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Written by: Ira Winkler March 24, 2009. For the Internet Revolution Blog:

“The ‘CSI Effect’ is what people call juror expectations of forensic evidence that unequivocally proves the defendant guilty. Unfortunately, there is now a “Twitter Effect,” where defense attorneys hope for mistrials because jurors just can’t control themselves and have to tweet what’s going on inside courtrooms or deliberation areas….” See entire posting at:

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=515&doc_id=173990&

Many thanks to Kathy Carlson*, Wyoming State Library, for sending the following about the recent Montana court order on universal citation:

“I need to watch for the publication of Wyoming Rule changes in the Pacific advance sheets, today I noticed a rule change in Montana regarding the universal citation was issued on January 22nd. I went to the Montana Supreme Court website and found a copy of the order under the tab Orders if anyone is interested. The new order simplifies the pinpoint citation process [no longer a need to repeat the paragraph numbers in parallel cites”

http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/docContent.dll?Library=CISDOCSVR01^doaisd510&ID=003807381

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March-April 2009 Issue:

The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is the largest of New York State’s nine reference and research systems, multi-type library organizations often known as “3R Cooperatives” METRO serves a region that includes the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County.

METRO has a broad and expanding array of member libraries, including law libraries, METRO provides services to its members and assists them to work together and meet the reaearch and informational needs of the people in the region; it is committed to resource sharing, library professional development, and has one of the largest and most effective library advocacy programs in the region.

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