June 2011 Archives

Throughout the year, FindLaw attends the most important legal conventions nationwide to interact with legal professionals. It is a great way for us to meet face-to-face with our current and potential customers.

That’s why FindLaw will have a prominent presence at the 2011 American Association for Justice Annual Convention in New York City.

Consumers of legal information know they can come to FindLaw.com for resources to help them understand the law. But FindLaw also offers a wide range of resources to the legal professionals who depend on us for free and accurate information. Lawyers, paralegals, professors and students all come to FindLaw to read legal blogs, keep up with the news and research cases and codes, all free of charge.

FindLaw is as dedicated to serving its professional audience as it is to taking care of the legal information needs of consumers. Now, FindLaw is proud to introduce a new resource to its professional audience, FindLaw's Professional HyperLocal Blogs.

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

• Juvenile Miranda Rights: Police Must Consider Age: FindLaw's Decided breaks down how the Supreme Court, which as recently as last year was chipping away at Miranda protections, ruled on Thursday in favor of a more expansive approach to juvenile Miranda rights. Citing common sense and the unique vulnerability attributable to children, the Court's decision directs law enforcement to consider a juvenile's age when determining whether or not they must give him his Miranda warnings prior to questioning.

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 Engagement Manager Sarah Mickelson. Get to know Sarah by reading about her experiences at FindLaw below.

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Legal news is everywhere. Whether you realize it or not, news with a legal twist touches every corner of our daily lives. And FindLaw has all the legal angles covered.

We are the Internet's No. 1 source for legal information because FindLaw views the world (and news) through "law-colored" glasses.

If there's a high-profile firing in the news, people come to FindLaw to learn the legal ramifications. When a controversial new law is passed, we break down the likelihood of it withstanding legal challenges. And when a lawsuit is filed, no site can offer the legal insight and resources of FindLaw.

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

• Wisconsin's Controversial Union Law to Take Effect: FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at the Wisconsin Supreme Court's controversial union law being upheld despite widespread protests from Democrats and union activists across the country. The decision came down to the court's interpretation of the age-old doctrine of "separation of powers."

With about four million visitors to the site monthly, many people already know about the legal resources that can be found on FindLaw.com. Some visitors take advantage of the Answers community to get legal questions answered, or share their own experiences and thoughts. Some read the articles in Learn About the Law to find out more about the law both in their own state and elsewhere. A large and growing audience comes to the FindLaw blogs to find new content everyday updating what is happening in legal news throughout the country.

But what FindLaw.com visitors may not know is all that FindLaw has to offer beyond the site. Thanks to the FindLaw Network, there is news, updates, blogs, and much more.

FindLaw employs a dynamic, highly-educated team of professionals with offices on three continents. And we are looking to attract more of the same.

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Introducing FindLaw Careers, a newly-launched online resource dedicated to FindLaw careers at Thomson Reuters.

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

• Alabama's Tough New Immigration Law Signed: FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at perhaps the country's toughest immigration law in Alabama. Backed by overwhelming legislative support, Governor Robert Bentley signed HB 56 into law. How long until the lawsuits challenging them will come?

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Not only does INSIGHT allow law firms to obtain a holistic view of their online marketing efforts, the online dashboard also provides the ability to monitor internet trends and measure product performance. INSIGHT’s utility is matched by its convenience — with a monthly e mail report showcasing key performance metrics for the most current month, presented in a clear and easy to understand format. The INSIGHT online dashboard is always accessible and provides both summary level and detailed results viewing.

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

• Are Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Legal?: FindLaw's Blotter notes that state and federal courts are divided on the issue of warrantless cell phone searches. Courts in California, Florida and Georgia have ruled warrantless cell phone searches are justified under the "search incident to a lawful arrest" exception to the 4th Amendment's warrant requirement. Because the Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue of warrantless cell phone searches, there is still a lot of confusion amongst courts and civil rights advocates.