Do you need to present to key stake holders, engage your audience, get buy-in for your idea or project, or all of the above? Register for the following webinar program where Tracy Everett, southwest regional client relations manager for Littler Mendelson, will share some essentials needed to be an effective speaker. Please register by October 20.
Twenty Essentials for the Effective Speaker-Webinar
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM – Eastern Time
The following is from a letter announcing that Taylor & Franis Group has recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press:
Taylor & Francis Group recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press. I am writing to give you advance notification of our schedule for migrating the ejournals from www.haworthpress.com to www.informaworld.com to allow for a smooth platform transition for you and your users.
Timeline From November 2008 we will begin to load journal titles formerly published by Haworth Press to www.informaworld.com. From this point, no new content with a 2009 volume year will be added to www.haworthpress.com, nor will any new accounts be created on the site. We expect this load to be complete by mid-December, and for all Haworth content to be available on informaworld from this point.
To see the full text of the ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup, click on the link below:
ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, Search run morning of October 6, 2008:
1. People v. Pearson, 5161/04, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2008 NY Slip Op 7193; 2008 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7025, October 2, 2008, Decided, October 2, 2008, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
4170 The People of the State …
The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3):
“Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate bill includes:
$700 BILLION FOR BAD ASSETS: $250 billion immediately, $100 billion on Treasury Secretary’s request $350 billion subject to congressional joint resolution.
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, Search run morning of October 2, 2008:
1. People v. Peralta, 4143, 514/07, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2008 NY Slip Op 7170; 2008 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7008, September 30, 2008, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The People of the State …
From information provided by Gallerywatch.com, October 1, 2008
Regardless of the final outcome, these two documents combined should provide you a picture of the second bailout attempt scheduled in the U.S. Senate. Even if you do not see this until action has been taken, they provide some some fascinating reading for those who are interested.
State Court and County (SCCLL) is a Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL):
The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here:
Volume 1 Issue 5
Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information
From the Desk of David Badertscher
Sabrina I. Pacifici Founder, Editor, Publisher:
**LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age http://www.llrx.com/columns.bookreview11.htm
Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best side issues in determining who is a journalist in the day-to-day realities of issuing press passes as well as in larger policies such as the extension of shield laws.
