Friday, July 13, 2007 6:31 AM
For those who have been staying abreast of development related to Avvo, I wanted to highlight a new podcast posted at the Legal Talk Network this week:
Avvo executives speak out on this week's Lawyer2Lawyer with co-hosts and Law.com bloggers, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi. Hear Avvo CEO and President, Mark Britton and VP of Products & Marketing, Paul Bloom with their reactions to our previous podcast about Avvo, the newest lawyer rating service against which a class action suit has been filed due to dissatisfaction with the service. Listen to their point of view, how they are dealing with feedback and what steps they're taking to improve Avvo.
Click AVVO's Reaction to see all of the details and listen to the podcast.
For the other side of the story, you can check out an earlier Lawyer2Lawyer podcast entitled Avvo Class Action (available at that link):
The online numerical ranking system of lawyers, Avvo, launched last week with mixed reviews. Many attorneys complained about Avvo's information and some even called it a popularity contest. Two Seattle attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against Avvo. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we discuss thoughts about the product, the class action suit, competition among lawyers and the future of Avvo. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi welcome our guests: Attorney John Henry Browne, criminal defense attorney at The Law offices of John Henry Browne of Seattle and one of the attorneys filing the class action lawsuit, Carolyn Elefant, founder and principal attorney in the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant and blogger for MyShingle.com and Law.com's Legal Blog Watch. Also joining us is Denise Howell, appellate, intellectual property, and technology lawyer and blogger for Bag and Baggage. Denise is also a featured ZDNET blogger and has her own podcast.
There are quite a few good posts throughout the blawgosphere on the same subject. One in particular I found enlightening was Denise Howell's post at Lawgarithms, Section 230 immunity for case-based identity/reputation systems? Ms. Howell has been updating her own post, dating from last month, with links to others who are writing about the case as well, so it is a good jumping off point if you don't want to try your own search.