Who’d a thunk it? People write scholarly articles about the ethics of legal blogging!
(We probably should have thought about that before we started this gig, huh?)
Anyway, Rachel Lee’s student note in the most recent Stanford Law Review is titled “Ex Parte Blogging: The Legal Ethics of Supreme Court Advocacy in the Internet
When Herrmann published a post last week saying that blogging doesn’t necessarily generate new business for lawyers, the blogosphere lit up like a Christmas tree. (The ornaments can be seen, among other places, here, here, here, here, here, and here.)
The on-line community told us that, if our blog
Herrmann alone is veering way off-topic here, for a post about using blogs to develop new legal business. Bexis prefers to stick to drug and device law, so he played no role in drafting this post.
A surprising number of folks have asked us whether blogging is a useful business development tool for lawyers. Here
We were pleased to see that USPharmD included us in its list of the “Top 50 Medical Ethics Blogs.” Lord knows, we’re not medical ethicists, but the list includes other topics, such as “medicine and the law” and “pharmaceuticals,” so at least we’re in the neighborhood. More importantly, you may find the other blogs on
Google Analytics tell us where in the world the visitors to our blog come from.
We’ve just now received a visitor from our 150th different country!
Kyrgyzstan put us over the top.
Honest to God — Kyrgyzstan. You’ll find it right there in central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the
The ABA Journal has just announced its picks of the 100 best web sites by lawyers, for lawyers.
Your humble Drug and Device Law Blog made the cut in the “Niche” category.
Now there’s some kind of vote going on.
We don’t know what you win at the end of this vote, but
bWe’re under construction.
No, we’re not changing our defiantly clunky appearance. Our readers come for the substance, not to look at pretty pictures and fancy fonts.
But we are under construction.
A lot of our links are broken. You don’t have to tell us, we know. We’re trying to fix them, but it’s one more
For those of you who have been sleeping for the last couple of years (or are over the age of 50), “Above the Law” is a blog that covers law, law firms, associate salaries and bonuses, and salacious legal gossip.
Needless to say, that site draws a lot of traffic.
But yesterday, Above
We’re pleased to announce that the Drug and Device Law Blog is now on Twitter.
Now, look: We’re old guys; we’re not even sure what that last sentence means.
But the titles of our new posts (and links to them) will now be distributed through updates on Twitter. If you’d like to follow our blog
The November issue of California Lawyer has hit the streets. An article titled “Drug Reaction” discusses Wyeth v. Levine, quotes one of your dynamic blogging duo, and mentions our little blog.
(Although Herrmann was flattered to be featured in a “pull-out quote,” he believes that he actually said, “The justices do a funny dance when