News from Organizations

April 16, 2008

ABAJournal.Com Needs Your Help

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 York Times as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the Webby Awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, and received almost 10,000 entries this year. ABAJournal.com features a legal newswire updated with 25 to 50 fresh stories throughout every business day, a directory of more than 1,800 blogs written by lawyers, and archives of the magazine stretching back to 2004.

April 14, 2008

National Library Week

by David Badertscher

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 celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.

National Library Week affords a wonderful opportunity for librarians and non-librarians to both promote and reflect on the importance of libraries to our society. Here are some examples of various groups are observing National Library Week:

April 10, 2008

Kaye v. Silver : Chief Judge of the State of New York Sues for Increase in Judicial Pay for all State Judges

by David Badertscher

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 percent in real terms since 1999,” every other state employee has gotten ‘ cumulative increases of more than 24 percent’.”.

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 9, 2008

Comparing Google and Other Leading Messaging Security Solutions

by David Badertscher

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 Security compared to companies using other solutions.

Click here to download complete paper