Author: Rick Klau

EFF Analysis of Patriot II. The Electronic Frontier Foundation just published an in-depth analysis of the January 9, 2003 draft known as Patriot Act II. [beSpacific] This is worth a lengthy read, but here are the highlights. Patriot II would: Dramatically widen the government’s ability to compel information from ISPs, colleagues, family members, etc. –…

Starbucks innovates again by offering a dual use Visa. The card boasts the reloadable stored-value feature of its successful Starbucks Card, but also works like a credit card. When using the credit card the customer gains reward points that can then be redeemed at Starbucks retail locations. Expect to see many other retailers copy Starbucks…

Well well. Looks like Pillsbury Winthrop has settled with Frode Jensen. Details of the settlement are confidential, but it’s safe to assume money changed hands. Forgotten about this juicy soap opera? I wrote up the salient details back in October. American Lawyer has a copy of Jensen’s complaint here (PDF). For the record, the full…

Looks like I was trying a bit too hard to read the tea leaves when I could’ve taken the news at face value (chalk it up to being chastened at listening to one too many Ari Fleischer press briefings): Sue Allen is a mother of two teenage boys and the campaign grew much more quickly than expected.…

 Warren Buffet says to buy what you know, so I’m investing prudently over at Blogshares. Current holdings: tins ::: Rick Klau’s weblog (1500 shares)Bag and Baggage (100 shares)Ernie the Attorney (100 shares )McGee’s Musings (100 shares)The Shifted Librarian (50 shares)(More to come, but the site limits you to five “purchases” per day before imposing “commissions” on…

Courtesy of Nina Gaw, here are some banners you can use on your own site: Nice work, Nina!

Dennis Kennedy Launches Solo Career. Yes, I am leaving Thompson Coburn to start a solo career. The mix of what I want to do no longer fits within the context of a large law firm and I’ll be starting a couple of new enterprises. [DennisKennedy.blog] I’m looking forward to seeing Dennis at this week’s TechShow.…

Google acquisition spree continues, forms Movable Bloggerland. Wow.

Nancy Manzo has written up her impressions from last month’s panel in San Francisco at the Legal Marketing Association annual conference. Except for my photo (lesson learned: when head shots are more than four years old, find them and burn them), I think she does a great job of recounting what was said. My only…

Ernie’s been talking about bad law firm web sites lately. In the interest of furthering this oh-so-important debate, I submit Russell & Tate. On this day six years ago, the best law firm web site on the Internet went live. And if you had any doubt that the web can generate business for your law…