Kelly Sonora of the bestcollegeonline blog recently sent us an article by Jessica Merritt recently posted on their site and invited us to post it here we thought our readers would be interested. We do think it will be of interest to many of our readers, particulary those law librarians…
U.S. Federal agencies join together to define digitization guidelines. For more information see the complete posting entry on the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Washington Blawg
October 2008 October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month Volume 1, Issue 6 Phishing – How to Avoid Getting Hooked! From the Desk of David Badertscher What is Phishing? Phishing is a scam which attempts to entice email recipients into clicking on a link that takes them to a bogus…
To see the full text of the ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup, click on the link below: ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08
The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3): “Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate…
From information provided by Gallerywatch.com, October 1, 2008 Regardless of the final outcome, these two documents combined should provide you a picture of the second bailout attempt scheduled in the U.S. Senate. Even if you do not see this until action has been taken, they provide some some fascinating reading…
Volume 1 Issue 5 Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information From the Desk of David Badertscher As we continue to conduct more business online, such as banking, shopping and other activities, our personal information (such as name, credit card account, address, etc) is increasingly utilized. Personal information has…
Sabrina I. Pacifici Founder, Editor, Publisher: **LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age http://www.llrx.com/columns.bookreview11.htm Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best…
Office of the Inspector General, September 2008. A report of the investigation into the firfings of nine U.S. Attorneys by the Department of Justice in 2006. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Report: CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION On December 7, 2006, at the direction of senior Department of Justice (Department)…
The following are links to three legislative documents regarding the Emergency Econimic Stabilization Act of 2008 from those included in our subscription to Gallerywatch.com. We are grateful to the Gallerywatch team for their hard work and dedication in compiling this and much more information over this past weekend: Final Legislative…