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ABA Blawg 100 Voting Update

I was perusing the ABA 100 voting, and I see that the front runners are pulling away from the pack. But, there are a couple of blawgs that are still in the running that I personally think deserve a blast of support. New York Personal Injury Law Blog is written by Eric Turkewitz, [...]

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Engagement versus vanity

Yesterday, I had the honor of being included in the 100 best law blogs as judged by the ABA Journal. The top 100 blogs and their authors were the subject of a feature story on the ABA Journal online. Each of the blogs were linked to in the story. Also yesterday, Eric Turkewitz linked to a year old blog post of mine in a blog post on Turkewitz' blog . The text in the link to my...

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Martindale-Hubbell now spamming lawyers' blogs? Are lawyers to blame?

A marketing company doing work on behalf of the legal directory Martindale-Hubbell has acknowledged spamming the comment field on New York Attorney Eric Turkewitz' blog . Turkewitz blogged about the Martindale spamming . Martindale's marketing company in a 'heart felt' apology left in a comment to Turkewitz' post acknowledged they had done the spamming. Martindale remains...

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How a personal injury lawyer views the medical malpractice system

Personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz responds to my recent USA Today piece on fixing the medical malpractice system. by Eric Turkewitz In a USA Today op-ed, Kevin Pho tackles the medical malpractice liability system. Some stuff I agree with, but suggestions regarding improvement of the current system are unlikely to work. Kevin correctly states that malpractice legal fights...

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Personal Injury Roundup No. 58 (11/20/09)

... ) NY: CT fertility doctor loses NY license after inseminating a patient with the wrong sperm. () Eric Turkewitz guest blogs at (Via ) --CJRNovember 20, 2009 in http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6aaba5a970b

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If there's no Blawg Review in Disneyland, can it really be the Happiest Place on Earth?

... from a week away is finding a Blawg Review waiting. That was particularly true this time around. Eric Turkewitz' Halloween-themed Blawg Review #236 , hosted at his New York Personal Injury Law Blog , was a real treat. Accompanied by a "pissed-off" bogeyman, Turkewitz made the rounds on All Hallows' Eve, scaring up the best legal blogging of the final week of October....

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Twittering From the Courtroom? Not So Fast

On his New York Personal Injury Law Blog, Eric Turkewitz writes that although Houston criminal defense attorney Mark Bennett is "live-twittering" today (here) while his protege picks a jury, at least one federal court ruled just last week that the federal rules prohibit tweets from court. In United States v. Shelnutt (M.D. Ga. Nov. 2), a federal court in Georgia ruled that Rule...

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Halloween Blawg Review Gets Reviewed

I'm grateful to the many people who offered up their flattering comments and links regarding this week's Halloween themed Blawg Review , starring The Bogeyman . Some came in the comments area, some came in by Twitter and some on blogs: If you missed @turkewitz's Halloween themed Blawg Review--go read it now. It is beyond clever ( Rita Handrich @ The Jury Expert ) a super edition of Halloween...

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Halloween Blawg Review

I don't know if Eric Turkewitz remembers me suggesting he use this one of Hugh MacLeod's Gaping Void cartoons on the back of a business card for his "blog card". This week, Eric tries to find happiness hosting his third Blawg Review, this time with a Halloween theme. I rest my case.

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Blawg Review #236

Is on a Hallowe'en theme, at Eric Turkewitz's....

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Flickr Tweet, Wascally Wabbit

RT @infobunny Why does no one call me pumpkin? Blawg Review #236 hosted by Eric Turkewitz should be a real treat .