Legal Research

State Laws on Hein Online

Posted on July 17, 2008
Last year Cheryl Nyberg was a guest speaker at one of DALL's Spring session. Her topic was Compilations of State Laws.I just saw on the Hein Online Blog (which BTW, is a great blog for information) that Nyberg and Boast's Compilations of State Laws will soon be on this database...

Tracking Telecom? Free Trial at GlobalComms

Posted on July 16, 2008
Today, there's a free 48-hour trial for those tracking the telecom industry at http://telegeography.com/ an online database of U.S. and global companies.

Reminder: TSA rules

Posted on July 09, 2008
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm - the famous permitted/prohibited items list. Handy to check before going on an airplane.

HALL/DALL/SWALL Reception at AALL

Posted on July 08, 2008
Please make plans to attend the HALL/DALL/SWALL reception!DATE: Sunday, July 13thTIME: 6:30 p.m.PLACE: Check Final ProgramSPONSOR: Jones McClureThere will be delicious trays of fruit and cheese as well as beverages galore. Come see old friends and make new ones!

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How to Search PubMed

Posted on July 03, 2008
NLM is presenting a 30 minute online search clinic on Thursday, July 17th at 1 p.m. CST.For more information and access to the meeting, go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmupdate08.html. There will be a maximum capacity of 300 participants permitted to the session so signup early!http://www...

LexisNexis/Westlaw survey posted

Posted on June 30, 2008
Email on law-lib and privatelawlib today from Paul Lomio and Erika Wayne regarding a LexisNexis/Westlaw usage survey they conducted.All --The survey results for the LexisNexis versus Westlaw survey that we conducted back in April and May are now posted...

Inside Google Book Search: U.S. copyright renewal records available for download

Posted on June 30, 2008
Inside Google Book Search: U.S. copyright renewal records available for downloadThis blog entry from Inside Google has links to copyright records. It notes you can search the US Copyright Office records (http://www.copyright.gov/records), or you can download an XML file created by Google software engineer Jarkko Hietaniemi

Corporate move

Posted on June 27, 2008
Just seen on AP: AT&T to move headquarters to Dallas DALLAS (AP) ? AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it is moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas from San Antonio for easier access to customers and operations around the world...

If you're Portland bound

Posted on June 25, 2008
I noticed that the locations for the meetings and educational sessions are now assigned for the 2008 AALL conference. Go to http://aallnet.org/database/meeting_annual_programs.asp to see where you should be for all of the sessions and meetings you've signed up for.

AALL Program Downloads

Posted on June 23, 2008
Documents are being posted for sessions at AALL 2008. Just go to http://programmaterials.aallnet.org/download_step1.asp, choose your program, and click on the Select Program link. From there you can pick and choose what to download.

Fastcase News

Posted on June 20, 2008
FastCase is featured in this recent article from Forbes:http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0630/070.html?partner=emailFastcasehttps://www.fastcase.com/Corporate/Home.aspxDoes anyone remember Versuslaw (another product providing caselaw)? They were very visible in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

Private Equity Information

Posted on June 19, 2008
At SLA, I attended a small session on the discussion of Private Equity (PE) in the U.S. and the World (sponsored by Thomson Reuters). Interesting facts: M&A is down, worldwide, on an average of 30% and PE is down almost 80%.To keep up on PE information, TR has a few PE News Blogs at no charge:RSS Newshttp://www...

Seattle Public Library...E-Bulletin Board

Posted on June 19, 2008
On my way to the Seattle airport, I shared a cab with a librarian from Los Alamos. She described to me her tour experience at the Seattle Public Library. The one item that caught my attention:the library has a huge e-bulletin board that announces to the public when a book has been checked out...

Blackberries and deposition ethics

Posted on June 19, 2008
Read on - this article is funny, but brings up very interesting points about whether or not it is ethical for attorneys to check/reply to emails during depositions.Whacked Out on BlackBerrys in DepositionsBy Jerold S. Solovy and Robert L. BymanThe National Law JournalJune 19, 2008...

Summaries of SLA

Posted on June 18, 2008
Nicole C. Engard runs the What I Learned Today blog (http://www.web2learning.net/) and had three good entries on the SLA 2008 conference in Seattle. Here's brief blurbs from each - and I found the one on what the iSchool at the University of Washington the most fascinating...

MySpace wins antispamming case

Posted on June 17, 2008
Seen on Law.com:MySpace Wins Another Anti-Spamming VerdictBrian BergsteinThe Associated PressJune 17, 2008MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users.An arbitrator has ruled that Scott Richter and his Web marketing company, Media Breakaway LLC of Westminster, Colo...

Texas Secretary of State Resigns

Posted on June 12, 2008
"Secretary of State Phil Wilson is resigning his post one year after he was sworn in..."From the Dallas Business Journalhttp://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/06/09/daily42.html?ana=from_rss

ProQuest to purchase Dialog

Posted on June 12, 2008
Just saw this:ProQuest Will Acquire Dialog from Thomson ReutersLynn Blumenstein & Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 6/12/2008Dialog was world's first global online retrieval system of databases ProQuest CEO: "exceptionally good fit" Dialog will remain distribution channel for Thomson Reuters materialProQuest today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Dialog from Thomson Reuters...

FDA FAQ page on tomatoes

Posted on June 11, 2008
Note: Texas is in the clear. The Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacteria causing the illnesses are Salmonella serotype Saintpaul, an uncommon type of Salmonella...

Linkedin Groups

Posted on June 09, 2008
There are now Sharepoint, Law Librarians, Buslib-l and SLA groups available on Linkedin for your Profile!www.linkedin.comClick on Groups Directory

The consumer ultimately won this one!

Posted on June 09, 2008
Law.com reports a Supreme Court decision:High Court Rules Against Multiple Patent RoyaltiesPete YostThe Associated PressJune 9, 2008http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202422038474The case itself: Quanta v. LG Electronics, 06-937.http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_06_937/

FTC nixes pre-texting to get phone records

Posted on May 29, 2008
From the Federal Trade Commission web site:For Release: May 28, 2008 FTC Permanently Halts ?Pretexting? Scheme; Defendants Barred From Obtaining or Selling Consumers? Phone Records to Third PartiesThe Federal Trade Commission has put a permanent halt to an operation that allegedly obtained consumers? confidential phone records without their knowledge or consent and sold them to third parties...

Incredible Shrinking Law Firm Names

Posted on May 27, 2008
I saw this on the Houston Chronicle site and thought it was interesting.May 26, 2008, 8:22PMSome law firms cut names down to sizeSome law firms cut their names down to sizeBy Mary FloodCopyright 2008 Houston Chronicle To Cher, Madonna, Oprah and Prince add Howrey, Skadden, Sutherland and Winstead...

Creating the Successful Law Firm Intranet Session

Posted on May 22, 2008
Creating the Successful Law Firm Intranet(A five-part webinar series hosted by Nina Platt Consulting, Inc.)WEBINAR 1: Why is research critical to intranet success?Wednesday, May 28 12-1:00 p.m. CDTDeadline to Register: May 23, 2008REGISTER TODAY!Space is limited...

Law Digest Free on Martindale.com

Posted on May 22, 2008
http://www.martindale.com/go/law_digest_free_on_martindale.htmlNow Available! The Law Digest Free on martindale.com®Registered users of martindale.com® now have free and unlimited access to the renowned Martindale-Hubbell® Law Digest via the Search Legal Topics section of the website...

Explore Portland, AALL Local Committee Style

Posted on May 22, 2008
If you're going to AALL in Portland, you might want to check the site that the Local Arrangements Committee has crafted. Head over to http://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/aall/ and you can find:a bloga map of downtownlocations of food, drink, and shoppingmultimedia presentationsCheck it out!

Spilled cookies

Posted on May 19, 2008
You cannot make this up.14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. trafficMORRIS, Ill. (AP) - Got milk?Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway...

AALL Day in the Life photos

Posted on May 15, 2008
The winners have been announced for the AALL A Day in the Life photos. Go see them here.

Tools and Social Networking

Posted on May 08, 2008
At the AIIP meeting last week, someone asked me to share what websites/blogs I like to read to keep up on tech tools and social networking ideas.I read several but two of my favorites are:Mashablehttp://mashable.comNew Media News for Independent Publishershttp://www...

Yvonne Chandler wins award

Posted on May 07, 2008
Please join me in congratulating Yvonne Chandler who was selected as one of the two winners of the prestigious President's Council Outstanding Teaching Award for 2008.Yvonne is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences...

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