Great Marketing or Copyright Infringement?

Posted by Krista on Sep 21, 2005 in Legal Industry | 0 comments

The Author’s Guild filed a lawsuit against Google yesterday to try to stop Google from digitizing library books as part of its Print Library Project. According to the Guild “This is a plain and brazen violation of copyright law,” Nick Taylor, president of the New York-based Authors Guild, said in a statement about the lawsuit, which is seeking class action status....

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It Only Takes A Bad Apple or Two…

Posted by Krista on Sep 21, 2005 in Legal Industry | 2 comments

My dad, an attorney in York County, PA, informed me that today was a sad day for attorneys in the area. Today, it hit the media that a now disbarred attorney and his son were accused of stealing almost $1.1 million from their clients. Mark Frankel was a widely known attorney in the area. Using the back of the yellow pages as a prominent way of advertising, he trademarked the phrase “Turn...

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Lawyer Makes Embarrassing Typo

Posted by Krista on Sep 16, 2005 in Marketing | 0 comments

Miami attorney Martin Sandler is getting some embarrassing publicity from the Smoking Gun. The website learned about a continuance motion he filed yesterday with a typo and promptly added it to their website. It seems that Mr. Sandler is recovering from back surgery for a herniated disk. Unfortunately, that’s not quite what he wrote. We all make typos from time to time, so I’ll take...

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Do You Know What Your Competitors Are Doing?

Posted by Krista on Sep 15, 2005 in Marketing | 1 comment

A recently published study looked at competitive intelligence (CI) – that is “knowledge and foreknowledge of the competitive environment refined to the point that is can be used in making a business decision” – to determine just how often law firms use CI in making decisions. The study was primarily focused on large firms with a mean size of 255 lawyers and a median of...

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