Lawyer's Professional Assistant App from WolframAlpha

WolframAlpha.com the computational search engine has released an awesome app for lawyers. The Lawyer's Professional Assistant  available for the IPhone, IPod Touch, and IPad has many notable features.

A dictionary of legal terms; statutes of limitations for each US state; and information about visa types, including requirements, common issues, and extensions and limits

Financial computations, including fee calculations, settlement calculations, current interest rates, historical value of money, and federal US tax rates

Real estate law, including mortgage calculations, closing cost estimation, information on square footage, home sales price, and utility prices

The cost is a low $2.99 and is available from the ITunes Store.

Is the end of printed newspapers near??

The end of printed newspapers is nigh refers to a "new study from the Annenberg Center at the University of South Carolina for the Digital Future, which predicts the end of printed newspapers in the United States within the next five years." Given the evermore ubiquitous use of digital devices and the ever shrinking size of printed newspapers coupled with more and more newspaper stories moving online the end is most certainly nearing, but just how soon remains to be seen.

PACER App for the IPhone/IPad

Get it while it's free! PACER has launched an app for the IPhone/IPad. FedCtRecords is available for download from the iTunes App Store.

"Ask Miller's" your Insurance Law Coverage Questions

The industry standard resource in insurance coverage law available in print and also on Westlaw.com, is now accessible via an open insurance law forum on the Web. "Ask Miller’s! is an open forum to discuss property and casualty insurance hot topics and related questions. The group is supported by Susan Miller, author of Miller’s Standard Insurance Policies Annotated, and by West Reference Attorneys."

Writing Inspiration via StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon.com is a fun way to stay on top of  new and interesting things on the Web based on what you like. It could also prove useful for unblocking writer's/bloggers block. Available for your Desktop, as well as IPad, IPhone, or Android devices!

Reuse and Repurposing are the Highest Forms of Recycling

Law reporter volume bindings as carpeting and whole reporter volumes as book flasks! Very creative and very green!

A Promising Stand for the IPad

Clutch is a patent pending idea from PC Mobile Design, LLC for a multi-functional case and stand for the IPad. Looks very promising!

Using Wolfram Alpha to Generate a QR Code

QR Codes are all the rage, but have you ever wondered how to create one? WolframAlpha makes it easy. Simply, type in QR Code followed by the text or link you want converted to a QR code and you're done.

Hat tip to Greg Lambert of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog for this idea!

Here is one that was created using WolframAlpha that links to this blog!

Bose McKinney & Evans LLP Launches 4 Legal Blogs!

Bose McKinney & Evans LLP has launched 4 legal blogs: Appellate Blog, Insurance Blog, Litigation Blog, and Media Law Blog. The blogs include articles written by attorneys at the firm on a variety of topical legal issues.

A blog for business lawyers and others!

Truth on the Market provides scholarly commentary on law, business, economics and other topics. Worth checking out!

Findlaw Legal Pulse

Findlaw Legal Pulse "is a new content area that offers continuously updated legal headlines from around the world, along with news, photo feeds and analysis from such sources as Reuters, the Associated Press, New York Times and Washington Post. The content covers a broad range of law-related topics -- everything from Supreme Court decisions to legislative updates, everyday legal issues and even sports and celebrity news. FindLaw Legal Pulse offers tangible user benefits -- the news is up-to-date, comes from a rich variety of sources, and is tailored to audiences with legal interests."

Search the Entire Web

Doubtful this is actually possible! Entireweb is a new search engine that searches multiple search engines in a single search. One unique feature is the ability to limit your search to geographic regions.

Legal Research on the Web CLE Seminar

Don't miss out on the upcoming NBI Seminar Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web and earn 6 hours CLE, Indiana Paralegal CLE, NALA or NFPA credit (includes 1 hr. ethics). Receive a discount for multiple registrants from your organization.

Using Keycite on WestlawNext

A great tip reminding us how to use Keycite on WestlawNext.

Doxpop adds 50% more courts providing increaed access to Indiana's trial courts!!

Doxpop has added 50% more courts, counties, and cases to the Doxpop network. We now provide information on over 19.8 million current and historical cases from over 249 courts in 77 (of 92) Indiana counties.

This is made possible by a recent decision by the Indiana Supreme Court. On September 13, 2011, the Court issued an order (.pdf) requiring that public information from the state-operated case management system ("Odyssey") be made available, for a fee, to authorized bulk recipients (such as Doxpop) in electronic form.

Doxpop has begun to receive Odyssey information and is integrating it into the Doxpop database and website. For the next few months, the information will be updated monthly, and we are working with the judiciary to provide near real-time updates in the new year. In the meantime, you'll have access to the additional historical information for over 7 million cases from 108 courts in 35 counties.

HeinOnline App Now Available

The free HeinOnline App is now available for both the iPhone and iPad. This subscription based resource provides access to digtized archival documents including but not limited to the Federal Register, CFR, law review articles, ABA articles and much more.  Account authentication is required for access.

Entertainment Law Blog

The Entertainment Law Matters blog covers the disputes and developments in the film, television, publishing, theatre, music, art, gaming, and fashion industries. Worth monitoring if your practice includes this area of law.

IP Law Blog

IP In Brief blog covers the "latest innovations, new technologies and new media that continue to change and reshape copyright and trademark law".

Social Media Law Blog

Now that the use of social media is nearly ubiquitous it may behoove you to keep up with the law of this important technological advancement. The Cozen O'Connor Social Media Employment Law Blog can help you. Voted a Top 25 Blog in 2011 by LexisNexis it covers current and developing issues in social media and employment law.

Labor and Employment Blawg

EmploymentandLaborInsider.com blawg provides practical articles on current employment and labor issues. The blawg is maintained by Constancy Brooks & Smith LLP.

Need to Search the Twitter Archive?

Topsy.com is another real time social media search engine, but  it also has an advanced search page allowing you to limit your search by date, language, a specific type of data (i.e. tweets, photos, or videos), within a partciular Web site only, or within a Twitter users page. The date limit thus allows a search of past comments made by a Twitter user.

Real Time Searches

IceRocket.com allows real time searching of blogs, Twitter, Facebook or images for up-to-the-minute social media postings on a topic.

DuckDuckGoose er Go!

DuckDuckGo.com is a gneral purpose search engine but also provides "goodies" or templates for performing quick specialized searches such as mathematical calculations and conversions, and locating facts to name a few.

Finding old Indiana Attorney General Opinions

Over the years the Bose McKinney & Evans LLP law library staff has digitized archival Indiana Attorney General Opinions which are then uploaded and housed at the IUPUI Scholar's Work Website. Currently, the coverage is 1933-1976. Make this your go to source the next time you need an older Indiana Attorney General Opinion!

Zimmerman's Online Research Guide

Zimmerman's Research Guide is a wonderful Online encyclopedia for legal researchers. Created and written by a law librarian and sponsored by Lexis, it is especially useful for locating resources on topics for which the researcher is not familiar. Subjects range from abbreviations and acronyms to zoning and all topics in between! Short encyclopedic articles provide a narrative on the topic with links to the resources if they are available online.

HeinOnline: The Modern Link to Legal History

HeinOnline is a wonderful resource includes a plethora of archival materials. It contains more than 70 million pages of digitized documents in PDF format and more than 40 online libraries covering various subjects. Content includes, but is not limited to the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, ABA Journals, Law Reviews, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, U.S. Code, Treaties and Agreements, U.S. Statutes at Large and much more.

LexisNexis Mobile

No matter where you are, whether it be at the office, courthouse, or on the road, you can use Lexis apps, mobile sites, and eBooks to access needed information that will help you make informed decisions. Check out the LexisNexis Mobile Solutions page to see all the cool solutions available to you.

JDSupra is Super!!

JDSupra is a unique resource for finding free legal documents that combines firm, court and organization briefs contributed by those groups into a single site for searching by type of document, jurisdiction or topic. Definitely a good starting place for free sample legal documents.

CCH Intelliconnect Now Available for Your Mobile Device

If you use either of the firm's CCH Web libraries (Labor or Federal Securities) you can now access those resources via your IPad, IPhone, or Blackberry. IC Mobile is the launch page for getting to the site for each device type.

Indiana Case Clips is Now Available as a Blog

Indiana Case Clips Blog makes is easy to monitor the latest developments in Indiana case law. Subscribe to receive updates via email or grab the RSS feed to add it to your favorite RSS Reader. Case Clips are selected decisions of the Indiana appellate courts abstracted for judges by the Indiana Judicial Center.

Finding Online Newspapers Worldwide

Interested in finding the latest news in Spain? Or need to to see a selection of online newspapers from Ireland? Want to see the foreign newspaper in English? NewspaperMap makes it easy to do all three! It offers access to over 10,000 online newspapers from around the world. Use the handy map or run a search to locate the newspapers you seek. Via a single click translate the newspaper into a host of languages! Very cool!

Telephone Number Identification

Telephone Number Identification is a reliable part free, part fee resource for searching land line and cell phone numbers. A landline search will yield the name and city of the person, whereas a cell phone search only yields the provider but unlike LookUpACellPhone.com it also includes the history of the providers for the number. However, additional details will cost you.

Looking Up Cell Phone Numbers

Given that cell phones are ubiquitous now and many people have ditched landlines altogether LookUpACellPhoneNumber.com is a great part free, part fee resource for locating a person if all you have is their cell phone number or name. It offers free searches by name and reverse phone number which yields fee based options to get more details. Also, the reverse phone number search only yields the name of the cell phone provider (i.e. Verizon, Sprint, etc.), but that is particularly useful if you are seeking to subpoena the call log records. Caveat Emptor: have heard that it only has the original provider and does not track those who may have switched providers.

Need Sample Legal Documents?

JDSupra is a unique free respository of firm, court and organization briefs, forms and articles contributed by those groups into a single site for searching by type of document, jurisdiction or topic. Of course, you would not want to use any of the practice tools documents whole cloth, but they may certainly help get you started on drafting your form or brief.

Apps, Apps, and more Apps!!

Confused about where to find apps?? Quixey is unique in that it allows you to search for apps that do what you want and then gives you a list of results that match your need. Mobile Apps for Law helps you find mobile applications for law and lawyers and includes both legal research and utility apps for all mobile devices. Mobile Applications for Law Students and Lawyers provides data about current mobile applications that might be of interest to law students and lawyers.Whether you use an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, or Palm PC these are the places to find out which apps are available for your device. Due to the constantly changing landscape of apps check the site often for new apps.

Official Search Engine of the U.S. Government

Search.USA.gov is the official search engine for United States government information. Covers the entire government landscape of information from benefits to voting. Check it out the next time you need government information and chance are good you'll get to your desired information quicker.

Copy and Paste Made Easy

Need to put the symbol for the section sign or other hard to remember symbol into a document you are working on? Then the Copy Paste Character website is just what you need.

Searching full-text of case law for FREE

Free Law Reporter is an electronic case reporter that publishes almost every recent appellate and supreme court opinions from state and federal U.S. courts and makes the cases searchable by keywords.

Staying on top of developments in labor and employment law is easy!

LexisNexis offers multiple communities of law to help you stay current on developments in your chosen area(s) of practice. The Labor and Employment Law Community is an example. Additionally, many blogs created by law firms exist to help you as well Fisher & Phillips offers three blogs in the area of labor and employment law.

My how The Bluebook has grown!!

The first edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citations came out in 1926. Now over 85 years and 19 editions later, is has increased from 28 pages to 511 pages!! Is this good or bad news!! Click on the link to read the blog posting for more details.

Tap into the Collective Wisdom of the Masses

Need answers to your burning questions? Quora is a "continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it." You too can become a contributor.

Health Care Real Estate Blog

Hall Render Law Firm has a new blog that covers health care and real estate issues. Health Care Real Estate Blog Articles are written by the law firm's attorneys and the blog offers an RSS Feed option.

Transparency in Government

Indiana Transparency Portal takes transparency to a whole new level and is designed to give you, the Indiana taxpayer, an inside look into Indiana State Government spending and operations.

Real Time Statistics

Worldometers is a very cool Website that provides world statistics in real time. A wide range of topics are covered such as population, environment, food, and health statistics.