The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is proud to announce it is adopting a new, powerful, state-of-the-art learning technology, which will provide a new learning gateway to all AALL members. The new Ed2Go @AALLNET site will provide members with: Online access to the AALL Annual Meeting program recordings, as…
Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced the slate of candidates for the 2010 Board of Directors. Two of the board candidates are members of the Legal Division Their names appear in bold type in list below: 2010 Board of Directors Candidates Announced Alexandria, Virginia, February 18, 2009 – SLA has…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 16 – February 20, 2009 U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, February 19, 2009 Yeboah-Sefah v. Ficco, No. 07-2585 Denial of habeus corpus relief by district court is affirmed where the…
February 2009 Volume 2 Number 2. CLLB Information Security Newsletter Monthly Cyber Security Tips NEWSLETTER February 2009 Volume 2, Issue 2 Cyber Security Trends for 2009 From the Desk of David Badertscher The volume and complexity of cyber threats continue to increase. More of our activities-whether at home, school or…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 16 – February 20, 2009 U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, February 17, 2009 Sledge v. Kooi, No. 07-1547 In a suit brought pro se by plaintiff alleging defendant violated his…
On February 20, 2009 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that it is rescinding the book advertising policy sometimes known as the “mirror image doctrine”. Below is an excerpt from that announcement with links the complete FTC Announcement, the forthcoming notice in the Federal Register, an an article in the…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, February 23, 2009 1. People v. Jackson, 5272, 2369/06, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 1289; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1218, February 19, 2009, Decided, February 19, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS…
TITLE: The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008 AUTHOR: Lucas A. Powe, Jr. PUBLICATION DATE: April 2009 PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press PAGE COUNT: 432 pp. ISBN: 978-0-674-03267-5 PRICE: $29.95 A leading historian of the Supreme Court, Professor Powe clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas before joining the…
QUESTION: Does anyone have any complaints about the accuracy of court transcripts prepared off-site by transcribers who were not in the court at the time of the recording? Also, what kind of a certification and qualifications do you require for your court reporters in your area? Our government is looking…
QUESTION: Does any one use electronic signatures for documents? We conduct video arraignments with detention facilities around our county and this would be most helpful and much more efficient. Any information you can provide will be appreciated. RESPONSE: There is a difference between electronic and digital. We use a live…