Gretchen Sween, member of the legal writing faculty at The University of Texas School of Law and Special Counsel at Dechert LLP, has guest-posted and scored a review on Blawgletter before. Today, she takes keyboard in hand to tap out a thought piece on the things you see marching across your screen — words. We
Blawgging for Peanuts
Working with smart, funny, and creative people brings lots of rewards.
This month, one of the smartest, funniest, and most creative people Blawgletter knows (and once had the pleasure of working with) wrote a thought piece on legal blogging — what she calls blawgging. She titled it "If a Blawgger Blawgs in the Forest
FTC Tells Bloggers to Reveal Pay for Posts
A painting of Man Controlling Trade at FTC headquarters.
The Federal Trade Commission has given fresh advice on what it deems false plugs for goods and labor.
And the agency's new Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising for the first time covers weblogs!
The FTC's press release for the up-to-date GCUETA
John Harvard Died for Blawg Review No. 229
Blawgletter will host Blawg Review No. 229 next Monday, September 14. The theme? Something about John Harvard, an English pastor and namesake of Harvard University. He died September 14, 1638.
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