trial that never should have been prosecuted in the first instance.

Commentary: Silence is no longer golden (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: June 11, 2010
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Berghuis v. Thompkins, No. 08-1470. At issue in Berghuis was whether the defendant, Van Chester Thompkins, a suspect in a shooting …

Commentary: Hazing does not make a better lawyer (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: May 21, 2010
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I’ve read a number of articles and blog posts recently positing that young lawyers are wimps. They expect life and the practice of law to be easy. They want everything handed to them on a platter. They give up too quickly.

Commentary: Minimize cloud computing risks (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: May 14, 2010
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Mainstream adoption of cloud computing is a relatively new phenomenon, as is the introduction of cloud computing products into the legal marketplace. Most legal cloud computing vendors are start-up companies …

Commentary: Dear Judge Kaye (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: May 7, 2010
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In early May you sat on a panel sponsored by the American Bar Association held during the Women in Law Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. As reported in a Legal Intelligencer article …

Commentary: The case of the ‘lost’ iPhone (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: April 30, 2010
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When I first heard that a prototype of the new iPhone had been found in a bar, it sounded so outrageous I was convinced it was an elaborate publicity stunt that Apple had cooked up.

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