Commentary and Opinion

April 10, 2008

Is Emerging 3-D Holographic Storage Poised to be the Next Great Archival Medium?

Writing in the April/May 2008 issue of State Tech: Technology Insights for Leaders in State and Local Government, Michele Hope concludes by writing: “Only time and a few real-world installations will tell.” Here are some excerpts from Michele’s article:

FROM THE INTRODUCTION:

“The first commercial holographic storage products are slated for release in mid-2008. With first-generation products boasting write-once, read many (WORM) characteristics, a lifespan of 50-pls years, initial disk capacities of 300 gigabytes per disk and a 20 magabyte-per-second data rate, proponents are aiming this technology at the long term archival needs of government entities, highly regulated health-care and medical organizations, and professional media and film industries

April 10, 2008

National Issues Forum: Under Pressure, How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial

by David Badertscher

Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial?

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC

April 10, 2008

Chief Judge Judith Kaye Sues New York State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike

by David Badertscher

From: New York Law Journal April 10, 2008

Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike

BY: Joel Stashenko

April 9, 2008

How to Successfully Integrate an iPod Into Your Litigation Practice.

by David Badertscher

From: TechnoFeature: The TechnoLawyer Community, (April 8, 2008) http://www.technolawyer.com

BY: David W. Mykel, M.A.

INTRODUCTION

April 8, 2008

New on LLRX for April 2008

by David Badertscher

The following is a listing of articles which appear in the most recent issue of LLRX at the time of this posting. See http://www.llrx.com:

The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky http://www.llrx.com/features/personalinfotrainer.htm

Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by Ken Strutin http://www.llrx.com/features/fingerprintevidence.htm

April 7, 2008

ABA Honors Judge William Wilkins

by David Badertscher

By Dan Hoover STAFF WRITER

GreenvilleOnline.com http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008304050002

April 5, 2008

April 4, 2008

Q&A:Archiving Web Pages for Future Reference

by David Badertscher

QUESTION:

“I am in the process of trying to convert to a less paper driven office. We have occasion to verify information on Web pages and typically copied it and placed it in the hard file. I cannot seem to save it to a file on the computer and view it after the fact. Any suggestions? I have tried copy and paste and send it to.”

RESPONSE:

April 4, 2008

ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter April 4, 2008

by David Badertscher

Our Top Ten Stories of the Week

Law Firms

Law Firms Beef Up For Bankruptcy Work, the Hottest Growth Area

April 4, 2008

ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News April 2008

by David Badertscher

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

April 3, 2008

Cost Estimate: Federal Judicial Salaries Restoration Act of 2007

by David Badertscher

S.1638

SUMMARY

S. 1638 would increase the salaries and change certain retirement benefits for some judges and justices of the United States. The bill also would allow those judges and justices to receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) without further Congressional approval and would increase the compensation paid to Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees.