Top Ten Stories for Week Ending February 5, 2010: Banking Law Lawyer Sues Sallie Mae Over ‘Unrelenting’ Student Loan Robocalls Feb 3, 2010, 06:53 am CST Legal Marketing & Consulting Thomson Reuters Buys Super Lawyers Feb 2, 2010, 02:42 pm CST Layoffs Howrey Lays Off 29 Associates and 65 Staffers…
Prepared by Michael Chernicoff http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/exclusive_inside_the_new_westlaw_lexis_bloomberg_platforms/#ecamp=t-n322 Despite coming out with new platforms of their own, the perceived‐legal research monopoly of “Wexis” – WestLaw and LexisNexis – is facing pressure from a newly rejuvenated Bloomberg platform. Benefits of the updated Westlaw platform includes the use of a powerful natural language search in…
We are not court reporters and normally do not become involved in discussions related to that field. Nevertheless we recently came accross an interesting exchange of e-mails which helps to identify and highlight the challenges and sometimes emotial reactions regarding how stenographic reporting and electronic recording relate to one another…
BY: Michael Chernicoff President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has promsed to make its statistical body free from political manipulation. In making an independent statistical body, James Lynch may hope to reverse that likelihood that the BJS and its official are, “inappropriately…
As almost everyone knows, the 2011 U.S. Budget was submitted on February 1. Since this is such a huge budget, in terms of both bulk and scope, we have decided to limit this posting largely to links to some ” Budget Fact Sheets” prepared by the Office of Management and…
SigInt Technologies, LLC seeks a Senior Level Digital Library Programmer Analyst to support a US Government Agency. Salary range: $125,000.00 – $135,000.00 We are growing our hardcopy-centric collection to include a substantial amount of digital content. You will have the opportunity to chart the course as we incorporate a variety…
Volume3 Number 1 January 2010 From the Desk of David Badertscher As we begin the new year, it’s an opportune time to assess the cyber security landscape and prepare for what new challenges may lie ahead, as well as what current threats may continue. What Are the Cyber Trends for…
Although addressed primarily to Internet Society members, the following message contains information which should be of interest to librarians, lawyers and other important stakeholders in the internet community who need to follow ongoing developments. Dear Members, Friends, and Colleagues, The end of 2009 is here – and what a year…
Volume 2 Number 1 January 7, 2010 State Courts & the Economy is an e-newsletter published by the National Center for State Courts. Contents of this issue: Courts Starting to Bear the Brunt of the Recession Close Some Courthouses, But Build New Ones, Too? Budget Cuts Go to Court State-by-State…
OCLC’s QuestionPoint and Mosio’s Text a Librarian announce virtual reference collaboration Project to offer text messaging reference options to QuestionPoint users. Here is the Press Release : DUBLIN, Ohio, January 15, 2010-OCLC and Mosio are working together to enable seamless integration of Mosio’s Text a Librarian text messaging reference software…