ABA TechShow 2008 is March 13-15 in Chicago
March 13-15, 2008 Hilton Chicago 720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 ABA TechShow 2008 offers more than 50 education and training sessions in 16 different tracks. Sessions are designed to help people at various skills levels learn to make the most effective use of technology in their legal setting. Whether you are an IT novice or a technocrat, a solo practitioner or a large firm lawyer, ABA TechShow provides programming options that are sure to challenge your thinking and expand your knowledge.
K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen will be participating in two sessions at this popular conference: Th...
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Electronic Discovery Law - March 4, 2008 Tags: Events
Free Service for Recording (& Podcasting) Conference Calls
A while back I posted about a free telephone conferencing service called FreeConference.com. This free service supplies you with a dial in number and an access code with which all callers can connect.
While this service worked great, I recently had a need to record a conference call. Although FreeConference.com does have recording capabilities, this feature is only available to premium subscribers.
Fortunately, I found another service called Basement Ventures which offered free recording of calls. Like FreeConference.com, you get a dial in number and a code (which they call a bridge number). Give this to all parties...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - March 4, 2008 Tags: Miscellaneous & Odd-ball
Court Finds Deleted Email "Not Reasonably Accessible"; No Duty to Search Backup Tapes for Emails of a Sexual Nature
Petcou v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., 2008 WL 542684 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 25, 2008)
In this employment discrimination case, the court had previously ordered defendant to produce computer-generated reports of attempts by its employees to access adult websites at two of its branches during the relevant time period. Although the court had denied plaintiffs' request for email messages with adult content, it gave plaintiffs the option to file a motion for reconsideration after they had been given an opportunity to obtain evidence regarding defendant’s burden of production. This opinion addresses plaintiffs&r...
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Electronic Discovery Law - March 4, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
Sections of Federal Acts Proclaimed in Force
Sections of the following acts have been proclaimed in force:
· An Act to Amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act, S.C. 2007, c. 11· Public Safety Act, 2002, S.C. 2004, c. 15
Please see Recent Canada Proclamations or contact us for details.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - March 4, 2008
Canadian Bar Association Legal Aid Appeal Dismissed
Canadian Bar Assn. v. British Columbia2008 BCCA 92 In this decision, the Court of Appeal dismisses the Canadian Bar Association's appeal regarding the funding of BC's legal aid system on the bases that the Association lacks standing to bring the claim and that the statement of claim be struck under Supreme Court Rule 19(24) as disclosing no reasonable claim.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - March 4, 2008
Manitoba Law Libraries Online Catalogue
The Law Society of Manitoba has announced that the Manitoba Law Libraries' Great Library Catalogue is now online.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - March 4, 2008
Luncheon Series: Patent Failure with Jim Bessen of BU Law School
Today's luncheon series guest was Jim Bessen, a Lecturer in Law at Boston University School of Law, discussing patent failure. He asked: Is the U.S. patent system broken? Recently, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the media and to Congress that todays patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it. James Bessen will discuss a broad range of evidence on the economic performance of the patent system. He finds that patents provide strong incentives for firms in a few industries, but for most firms today, patents actually discourage innovation because they fail to perfor...
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Berkman Blog - March 4, 2008
Webcast - Michael Geist on "Facing Up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada"
Tomorrow afternoon our friend Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, will deliver a webcasted lecture on "Facing Up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada." You can email questions before the talk to ipilogue@gmail.com, and tune in tomorrow at 2:40!The talk, part of Osgoode Hall Law School's Putting Theory to Practice (PTTP) lecture series, is described as follows:In December 2007, the Canadian government planned to introduce new copyright legislation that was to have mirrored the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. A Faceboo...
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Berkman Blog - March 4, 2008
OpenNet Initiative's Access Denied Book Release Party!
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering is now on bookshelves! To celebrate the release of the OpenNet Initiative's new book, Berkman will host a release party on Friday March 14th at 6:30 PM at Harvard, and we welcome you to join us. This event follows the Journal of Law and Technology Symposium, which will feature a day of wonderful discussions.Edited by the Principal Investigators of the OpenNet Initiative, Access Denied explores the landscape of censorship-oriented controls on Internet content, from the technology behind it to the policy that supports it and the soc...
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Berkman Blog - March 4, 2008
Privilege Logs
Effective April 1, 2008, parties who make a claim of privilege or protection in response to a discovery request for documents will be required to prepare a "privilege log" under new Civil Procedure Rule 26(b)(5) issued last week. The log must contain "the respective author(s) and sender(s) if different; the recipient(s); the date and type of document, written communication or thing not produced; and in general terms, the subject matter of the withheld information."According to the Reporter's Notes accompanying the rule, "The requirement of a privilege log applies to a claim of privilege or right to protection asserted ...
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Massachusetts Law Updates - March 4, 2008 Author: Meg
"Web Tools Worth a Look: SendAlong"
From the blog: Send large files via email. No software required. (Fee >1GB) and free (up to 1GB) services available....
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Web 2.0
"The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts"
Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: Committee on Government Oversight and Reform press release: "Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a new...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Government
"Sentencing Commission's Retroactive Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: Amendments to the Sentencing Commissions crack cocaine guidelines and their retroactivity become effective today. That...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Court Action
"Ohio Model Foreclosure Mediation Program Available"
From the blog: The Ohio Supreme Court recently made available a new model mediation program for foreclosure cases. According to...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Ohio Law
"Upgrades Planned for OSBA Casemaker Product"
From the blog: For those of you who are members of the Ohio State Bar Association, you can expect...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech - Software
"Are Law Firm Leadership Programs Worth the Money?"
In the news: Thousands of attorneys have participated in leadership training programs in the past few years. Whether the programs...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
"Planning Helps Law Firms Weather a Bad Economy"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: Although the housing market has grabbed headlines recently as the credit issues continue to unravel,...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"Management Tips & Tricks"
By Ed Poll: How can you be sure your firm is not discriminating? Below are some common trends to look...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
MIAMI'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE BLOG
If you practice or plan on practicing Criminal Law in Miami, the JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG
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novalawcity - March 4, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
Opening: Reference/Research Librarian, University of Houston" O’Quinn Law Library
The O’Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston Law Center seeks a highly motivated and service oriented person with drive for a Reference/Research Librarian position. Responsibilities: The duties of the reference/research librarian include: providing reference service to all patrons...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Immigration to Play Lead Role In Future U.S. Growth
New report from the Pew Research Center: "If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
Beta Research Tools
CollegeDegree.com, a very useful and comprehensive online education resource site [see their directories of online law school and paralegal programs and IT schools) has published 25 Awesome Beta Research Tools from Libraries Around the World. See also their 99 Mind...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Westbrook's Between Citizen and State: An Introduction to the Corporation
Now available in paperback. From the University at Buffalo's press release, Corporate Law as Theater: New Book Brings 'Mysterious' Social Structure to Light: Westbrook's work is a departure from traditional corporate law books, which typically use statutes, cases and other...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle
The C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle is an index to the C-SPAN video recordings of the House and Senate floor proceedings. The video recordings are matched with the text of the Congressional Record as soon as the Congressional Record is available. It...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs Legal Research
Tarlton Law Library Launches Patent and Trademark Current Awareness Services
The Tarlton Law Library has launched two new current awareness services, Current Patent Literature and Current Trademark Literature. The new services complement Tarlton’s Current Copyright Literature [RSS feed] service. The goal is to create a suite of current awareness services...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
