I’m an information junkie, and that’s good because it helps me keep on top of all the information I need. Without the most current information I might be sunk when it came to dealing with an adversary in settlement negotiations. Worse, there may be a developing point of law that could help my client – and if I didn’t know about it, I’d be in big trouble.
I am a big user of Google Alerts, which is a great (and free) tool for keeping up with breaking news. All you do is go to go to Google Alerts, and set up a search string and then decide how often you want to be notified (i.e. once a day, as it happens, or once a week). Google will send you email if there is news that fits your search.
You can also use an RSS reader in conjunction with Google to keep track of this information. If you are interested, here is the Google page that describes Google alerts.
Thanks to PDF For Lawyers for the original article.
