Party that Sought Metadata Only After Production of Document in .PDF and Paper Formats Not Entitled to Native Production
Autotech Techs. Ltd. P’ship v. Automationdirect.com, Inc., 2008 WL 902957 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 2, 2008)In this trademark infringement litigation, defendant sought to compel Autotech to produce an electronic copy of a word processing document entitled “EZTouch File Structure.” Autotech had already produced the document in both .PDF format on a compact disc and paper format, and had also provided a “Document Modification History” representing a chronological list of all changes made since the “EZTouch File Structure” document was created. Defendant argued that the pr...
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Electronic Discovery Law - April 10, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
Justice Michel Bastarache To Retire
The Supreme Court of Canada has announced the retirement of Justice Michel Bastarache effective June 30, 2008. For more information, please see the News Release from the Supreme Court of Canada.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 10, 2008
YouMail Offers Advanced Voicemail Features - Customized Greetings, Transcription, Email Delivery
"Wouldn't it be great if you could have your voice mail e-mailed or texted to you instead of having to call back in to your number?"
"What if you could leave customized greetings for people in your address book?"
These are the questions asked - and answered - by YouMail, a free external voicemail service with some pretty powerful features including:
Customized voicemail greetings for people in your address book - complete with "ditch" feature
Voicemail notification via e-mail, web, and text message
Voicemail to text transcription sent to your phone
Right now it is only available in the US and works on AT&T, Nexte...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - April 10, 2008 Tags: Tools
Search 19th Century Newspapers
New from the Milwaukee Public Library: 19th Century U. S. Newspapers
Consisting of just under 17 million articles, 19th Century U. S. Newspapers from the Thomson Gale Company is a genealogy or history buff's dream come true. Fully searchable by keyword, this database includes papers from across the U.S., and is particularly strong on the Midwest. Newspapers with significant runs include the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin State Register, Chicago Evening Journal, Hartford Courant, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Frederick Douglass' Paper, to name just a few.
This da...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - April 10, 2008 Tags: Data & Databases
BERKMAN AWARDS: one day left to nominate
Time is running out to submit nominations for the first Berkman Awards. The awards will be presented to people or institutions that have made a significant contribution to the Internet and its impact on society over the past decade. The primary awardee will receive $50,000. There are no conditions placed on how the award money must be spent. Nominations for the awards will be accepted from the public UNTIL TOMORROW, APRIL 11, 2008.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: syoung Tags: Berkman@10
Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy Journal
As noted on Slaw:
The Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy ??is a new, online legal journal created and managed by students at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Canada. The Review serves both the community of Osgoode Hall Law School and the legal community at large. While a significant portion of the Review is dedicated to student work, the Review publishes in each issue articles by legal professionals and academics writing on law or legal theory.?
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 10, 2008
"Business Development Training Programs for Lawyers that Work"
Posted by Allison Wolf: I first blogged on this topic in December. Today I will continue where I left...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business Development
"Focused Marketing of Multiple Practice Areas"
From the e-newsletter: Effectively marketing each of the practice areas you specialize in can make a tremendous difference in your...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Marketing
"No Jerks Allowed: How and Why GCs Can Stop Angry, Rude and Demeaning Workplace Behavior"
From the e-newseltter: General counsel are tagged as custodians of their companies' most crucial, yet most sensitive and volatile assets:...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Corporate Counsel
"North Royalton Considering Outdoor Smoking Ban"
From the blog: The City of North Royalton, Ohio is considering passing a new ordinance to prohibit smoking in parks,...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Ohio Law
"New on LLRX.com for April 2008"
Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Tips
"The Two Most Important Questions to Ask During a Discovery Deposition [Part I]"
Posted by Stewart Weltman: Many lawyers approach discovery depositions of hostile witnesses as if they are cross-examining at trial -...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Tips
"Keep Your Day Job, Then Clock In Nightly at the Firm"
In the news: E. James Perullo realized that switching from an IT career to the law would be daunting at...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice
Webcast of Randall Kennedy Discussing His Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Harvard law prof Randall Kennedy discussed his new book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, at a recent HLS event. To view the event's archived website, go to the School's press release. [JH] Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal by...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
New Law Titles from Cambridge UP
War and the Law of Nations by Stephen C. Neff A history of war, from an international law perspective, from Roman times to the present. Fiscal Challenges by Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy, and Howell E. Jackson Explores the problems...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Torres and Guymon's Bar Exam/Bar Admission Annotated Bibliography
Arturo Torres, Associate Dean of Law Library and Computing, at Texas Tech School of Law and Texas Tech 2L Bryan J. Guymon have published an annotated bibliography of leading articles written about the bar examination and/or admission to the bar....
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Professional Reading: Use of Legal Scholarship by Judges
Much has been made recently of the charge by federal judges that law reviews have become all-but-irrelevant to contemporary judicial decisionmaking, and that, as Second Circuit Judge Robert Sack put it, even when judges do use law reviews today, they...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
Access Denied, Definitive Analysis of Global Internet Filtering Policies
Access Denied provides the definitive analysis of government justifications for denying their own people access to some information and also documents global Internet filtering practices on a country-by-country basis. This is timely and important. --Jonathan Aronson, Annenberg School for Communication,...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
A Tale of Two Attorneys
Legal Blog Watch is all over this NY Law Journal article with two different takes on a three year study of work-life balance of New York attorneys. From the article: The committee's report, adopted unanimously by the Bar's House of...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Keys to Personnel Management
Two different takes today on how to encourage positive development in the workplace. Marie Newman at OOTJ posts on the need to nuture the professional growth of lawyers (and librarians), and provides the text of a recent NY Lawyer article...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 10, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Administration
Trump: “I have a Ph.D. in legal fees. I know when fees are fair and when they are not.”
Donald Trump's comments on a spat with his lawyers over fees made news recently. More
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novalawcity - April 10, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
