As information becomes available to us, we post information about the status of various initiatives including the Working Group for Bibliograph Control and RDA. On May 1 we received the following correspondence from Richard Amelung, the AALL representative to this group: Dear all– As your AALL representative on the Working…
TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK: Legal Ethics Judge Smacks Law Firms & Partner With $150K Sanctions, But Spares 2 Associates Apr 29, 2008, 03:14 pm CDT “A federal bankruptcy judge in Massachusetts has sanctioned two law firms and a name partner a total of $150,000 for incorrectly claiming that…
As reported in an article by Mark Hamblett in the May 1 New York Law Journal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed a suit by New York City attempting to hold gun manufactures liable for the flow of illegal arms into the city. In its ruling…
From: Vesselin, Mitev and Daniel Wise. ” Kaye Writes Governor To Deny Work ‘Slowdown’ “, New York Law Journal, April 30, 2008. p. 1,6. “Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye wrote Governor David A. Paterson yesterday to assure him that reports of judicial “slowdown” were ‘without basis.’ ” “In addition, the…
An article in the April 29, 2008 New York Law Journal ( http://www.nylj.com)reports that the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow (April 30) on the bill A10615/S7585 which would create 14 additional family court judgeships in New York City and 25 elsewhere in the state of New…
Information regarding the schedule for sending out rebate checks has been posted on the Taxgirl blog at http://www.taxgirl.com/rebate-schedule-changes/
New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman issues a statement explaining his verdict as he announced that he was acquitting three New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in the death of Sean Bell. To see that statement, click on the link below: Statement issued by Justice Arthur Cooperman explaining verdicts…
Jonathan L. Zittrain has written an interesting, informative and innovative book titles The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It. . I use the word “innovative” because the web version, which is available in full text at http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ incorporates added features to engage the reader. To quote from…
BY: Molly E. Holzschlag “Losing tens of thousands of dollars is something we all want to avoid. Yet in today’s confusing world of Web development, it’s a daily occurrence, says Web doyenne Molly Holzschlag”. “The problem, as many CIOs learn after being burned, can be solved by gaining a better…
Law Practice Management Why Associates Leave is Clear, But What Would Lure Them to Stay? Apr 21, 2008, 12:41 pm CDT “Associates are leaving in ever-increasing numbers because of grueling hours, boring work and a poisonous law firm culture, experts say. But it isn’t as clear what can be done…