Has your firm considered legal outsourcing, also known as legal process outsourcing? If so, take a look at our new Legal Outsourcing Services Directory with links to some of the more popular providers of outsourced legal services. You would be surprised at how much your efficiency can go up using outside contractors to assist with your firm's legal work.

If you are not familiar with how legal outsourcing works, read What Is Legal Outsourcing? in the Law Practice Management resources section of our site.

Has your firm tried outsourcing legal research products, either to US firms or overseas to India? Share your thoughts and experiences in the Comments section below.

A Dallas law firm has filed a lawsuit against "Ben Doe" for $50,000 so they can subpoena his identity from Google, and thereby attempt to force removal of his negative online review of their law firm. According to an article called Dallas Firm Sues 'Doe' Defendant Over Online Review, the firm is upset over an anonymous online review that said, "Bad experience with this firm. Don't trust the fake online reviews here." They claim the review is defamatory and that they do not believe the anonymous reviewer was even a client of the firm.

The issue of distinguishing between defamation and what would constitute freedom of speech can be complicated. Truth is a defense to a defamation claim in court, but how does one defend challenge an anonymous false negative review posted online? Lawyer review site Avvo has been subjected to a number of lawsuits over the years over their refusal to remove negative reviews from attorney profiles. The last time I checked, Avvo had won every lawsuit and the reviews remained online. Other review sites seem to follow the same policy of being reluctant to remove negative reviews absent proof of some kind of falsehood such as the person not actually being a client.

What do you think about suing to attempt to force removal of negative reviews? Has the law firm merely succeeded in drawing more attention to the negative review and in making themselves look petty, or is this an effective way to combat a false online review that may hurt a firm's ability to recruit new clients? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.

Rocket Matter, an online cloud computing system for law practice management, announced that their system has now been upgraded to include document assembly, unlimited custom fields, and other product improvements. According to the announcement, attorneys now have access to software that can instantly create new legal documents, store them, and bill for them.

To learn more about the new tools offered by Rocket Matter, watch the new video on their website. To compare Rocket Matter with other online law practice management software systems and to see what companies are providing services in this field, visit our article on Online Law Practice Management Software.

The Library of Congress has released an iPad app that allows users to read the daily Congressional Record for free on their iPad devices. The current version of the app contains editions of the Congressional Record from January 4, 1995 up to the present. It contains the debates, proceedings, and activities of Congress, published in four sections: House of Representatives, Senate, Extension of Remarks, and Daily Digest.

Functions of the new Congressional Record app include:

• Browse editions of the Congressional Record by date;
• Perform keyword searches within individual documents or sections within documents;
• Share documents by email;
• Save documents to your iPad PDF reader;
• Identify the latest bills and resolutions considered daily on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives;
• Identify the latest bills, resolutions, treaties, and nominations considered daily on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Are you interested in other iPad apps for attorneys? Take a look at our article on the Best iPad Apps for Lawyers and Law Firms.