Need to know when the first law firm website went online? Take a look at Robert Ambrogi's "A Chronology of Legal Technology, 1842-1995." You'll find that Lexis was introduced in 1973; WordPerfect was launched in 1980; and in 1994 Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti became the first law firm to have a website. - K
In "Attorneys Flocking to Twitter for Marketing," Lawyers USA reports that lawyers are using Twitter to network with potential clients as well as to improve their service delivery. This article includes some interesting thoughts from both Robert Ambrogi and my co-blogger, Matthew Burnett. - K
Today Robert Ambrogi wrote an interesting post about a new ethics opinion from the New York County Lawyers' Association that concludes that mining metadata in documents from opposing counsel is unethical (siding with the New York State Bar and conflicting with a 2006 ABA Ethics Committee opinion).
For more on metadata and other areas where technology intersects with legal ethics, check out the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center's Technology and Ethics Overview and LegalEthics.com, a blog that focuses on the ethical issues associated with the use of technology by legal professionals. -M
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