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Press release: ” Federal courts are handling more class action cases since the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) was enacted, a study shows. “In the 16 months since CAFA went into effect on February 18, 2005…we find a substantial increase in class action activity based on diversity of citizenship jurisdiction,” said the third …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a joint report, Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights: Promoting Innovation and Competition, April 2007, to inform consumers, businesses, and intellectual property rights holders about the agencies competition views with respect to a wide range of activities involving intellectual property. The …
On April 16, 2007 Barbara Fullerton, Manager, Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard, Sabrina Pacifici, Editor & Publisher, LLRX.com and beSpacific.com and Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library, presented their always popular round-robin Gadgets presentation at Computers in Libraries 2007.
Press release: “…Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2005 were equivalent to 7,260 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. The report indicates that overall emissions have grown by 16 percent from 1990 to 2005, while the U.S. economy has …
CBO Report: Estimated Cost of the Administration’s Proposal to Increase the Army’s and the Marine Corps’s Personnel Levels, April 16, 2007.
World Health Organization Drug Target Prioritization Database: TDR Targets Database Identification and ranking of targets against neglected tropical diseases. seattlepi.com: “The Web site, TDRtargets.org, focuses on many diseases that have not been high on the pharmaceutical industry’s priority list because most of them largely afflict poor people. Yet, taken all together, these diseases cause billions …
ALM: “How do companies select counsel in foreign countries? What tools and resources do companies use to select overseas counsel? What are the “must-have” qualities for overseas outside counsel? See ALM’s new study, How U.S. Companies Select International Outside Counsel.”
Families Missing out on Billions of Unclaimed Tax Credits, April 2007 Free E-Filing Makes Sense for both Taxpayers and the IRS
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed recommendations to Congress for reauthorizing the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA II), which, if adopted, would help to ensure that safe and effective medical devices get to patients in a timely manner. FDA is accepting public comments on the proposal for …
Press release: “Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts dropped 70 percent in calendar year 2006, according to data released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. However, bankruptcies filed for the last three months of calendar year 2006 were the highest of any quarter in the calendar year. The statistics cover the first …
From Greg R. Notess, State Libraries: Custom Search Options Compared – “For the six search builders listed on the Customize Your Own Search Engine page, here are the search engines built using the state library sites from all 50 U.S. states, or at least as many as they can manage.”
ALA press release: “New data on U.S. libraries shows almost two billion served – Predicted demise due to Internet fails to materialize: Ten years after some experts predicted the demise of the nation’s system of libraries as a result of the Internet explosion, the most current national data on library use shows that the exact …