In a cooperative venture between the Missouri Secretary of State and Supreme Court, a searchable database of historical court records is now available online for free public access. Details about the project are available here. [via How Appealing]

NYT: The Corporate Blog Catches On -- The story quotes John G. Palfrey, executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School:

"Once you get to the point where lawyers review everything in a blog, it ain't a blog anymore."

I learned this morning that content from this weblog is now available at the Daily Whirl, which is where you can set your own preferences to read fast-loading law related news items from a great variety of sources. Set your own preferences to create a custom news page that will keep you amazingly informed. I appreciate the bare bones approach, ability to add a search box, and selection of content. Get over to Daily Whirl right now and make your own! It's free, and no ads!

The Daily Whirl developer, by the way, was able to incorporate content without any assistance from me, because this weblog makes all content available through a simple syndication format called RSS.