April 2011 Archives

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• Schools Can Punish Students for Off-Campus Speech: FindLaw's Decided looks at online free speech after the 2nd Circuit ruled that a Connecticut school was within its rights to bar a student from running for senior class secretary after it came to their attention that she had called school staff a vulgar word.

FindLaw.com is the site that legal consumers and professionals come to for accessible and useful legal information. There is newsworthy information found on FindLaw's blogs, guidance from Learn About the Law articles, the Answers community and the Lawyer Directory.

But that's not all. FindLaw offers even more.

FindLaw also offers news releases and surveys to bring its accessible, useful legal information to an even wider audience. In a new release, FindLaw provides timely suggestions for safe, smart summer travel.

FindLaw is the leading online provider of legal information. This statement is not just opinion, it's a fact. According to recently released data from comScore, the leading provider of digital media intelligence, once again in 2010, FindLaw maintained its number one spot -- by a length.

As comScore reports, more than twice as many visitors came to FindLaw than to its nearest competitor, with an average of 2.2 million visits a month. But the important numbers don't stop there. The comScore Media Metrix for 2010 also showed:

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• What are Grandparents' Rights to Visitation?: With changing familial structures that involve divorce and remarriage, grandparents are often victims of these changes. Their visitation rights commonly terminated upon a relationship's demise. Because of the bond between grandparent and grandchild, FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at just what constitutes grandparents' visitation rights.

FindLaw is always looking for a chance to interact with current and potential customers. Attending legal conventions is just one way that FindLaw is able to further foster these relationships and stay educated on the latest legal topics. Given the changes to this practice area in the past few years, the annual National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Convention represents the perfect opportunity to understand the unique needs of bankruptcy law and ultimately better serve our clients.

The NACBA Convention is expected to draw close to 800 attorneys from across the country. Founded in 1972, the convention will take place from April 15-17th at the Marriott Wardman Park, in Washington, D.C.

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• Who Now Qualifies as a Disabled Employee?: Do diabetics now qualify as disabled? As it stands now, what qualifies as a disability has changed. FindLaw's Free Enterprise looks at how the feds new change may mean changes for business owners.

Welcome to another post from our "Meet the FindLaw Team" series. "Meet the FindLaw Team" provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Account Manager Steve Eggan. Get to know Steve by reading about his experiences at FindLaw below.

What is your current title?

Account Manager

When did you join the FindLaw team / how did you get here?

I transferred to FindLaw in 1999 from the academic area of Credit Order Processing for print and WestLaw products within Thomson Reuters. I primarily worked with law schools and their WestLaw service for law students.

Should I stay or should I go? Many American homeowners are asking themselves that very question when they find themselves owing more on their home loans than their house is currently worth.

According to a recent FindLaw.com survey, a majority of those questioned believe that staying is the right thing to do when asked their thoughts on walking away from a mortgage. Sixty percent of those polled responded that it is never right to simply stop making payments on their mortgage. Another one-third said it was only o.k. for a homeowner to walk away from a mortgage if he or she is unable to make their monthly payments. A small minority, only three percent, answered that a homeowner should be able to walk away at any time.

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• How to Avoid a DUI on Prom Night: Prom season is upon us, and that means high school students are most likely going to consume alcohol. FindLaw's Blotter details a Georgia program that simulates what it's like to drive drunk, complete with beer goggles and golf carts. Read on for tips on how to help keep your family out of jail after the dancing is over.