Posted on February 4, 2010 by David Kaufer

Is it unethical for lawyers to hire ghost writers to fill the content on their blogs?

From ABA Journal

 Is it unethical for lawyers to hire ghost writers to fill the content on their blogs?

That question has been generating some debate among bloggers who do their own writing, Legal Blog Watch reports.

The debate took off after the blog Social Media Tyro condemned the practice, pointing to a paralegal who advertises her ghostwriting services for estate planning blogs at LegalGhostBlogger.com.

The website includes testimonials from satisfied lawyers like this one: “I would never have the time to do this consistently myself,” he says. “I have received great feedback from readers, some of whom ‘find me’ only because of her posts.”

Legal Blog Watch says the ethics questions include: Is it ethical for a lawyer to hire a ghost writer for his or her blog? Does the answer change if the lawyer discloses the posts are ghost written? And is it OK to out lawyers who use ghost bloggers?

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Posted on January 11, 2010 by David Kaufer

Are you in TheKnowList 30?

 
 

TheKnowList 30 logoEnd of March, the second “KnowList 30” will be published. TheKnowList 30 is a list of 30 ‘people to know’ in the legal IT industry, it is the only peer voted list of people in legal technology. The theme of this edition is Cloud Computing, a hot topic in the legal IT sector. The first edition featured law firm IT managers, legal IT software supplier executives, and legal IT publishers.  Some claimed it was the usual suspects, others claimed there were too many unknowns and for a few it was something to blog anonymously about.

Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your vote and help deciding who is in or out. Click here to vote. If you want get involved in the second "Cloud Computing" edition, please contact Daniel Brown This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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