QUESTION: What is virtual law? RESPONSE: “Virtual law is like ‘Internet law,’ in that it refers to a wide body of generally preexisting law that is applied somewhat differently in a new context. In fact, much of what we think of as ‘Internet law’ applies to virtual worlds. In sum,…
“Juries have changed in more ways than you realize. And with it, the old litigation tactics have to change, too. How you think, what you plan, what you will say, and how you will say it need to be revisited and rethought in light of the changing demographics. Reaching today’s…
April 2008 Volume 1, Issue 3 From the Desk of David Badertscher SOCIAL ENGINEERING: ARE YOU AT RISK? The term “social engineering” can be defined in various ways, relating to both physical and cyber aspects of that activity. For the purposes of the discussion in this newsletter, social engineering is…
The Organisation of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) is one of the sponssors and will be participating in this Conference: NINTH Southern African Online Information Meeting Tuesday 3rd of June to Thursday 5th of June 2008 CSIR Conference Centre Meiring Naude Road, Pretoria Organised by Southern African Online User Group…
The following is from TechnoLawyer Newswire,- http://www.technolawyer.com/tlnewswire.asp April 16, 2008: Traditionally, the software industry presented law firms with a dilemma – single-task best-of-breed programs or easier to manage but lower quality all-in-one programs. And then came the suite, which offers best-in-class programs designed to work together. Corel’s new suite, Corel…
California Prison Reform: Inmates, IT and Health Care Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days-treatment which, according to federal courts, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm. But prisons systems are antiquated…
We are passing on the following message just recieved from the ABA Journal. The ABA Journal has been nominated for the Internet’s most prestigious honor. And we need your help to win. ABAJournal.com is one of five nominees for a Webby Award in the Law category. Described by the New…
National Library Week is being observed April 13-19, 2008 with the theme, “join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to…
SIX CRITICAL STEPS TO MANAGING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION “(Mark Diamond) – Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…
N.Y.’s Top Judge Sues Over Judicial Pay KAYE V. SILVER “N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County, April 10, 2008) – Chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye sued New York officials for an increase in judicial pay for all state judges, arguing that, “while New York judicial salaries have declined 27…