BY:Lynch, C.G. CIO , February 19, 2009. Excerpt: “As potential employers or recruiters peruse your work experience on LinkedIn, recommendations from past and present colleagues can be one of the most helpful features to help communicate your value. Here’s five tips for doing the most good for yourself with LinkedIn…
The Internet in 2009 is undergoing the most significant set of changes of its entire history, ccording to one of the men who helped create it, Dr. Vint Cerf. At the official opening of the Internet Society’s (ISOC) new offices in Geneva, on 26 February, Dr Cerf explained that technical…
Secret legal opinions issued by the Bush administration lawyers after the September 11, 2001 attacks were among the nine that were released and disclosed publicly by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday March 2, 2009. In a Department of Justice Press Release announcing this action, Eric Holder the current…
Yesterday President Barack Obama presented his proposed budget for fiscal year 2010. The $3.6 trillion budget as presented represents a significant change in nearly 30 years of governing philosophy. The following are links to the 134 page budget booklet and selected accompanying documents: President Obama’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending February 27, 2009: Law Practice Management Attorney Layoff Alternative: Temporary 10% Pay Cut at Much Shelist Feb 23, 2009, 04:42 pm CST Law Practice Management February Free Fall: Major Firms Lay Off Another 2,000-Plus Attorneys and Staff Feb 26, 2009, 11:55 am CST…
February 2009 Volume 2 Number 2. CLLB Information Security Newsletter Monthly Cyber Security Tips NEWSLETTER February 2009 Volume 2, Issue 2 Cyber Security Trends for 2009 From the Desk of David Badertscher The volume and complexity of cyber threats continue to increase. More of our activities-whether at home, school or…
QUESTION: Does anyone have any complaints about the accuracy of court transcripts prepared off-site by transcribers who were not in the court at the time of the recording? Also, what kind of a certification and qualifications do you require for your court reporters in your area? Our government is looking…
QUESTION: Does any one use electronic signatures for documents? We conduct video arraignments with detention facilities around our county and this would be most helpful and much more efficient. Any information you can provide will be appreciated. RESPONSE: There is a difference between electronic and digital. We use a live…
QUESTION: “…We have a defendant charged with child molestation. The child is the defendant’s niece. The defendant is in his 20s, is deaf and mute and family speaks Spanish. The family has created a home sign language to communicate with the defendant. The court has excluded the brother (father of…
The transition of evidence from paper to digital imposes new challenges to ensuring a proper “chain of custody'” in the authentication of digital evidence. The legal group of Merrill Corporation has recently compiled a report which addresses this and related issues: Report: AUTHENTICATING DIGITAL EVIDENCE: IDENTIFY AND AVOID THE WEAK…