From: TechnoFeature: The TechnoLawyer Community, (April 8, 2008) http://www.technolawyer.com BY: David W. Mykel, M.A. INTRODUCTION Attorneys constantly search for ways to increase their efficiency, bill more hours, and make life easier. Imagine you’re working from your laptop at 35,000 feet: reviewing video deposition testimony, reading over transcripts and documents, and…
With spam and virus attacks at record levels, and spammers using increasingly sophisticated techniques, Google commissioned Osterman Research to conduct a study of organizations to assess the performance of their on-demand and on-premise email security solutions. Osterman Research shares what they uncovered in their research of companies using Google Message…
Call for Participation Deadline Extended to April 22, 2008 A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends August 4-5, 2008 Denver, CO Conference website: http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance Sponsored by BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) and RUSA (Reference and User Services Association), an ALA Division Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly…
By Dan Hoover STAFF WRITER GreenvilleOnline.com http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008304050002 April 5, 2008 His eloquent summations have packed courtrooms, he’s been hailed as a judicial innovator and his quiet work has reshaped federal jurisprudence in America. For a lifetime of “extraordinary” contributions, Judge William W. Wilkins of Greenville received a special achievement award…
Our Top Ten Stories of the Week Law Firms Law Firms Beef Up For Bankruptcy Work, the Hottest Growth Area Mar 31, 2008, 05:55 am CDT A new survey has found that lawyers expect bankruptcy to be the hottest growth area for law firms this year. That’s no secret to…
American Libraries Direct is e-newsletter of the American Library Association. Here is the Table of Contests for the April 4, 2008 issue: TABLE OF CONTENTS U.S. & World News ALA News Booklist Online D.C. Update Division News Round Table News Awards Seen Online Tech Talk Actions & Answers Poll Calendar…
Every month I look forward to receiving the ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News. True to form, the April 2008 issue just received is filled with information to those involved with criminal justice issues. Here are some exampled highlighted in the April 2008 issue: Weekly Criminal Justice News Roundup. Legislative Update…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2008 is Joseph Thomas. Joseph is Head of Technical Services at the Kresge Library, University of Notre Dame Law School. His many contributions…
“A newly disclosed Justice Department legal memorandum, written in March 2003 and authorizing the military’s use of extremely harsh interrogation techniques, offers what could be a revealing clue in an unsolved mystery: What responsibility did top Pentagon and Bush administration officials have for abuses committed by American troops at the…
The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials Edited By Weyman I. Lundquist and Alyson Pytte The Litigation Manual has been valued as much for its refreshing style as its practical, how-to approach. This addition to The Litigation Manual library focuses on jury trials. The book takes you step-by-step through the stages of…