Recent Articles from Ryan S. Perlin
Westlaw is a Gateway Drug
I once accidentally spent $1,800 to find out if South Carolina was a comparative negligence state. I was a summer associate working at a small local law firm during the […]
Conveyor Belt of Blogs
As I sit at my computer drafting this blog entry, my television is tuned to the ABC network and a television show called Conveyor Belt of Love. Not just a […]
There’s an app for that?
_ The primary legal research companies, Westlaw and LexisNexis, were among the first companies to recognize the potential of the internet as a legal research tool when they launched online […]
The Ethics of Surreptitious Friending
Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Professional Guidance Committee was requested to offer its advisory opinion on a novel issue involving social networking sites and witness background investigation. The […]
Calling Balls and Strikes in Age of the Internet
The Ravens got the job done this weekend, defeating the previously undefeated Denver Broncos 30-7 before a reported 71,000+ fans at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday. Having listened to the comments of some of the players and having read the initial recaps of the game, though, this season's ongoing frustration with the refereeing continues.
Dictate this [comma] please
Due to an unforeseen computer malfunction, I recently found myself at the office without use of my computer for about an hour. As I looked over my to-do list, I […]






