Berkman Buzz: Week of April 7, 2008
BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, just sign up here. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law SchoolWeek of April 7, 2008* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *read more
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Berkman Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: lkoss
4/17 FCC Stanford Hearing: Public Comments Welcome
More information about the next week's Federal Communications Commission en banc hearing is making the rounds.Next Thursday, April 17th, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society (CIS) will host the merry band of commissioners for their second hearing on broadband network management practices.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: rtabasky
Court Further Refines Search Protocol, Adds Search Terms and Orders Distinct Conjunctive and Disjunctive Keyword Searches
ClearOne Communications, Inc. v. Chiang, 2008 WL 920336 (D. Utah Apr. 1, 2008) This decision further refines the search protocol to be used to search data from computers used by certain defendants, which were imaged pursuant to two court orders issued in 2007. The second imaging order sought to establish a protocol for searching the mirror images to identify relevant and responsive documents. That protocol was refined in a November 5, 2007 order. The protocol in place required keyword searches by technical experts; review of search result reports by defense counsel for facial claims of privilege;...
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Electronic Discovery Law - April 11, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
Video Contest Wants Law Schools to Tell Their Worries
From Law Librarian Blog:
Student lender Access Group has announced a contest entitled "One Less Worry." The contest will award $10,000 to the most deserving video posted on YouTube describing "what law students worry about."
Access Group will select the ten finalists based on "creativity, humor, quality, realism and overall appeal" and and then open up public voting on July 1. Whoever gets the most votes by July 31 will win a $10,000 scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year.
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - April 11, 2008 Tags: Law Students
Recent Scholarship from UW Law School Faculty
New faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series from the Legal Scholarship Network (SSRN).
Do Bits Really Work? Revisiting the Empirical Link between Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment
Jason W. Yackee, University of Wisconsin Law School
Wiretapping before the Wires: The Post Office and the Birth of Communications Privacy
Anuj C. Desai, University of Wisconsin Law School
Taxation as a Global Socio-Legal Phenomenon
Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School
Steven Dean, Brooklyn Law School
Diane M. Ring, Boston College - Law School
Adam H. Rosenzweig, Washi...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - April 11, 2008 Tags: UW Law School
Section of the International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Aircraft Equipment) Act Proclaimed in Force
A section of the International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Aircraft Equipment) Act, S.C. 2005, c. 3, has been proclaimed in force.
Please see Recent Canada Proclamations or contact us for details.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 11, 2008
Additional Information Needed Before Court Will Order Production of Email from Backup Sources
Baker v. Gerould, 2008 WL 850236 (W.D.N.Y. Mar. 27, 2008)
Plaintiff, an employee in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”), alleged that defendants failed to promote him to the position of Captain in retaliation for having exercised his constitutional rights. Plaintiff moved to compel the production of email between and among the parties, challenging the adequacy of defendants’ production.
Following oral argument on the motion, the court directed defendants to submit an affidavit describing the search undertaken to locate the requested emails. In response, de...
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Electronic Discovery Law - April 11, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
John Perry Barlow looking back on an Internet decade
Find your headphones and grab a seat, maybe skip the popcorn this week. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10, we’re retrieving some classics from our multimedia archive and adding them to our new YouTube channel.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: syoung Tags: Berkman@10
Supreme Court of Canada Case: Language Rights
The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision today:
Societe des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc. v. Canada, 2008 SCC 15; File No. 31583 (Royal Canadian Mounted Police Acting as Provincial Police Force - Whether RCMP are Required to Fulfil Language Obligations Imposed on New Brunswick Institutions)
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 11, 2008
"Go Beyond PowerPoint to Make Your Case"
In the news: As traditional whiteboard-and-photo-enlargement courtroom presentations give way to multimedia testimony and computer animations, smart attorneys and paralegals...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech Use By Lawyers
"Want to be an Authority? Write and Speak More!"
Posted by Tom Kane: Writing and speaking as business development techniques have long been two of my favorites. They are...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business Development
"When to Say No: 10 Ways to Select and Reject a Client"
From the e-newsletter: Client selection and rejection is the first line of defense against malpractice problems, but it...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"Do Something! Re-vamp Your Intake Procedures"
Posted by Allison Shields: Do you feel like you're re-inventing the wheel every time a new client walks in the...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"Green Firms"
From the site: With global warming and environmental issues plaguing the world, the legal community is doing its part by...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
"Solo Limits Her Work to Full-Time Animal Practice"
In the news: Dallas solo Yolanda Eisenstein handles litigation, drafts trusts and other documents and helps nonprofits comply with the...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Career Paths
"Strategies for Handling Multi-Jurisdictional Discovery and Data Collection"
From the e-newsletter: (Gary DiBianco, Gary Rubin & Matthew Blake) - For everyone involved in cross-border discovery, the objective is...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Tips
"9 "Sure Bets for the Future" Attorneys Should Watch"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: Nothing in the future is certain, except taxes, death, and that the world will implode...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
Congress Twitters
Both Houses tweet - see TVC
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novalawcity - April 11, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
Video of the Week: I.R. Mess
In honor of tax day, enjoy this vintage Daily Show clip in which Jon Stewart takes a look at the IRS and efficiency:
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novalawcity - April 11, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
State Attorney in Florida complies with library request to get a court order for circulation records
Mary,
Just thought I'd let you know about another subpoena we received for patron circulation records. If you recall, the last time I received a subpoena and challenged it, I was surprised to learn that this one of the first times in Florida a motion to quash a subpoena for library records had been filed.
In this case, we asked the State Attorney (in a different judicial circuit) to rescind the subpoena and provide a court order. The State Attorney had no problem with the request and within 3 weeks we had a court order directing us to turn over information.
This was different than our previous situation where we ha...
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LibraryLaw Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Mary Tags: Privacy
UBC Opens $79.7M Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Photo by UBC Library Graphics "Lifelong learning for British Columbians was celebrated today with the official grand opening of the $79.7-million Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC." • News Release and Backgrounder • Irving K. Barber Learning Centre...
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Law Library Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: General Announcements
Susan Westerberg Prager Named Sixth Executive Director of AALS
Former UCLA Law School Dean Susan Westerberg Prager has been named Executive Director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Prager will become the sixth Executive Director of the AALS since its founding in 1900. Her appointment...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Alan Dershowitz: The Advocate and Scholar as Jew; the Jew as Advocate and Scholar
Martin Belsky (Akron) has posted his interesting think piece on controversal law prof Alan Dershowitz. Check out Alan Dershowitz: The Advocate and Scholar as Jew; the Jew as Advocate and Scholar in SSRN. Here's the abstract: Professor Dershowitz has melded...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Scholarship
Internet Crime Report: The Top Scams of 2007
New report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation: "According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs
New Free Business Search Engine from Northern Light
Northern Light Search provides access to "business and industry news from thousands of hand-selected business news sites, leading business publications, industry authority blogs, regional newspapers, and national news sources." Formerly fee-based, a retooled free SE will offically launch in mid-April....
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Help Lawrence Lessig and Joe Trippi Change Congress
Volunteer watchdogs needed for Lessig-Trippi project, Change Congress. Change Congress is a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Using our tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes to reduce...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Friday Fun: A 1L Student's Ode to His Law Library
Well, he'll escape from the library soon enough...in 5 or 6 or 7 years from now. Hat tip to Legal Writing Prof Blog. [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
"The Science of Search"
That's the title of this Legal Technology News article comparing e-discovery keyword searches against legal research keyword searches. The notion that lawyers are unqualified per se to concoct keyword searches is likely to shake some sensibilities. Lawyers believe themselves adept...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 11, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
