Berkman Buzz: Week of April 14, 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 14, 2008* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *What's going on...take your pick or browse below.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: lkoss
Streamlining BC?s Private Sector Privacy Law
Streamlining British Columbia?s Private Sector Privacy Law (PDF, 53 pages), a report by the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act, has been released. Eight of the 31 recommendations were key, namely:
Enhance accountability for cross-border data flows
Require mandatory notification of privacy breaches in certain circumstances
Ban the use of blanket consent forms by provincially regulated financial institutions
Revise consent exceptions to better address business practice in the insurance industry
Permit disclosure of personal contact information for health research
Retain the ...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 18, 2008
Reality re-check: Will the Internet draft the next president?
Organize your neighbors, it's time for a (re)viewing party. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10, we’re retrieving some multimedia classics from our past.
To date, we’ve re-presented Lawrence Lessig’s fall 2000 debate with Jack Valenti, brought back Charles Nesson’s framing of IS2K7, University: Knowledge Beyond Authority, and re-produced John Perry Barlow's reassesment of his 1994 essay on the economy of ideas.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: syoung
Stanford FCC Hearing Recap
Hundreds of citizens and top experts came out in force in Stanford for yesterday's Federal Communications Commission hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices.
The buzz is now making its way across the Net. Find selected coverage, testimony, and video below.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: rtabasky
Sections of the Federal Accountability Act Proclaimed in Force
Sections of the Federal Accountability Act, S.C. 2006, c. 9 have been proclaimed in force.
Please see Recent Canada Proclamations or contact us for details.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 18, 2008
The World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs
According to The Guardian. [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Constitutional Interpretation: Justice Thomas and Cass Sunstein
Check out Justice Thomas on Constitutional interpretation in the Wall Street Journal and Cass Sunstein's (Chicago) response in The New Republic. [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Regulatory Resource Center
New resource from OMB Watch: "The Resource Center provides tips for advocates who want to get involved in regulatory decision making and educational resources for anyone interested in how the federal regulatory process works." [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Electronic Resource
Violence Against Women, WHO and CRS Reports
From the UN Pulse: "The World Health Organization (WHO) has published Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women. This report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women. The report concludes with 15 recommendations to...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: International Law Legal Research
Robert Bennett Memoir Recommended from Tomorrow's Litigators (Law Students)
[Bennett*s legal career narrative] chronicles his highest-profile cases, often supplemented with detailed trial transcripts of his cross-examinations. These sections are likely to impress fellow trial lawyers or those familiar with trial practice. To the layperson, the skillfulness may be lost....
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Friday Fun: Do Robots Have Too Much Power Over Our Lives
Panelists on Onion News discuss whether robots have been given too much power. President Executron pandering to robotic special interest groups, the automated police force "just doing its job" and what ever happened to the subservience chip are among the...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
NISO Forum: Digital Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials, May 5-6, 2008
NISO will be hosting a forum on "Digital Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials" in San Francisco, CA on May 5-6, 2008. Registration | Visit the event webpage for more information About the Forum: With the onset of the digital...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Meetings
Georgia State University Hit With Copyright Lawsuit
As a follow-up to our LLB post, Georgia State Sued for Course ePacket Practices, here's the text of the complaint. [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Litigation in the News
Midwest Regional Conference on International Justice
The Midwest Regional Conference on International Justice "The International Criminal Court 10 Years After the Rome Conference" will be held Friday, April 25, 2008 at the Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center from 8:30am-5:30pm. Notable speakers on the past...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: LawLibrarian Blogger
SJC Clarifies Child Enticement Law
In two decisions released today, Comm. v. Disler and Comm. v. Filopoulos, the Supreme Judicial Court has interpreted the Child Enticement Law, MGL c.265, § 26C to require the Commonwealth to affirmatively prove intent to lure an underage individual. The decisions hold, in part:"The statute surely does not prohibit specific words. It also does not ban anyone from communicating with adults or minors about sexual topics, even through indecent language." "What the statute does require in addition to enticing words or gestures..., is that the person who entices does so with the intent to violate one or more of the enumerat...
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Massachusetts Law Updates - April 18, 2008 Author: Meg
For Your Clients - Contractors and Home Improvement
From the e-newsletter: If you are thinking about hiring a contractor, have concerns about contracting scams, or just have questions...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"Review: Public Records Research Book"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: Anyone who conducts specialized research knows that repeat success depends on inside knowledge. What are...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Books
"The Federal Shield Law"
From the site: The Federal Shield Law is pending in Congress. Meanwhile, reporters have come under fire for protecting the...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Podcasts/Podcasting
"Check Your Numbers to Uncover Your Marketing Strengths"
Posted by Tom Kane: Too few business owners religiously track their financial numbers as a means of monitoring the health...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Marketing
"Free Case Law Research Databases"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch evaluate 3 free case law research sites/databases -- Public Library of...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Research
"The 17 Types of Lawyers"
Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi: Ever since he started his blog The Legal Underground in 2004, Evan Schaeffer has periodically...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Uncategorized
"It is Good to Pay Attention"
Posted by Jim Calloway: Two recent articles caught my eye. A New York law firm has instituted a policy banning...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech Use By Lawyers
"Theres No Such Thing as Work/Life Balance"
Posted by Jordan Furlong: There are a lot of reasons to dislike the term work/life balance. Its grammatically absurd, for...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 18, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Work-Life Balance
Debating Laptops in the Classroom
Inside Higher Ed published an in depth examination of the recent effort of Chicago Law to inhibit internet access in class. Also a forthcoming article by Prof. Yamamoto of South Texas College of Law examines the issues and concludes by "urging law school professors to review why laptops are allowed in their classrooms..."
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novalawcity - April 18, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
