Reviews: Bloomberg Law, Smart Time and Gov. 2.0
Law.com publishes my column that reviews Bloomberg Law, the new online research service from Bloomberg; Smart Time, the new time-capture tool from Smart WebParts; and new Web sites from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Government Printing Office.

The Madoff Social Network Map
To pull off a $20 billion ponzi scheme, you need a broad web of social and business connections. In the case of Bernard Madoff, the network of feeder funds and sub-feeder funds that funneled investors' money his way was particularly complex. For a striking visual depiction of this complex network of funds, check out this interactive network map: Bernard L. Madoff Money Flows & Feeder Funds. The map was created by Orgnet.com, a company that provides social network analysis software and services. Orgnet founder Valdis Krebs provides more information about his Madoff map at his blog,

Twitter's New 'Retweet' Feature
Twitter has now rolled out its beta retweet feature to most users. Not all of them are happy about it. You will know if you have it when you go to your Twitter home page, where you will find a notice describing the new feature.Formerly, you could pass along a tweet of interest by adding "RT" to it. It would go out under your name and you could add your own comments to the retweet.Under the new feature, a new "Retweet" button is added to the existing "Reply" button under each tweet that appears in your timeline. When you click this Retweet button, it forwards the original tweet to your followers, but under the name of the original twe

Google Gets into Legal Research
In a post earlier today at Legal Blog Watch, The Google Gorilla Enters the Research Game, I wrote about Google's announcement yesterday that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts. I wrote there about the implications of the announcement, but wanted to post here to add my initial thoughts about the search itself.So far, I like what I see. A

ABA Journal Features 'LawSites' as Blawg of Week
We are honored to be the featured blog this week on the ABA Journal's Blawg Directory.