It seems like I’ve been saying that alot. I’ve been busy. For some reason these past few months have been full of assignments, projects, and two line emails that require two hours of work. Court has been especially busy as well. Real work, of course, takes precedence over blogging. And while I could have posted when I got home; I just couldn’t bring myself to spend any more time at the computer. Ok, I did spend some time at the computer, but none of it took any thought; unless I was doing work, which took a lot of thought. So, there you have it.
Onto the blog stuff. This past week, a slew of cases came out. Some are important. Some are old hat. I am going to round them up and post them later today or tomorrow. Look in Monday’s NYLJ for an article on peer reviews. I didn’t write it. I’ll post the relevant parts and my commentary on Monday as well.
I’m reading MAKING YOUR CASE: The Art of Persuading Judges. Again. Contary to what you might think, the book is a very light read, and full of great information and commentary. Before that, I read two great books, somewhat related to no-fault (barely, I guess), How Doctors Think and Intern. But compared to Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science and Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, they are mostly great, not great great. For a more difficult read (but a very interesting one), unless you are a doctor, check out The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales. When do I have time to read? On the train. I spend at least two hours on the subway every day. I get fidgety if I sit too long without doing something.
Two of the best posts, in my opinion, this year thus far, came from Eric Turkewitz over at his blog, New York Personal Injury Law blog. The first, What It’s Like To Lose, contains an honest look at what it feels like to lose a trial, from the trial attorney’s perspective. The second post–which would have never been possible but for Scott Greenfield, prolific (kidding) author of SimpleJustice–reviews a recent decision from the Court of Appeals, that is important for bloggers everywhere. Long sentence. I know. Sorry. SuiGeneris covers the New York blogs, among other things, so, go over there and make sure you don’t miss anything else. I love commas. I love semicolons more; but I can’t stop using commas, whether they belong or not.
During June 23-26, I’ll be over in LA, at LegalTech West Coast, talking about Five Things Every Practice Should Know about Web 2.0 Technology. I’m on that panel along with Vanessa DiMauro, Mark Beese, and John Lipsey of LexisNexis. I should probably get a hotel room. Kevin O’Keefe will be there too, but he is on a different panel, What is Twitter and how can I use it? He was a panelist at LegalTech New York back in February. Mura and I attended his panel and we enjoyed it. If you are going to be there, make sure to attend O’Keefe’s panel. We (Mura and me) were on a different panel, which was amazing, due, in no small part, to my beard. I’ve since shaved.
Speaking of twitter…
You can create an account here, but you are better off using tweetdeck, or something similar. Trust me, it’s easier that way. The AMA is on twitter (@AmerMedicalAssn). So is the New York Senate (@NYSenate). For more information than you will ever need about twitter, head over to Mashable.
And back to blogging. Typepad is letting me use the “new” Typepad, which is much easier to use than the old one. As a result, posts at www.theCPLRblog.com will be more frequent. Posts will gradually become more substantive there as well, though I don’t think they need to be for the blog to be useful. And, as a practical matter, if you click on a section or a rule (over at the bottom right hand side of the blog), it gives all the cases that I’ve posted that referenced the rule, and more importantly, it prints out real nice.
Finally, can someone please convince Matt Lerner to start posting again. The end of Summer 09 is too far away.