Top Ten Stories for Week Ending January 8, 2010. Layoffs BigLaw Laid Off More than 12,000 People in 2009, the Worst Year Ever Jan 4, 2010, 06:55 am CST Law Students Almost 1/3 of Law Students Expect to Graduate with $120K Debt Jan 6, 2010, 08:23 am CST Law Practice…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending December 30, 2009: Legal Technology 100 Best Blawgs of 2009 Two more days to vote here. Voting ends at 5 p.m. CT, Dec. 31. Results will be posted by Jan. 5. Legal Technology 70 Sizzling Apps Legal Innovation 50 Legal Rebels Remaking the Profession…
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David Badertscher Although not primarily a reviewer of legal materials, Kirkus Reviews is one of the most outstanding and respected review magazines devoted to book media. It was founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893-1981) a former head of the children’s book department of Harper & Bros. with the idea…
THOMAS was launched on January 5, 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include many features…
December-28, 2009 – January 1, 2010 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, December 28, 2009 US v. Dyer, No. 08-1343 Sentence on a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography is affirmed where:…
December-28, 2009 – January 1, 2010 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, December 30, 2009 Wilner v. Nat’l. Sec. Agency, No. 08-4726 In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action filed by…
The New York State Office of the State Comptroller has issued it’s first Citizen-Centric Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. The format for the Citizen-Centric Report was developed by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and is intended to foster innovative means of communication between governments and…
BY: David Badertscher* I have been following with great interest recent discussion on listservs and in the literature regarding a perception that libraries are becoming less relevant in a technologically-oriented society that relies increasingly on “instant gratification”(achieved largely through online searching and related techniques). Technology is wonderful, and I think…