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“The N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics is very pleased to announce the publication of the 1st edition of its Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citation (GFILC – 296 pages, PDF).”
The Third Branch: “On December 1, 2006, amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16, 26, 33, 34, 45 and revisions to Form 35 will take effect unless Congress enacts legislation to reject, modify or defer them. These amendments and revisions are all aimed at one particular area of discoveryelectronically stored information, meaning all information …
Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings: Legislation and Issues, updated November 8, 2006. Related news: Verdict out on cameras in Supreme Court
CRS Report – Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution — Updated November 20, 2006.
This memo from the Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications, Florida State Department, announces that an audit will commence on November 28, 2006 to test the voting systems and administrative procedures used in the Congressional District 13 race in Sarasota. [via USACM, this backgounder on the Florida voting problems and the lawsuits contesting the election.]
Follow up to September 18, 2006 – posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute: Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case – Launches spirited defense of caching, summarizing, fair use Google reaches deal with two Belgian press groups – They objected to how it indexes and displays their content on Google News
The following are available via FAS: Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?, November 21, 2006 Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates, November 22, 2006 Anti-Terrorism Authority Under the Laws of the United Kingdom and the United States, September 7, 2006
Press release: “GalleryWatch and Pennyhill Press are pleased to announce that the GW CRS reports have now been posted for 1994, meaning we now the most complete set of reports available online for the years 1994 – 2006. We have posted 957 documents for 1994, bringing our database of CRS documents to a total of …
From Marcus P. Zillman, his Awareness Watch Report this month features Healthcare Resources, which list many useful free and fee based topical resources available to researchers on the Web.
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 210, Posted – November 24, 2006 “The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On – Documents Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides Pentagon Nominee Robert Gates Among Many Prominent Figures Involved in the Scandal: ‘…Iran-Contra also echoes in the re-emergence of several prominent public figures who played a part in, …
Press release, November 23 2006: Ofcom [the regulator for the UK communications industries] today announced that the use of certain low power FM transmitters, which wirelessly connect MP3 players and other personal audio devices to radios and in-car entertainment systems, will be legal for use in the UK from 8 December 2006…in response to consumer …
“Few corporations are prepared for the new federal rules slated to take effect Dec. 1 for electronic discovery of documents in civil cases, according to a survey conducted by Computerworld. About 42% of the 170 IT managers and staffers surveyed said they did not know the status of their company’s preparation for the new rules, …
