Volume 13, Number 2 of this Newsletter is being reproduced in full on this posting with the permission of its Editor and Publisher, Lesley Ellen Harris. I am grateful to her for granting us this permission. FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News…
We recently received the following information regarding a legal information and legal informatics workshop being held in Poznan, Poland on April 28, 2009, thanks to Robert Richards of Philadelphia, PA.: Call for Papers: Workshop on Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology, Poznan, Poland, April 28, 2009. Submission details are at…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending February 13, 2009: Law Firms Bloody Thursday: 6 Major Law Firms Ax Attorneys; More Layoffs at Others? Feb 12, 2009, 01:54 pm CST More Partner Bloodletting Predicted for 2009 Associate Laid Off Twice in Four Months Looks at the Bright Side Hogan &…
The following is from a letter we received this morning from Phyllis C. Borzi, Chair of the American Bar Association Joint ommittee on Employee Benefits. It is being posted for the benefit of those who would have an interest in responding: Dear Employee Benefits Practitioner: Every year, the Joint Committee…
DAVID BADERTSCHER Tomorrow is Lincoln’s birthday; it is also the 200th anniversary of his birth, all of which calls for a special celebration of the life, works, and thought of such an inspiring individual. Our current President has said that he has found the thoughts and deeds of Abraham Lincoln…
The following is posted as a service to those readers who still need to convert to digital television: An article by Peter Whorisky and Kim Hart published in the February 11, 2009 Washington Post, “500 TV Stations Still Plan to Make Digital Switch Next Week,”explains “…the onset of the digital…
I was going to post something about the comparative funding levels between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus legislation, but have just learned that ProPublica has already done so on their blog. Congratulations to ProPublica for a really good posting. Here is the link. http://www.propublica.org/special/the-stimulus-bills-house-vs.-senate
The following are links to issues of American Libraries Direct, the e-newsletter of the American Library Association from December 23, 2008 through February 4, 2009, including a special issue devoted to the “tough economy”. Each link will take you to a particular newsletter issue as noted below: http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=m292611&si=u98437424&cfc=3html December 23,…
Rob Richards an in independent law librarian and legal information consultant based in Philadelphia has pub together a Website listing resources useful in creating metadata for digital legal materials . According to Mr. Richards, “the site is intended for use by researchers studying legal information systems and by librarians building…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, February 5-9, 2009 1. People v. Hernandez, 5162, 1921/04, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 590; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 568, February 3, 2009, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING…