Fearing Class Action, Carrier Removes Lawyer’s Dental-Bill Suit to U.S. Court “Given Eric Katz’s winning of a $45 million class action settlement last year from Horizon Blue Cross, including $6.5 million in legal fees, it’s not surprising the insurance company is making a mountain out of a molar”. Death Penalty…
If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you. http://www.nylj.com Chock Full O’Nuts Corp., plaintiff v. NRP LLC I, defendant-appellant Subscription Required APPELLATE DIVISION…
If you are already an online subscriber to New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed http://www.nylj.com Judge Clarifies Trust on Yacht Racing Rules Subscription RequiredNew York Law Journal Teacher’s Penalty…
The following is an excerpt from a December 7, 2007 article by Jacob Liebenluft posted on Slate “When it does battle on the Web, Google rarely loses. Last year’s closure of Google Answers, however, marked a rare setback for the search giant. An even bigger shock is that Yahoo! succeeded…
QUESTION ” I was curious about what courts are doing regarding preemployment background checks. Are courts systems obtaining fingerprints of new hires and running the background checks? For all jobs? We currently do it for judges and magistrates, but not routinely for court clerks or deputy clerk positions. Thanks.” ANSWER…
Library Technology Reports 43:6 2007 By Brad Eden Excerpts from ALA TechSource publication announcment: “As library technologists and librarians are well aware, since the advent of the Internet, the relationship between the user and his/her library has changed”. “In a world of quick-and-easy search engines and of online social networks-in…
Basil Tilmon of GalleryWatch in Washington, D.C. prepares informative and sometimes enertaining updates of the comings and goings in the Washington legislative world. Here are exerpts from his update for the week ending December 14: The omnibus appropriations bill is still in limbo as both the House and Senate on…
Former senator George Mitchell released his Report on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Major League Baseball on Thursday December 13, 2007. Here is an excerpt from a news release on the Major League Baseball (MLB) website: ” — Former Sen. George Mitchell said on Thursday that performance-enhancing drug use has been…
Wsll @ Your Service, an E-publication of the Wisconsin State Law Library is now available. It contains an interesting variety of news under heading such as: What’s New, This Just in, Tech Tip in Brief, Learn @ the Law Library, and Odds & Endings. Those who are concerned about the…
For librarians and others who are interested, the December 2007 issue (Volume 33 Number 2) issue of the AALL Technical Services Law Librarian has been published. To see the issue online, click here.