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From FindLaw: “JENKINS & GILCHRIST, P.C. v. STUART DWORK “HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS VACATION, or RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO IGNORE VACATION LETTER” (December 20, 2004) The Legal Brief From A Dallas Law Firm Representing Plaintiff’s Law Firm, Criticizing Opposing Counsel For: 1) Allegedly Ignoring A Letter From Plaintiff’s Lawyers Advising That They Would Be …
Robert J. Ambrogi highlights 13 websites, launched this past year, that merit your review, including an online legal bookstore, an e-discovery resource, a new meta-search engine, and a collection of historical documents on the civil rights movement.
Press release: “The Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School is now offering free details on high-profile cases before they are argued and ruled on by the Supreme Court…the analyses of upcoming Supreme Court cases are put together by a team of Cornell Law School students…Brief summaries of key upcoming Supreme Court case …
EPIC has requested that the FTC launch an “investigation into data broker products for compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.” EPIC argues specifically that AutoTrackXP and Customer Identification Programs from ChoicePoint “are sold to financial institutions, members of the public (private investigators, law firms, etc.) and to law enforcement agencies. These are the same …
From the Internet Archives press release: “Today, a number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing …
Press release: “The Government Printing Office, which recently reported strong operating results for its last fiscal year, today announced the publication of A Strategic Vision for the 21st Century (12 pages, PDF), which sets forth the agency’s plans to transform itself from a 19th century, heavy-metal printing operation into a nimble 21st century digital information …
The Science Advisory Board is now hosting five unique blogs authored by its members. Science, Politics and Ethics , “Debate current events and controversial issues in science and medicine” Science: Uncovering and Discovering, “Explore the creative and technical sides of science” In Translation: Molecular Approaches to Cancer, “Discuss insights into one of sciences greatest challenges” …
From the press release: “The newly launched Internet database (Experts & Services) can be searched for free by legal professionals worldwide. It contains more than 50,000 listings of individuals and companies that provide valuable services to law firms, conveniently grouped into six major categories: Attorney & Litigation Support; Court Reporting & Deposition Services; Experts & …
Net Snippets is offering a free version of their “post-search” tool that facilitates the organization, annotation, and sharing of online research results, executed on free or fee-based sites and services. See this review for more background. From the press release: “…the new Free Edition provides web surfers with a simple and effective way to save …
The SEC launched a new webpage which aggregates all the new content from throughout the site daily. This includes links to News & Public Statements, Litigation, Regulatory Actions, Self-Regulatory Organization Rulemaking and National Market System Plans, and SEC Divisions documents. [thanks d.c.]
Follow-up to my posting on November 30, Free Annual Credit Reports Will Be Available in 13 States Tomorrow. At the time, I was unable to link to the designated website to obtain free reports (www.AnnualCreditReport.com) without cutting and pasting the URL into my browser. Now I know why. This statement is from the site mentioned …
From Marcus Zillman, this “Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation white paper titled Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources is a 32 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet. Each source is described …
