On October 18, 2007 a coalition of major media and technology companies released a set of guidelines designed to halt online piracy. Media companies involved include CBS, NewsCorp, Fox Enertainment Group, NBC Universal, Viacom Disney, and MySpace. Google was notable absent from the list. A You Tube spokesperson who asked…
The following was published as an article in the November 20, 2007 New York Times. By SAUL HANSELL Published: November 20, 2007 Jeff Bezos knows that the world is not exactly clamoring for another way to read electronic books. “If you go back in time, the landscape is littered with…
The 2007 Annual Report of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct was released last Thursday. In his article in the November 19, 2007 New York Law Journal Daniel Wise writes that the Commission ” opened more investigations in 2006 [the year covered by the Annual Reporrt] and had…
The following announcement appeared in the November 2, 2007 issue of the New York Law Journal “Justice Stephen G. Crane of the Appellate Division, Second Department, said yesterday he will resign on Feb. 4 to join Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services in Manhattan. JAMS, a California-based dispute resolution firm, employs…
I”n response to the discussion about the far-reaching changes to the Federal Civil Rules of Procedure, we have posted a 5 minute video featuring the authors of the Federal Civil Rules Handbook. The authors, Steven Baicker-McKee and Professor William Janssen, discuss the dramatic amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil…
William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Announces the First Authorized Federated Search Connection to HeinOnline Buffalo, NY – November 13, 2007 William S. Hein & Co., Inc. announces the availability of the first direct and authorized federated search connection to HeinOnline via 360 Search, Serials Solution’s federated search engine. Serials…
November 13, 2007 Successful Bar Candidates, July 2007 Of the 3,050 candidates who sat for the July 2006 New Jersey Bar Examination, 2,949 have been mailed their results. Of those, the 2,347 candidates listed here passed, comprising 79.5 percent To see the list of the successful candidates, click here. CONGRATULATIONS…
The folowing is from an American Law Institute Press Release: (Philadelphia) – “It is a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished and influential individuals to The American Law Institute,” said ALI President Michael Traynor. “Members are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes people for their significant professional achievements…
Alliance Enhances Understanding and Management of Key Compliance and Legal Issues PHILADELPHIA, PA and PLAINSBORO, NJ, October 29, 2007. The American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) and SAI Global have formed a strategic business alliance in a bid to help tens-of-thousands of business and legal professionals manage their legal and…
Source: LJXpress, October 30, 2007. by Michael Rogers — Library Journal, 10/30/2007 6:52:00 AM OCLC October 22 announced that it and the European OCLC PICA division have merged into a single “global organization” under the OCLC brand. OCLC said that by “bringing together all offices under one name and identity,…