Legal Research

Two tiers of associates?

Posted on July 19, 2010
From The Recorder: Is Adding a Second Tier for Law Firm Associates a Good Thing? Justin Miller The Recorder July 19, 2010 With revenues down and collection times up, the number of law firms that are starting to consider the benefits of a two-tiered approach to associate attorneys is growing rapidly...

Financial Reform Bill Passes

Posted on July 16, 2010
As you probably have heard, the Financial Reform Bill, also known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and also known as the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, also known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, was passed by the Senate yesterday...

Law Librarian Survey

Posted on July 15, 2010
ALM has posted an article with the results of the 2010 Law Librarian Survey.

Bloggers Get-Together: Fifth Anniversary

Posted on July 14, 2010
The informal group of law librarian bloggers met for their fifth anniversary at the annual AALL conference in Denver this past Monday. They celebrated with some Denver beverages and shared and dicussed some ideas to enhance current applications and encourage new bloggers...

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IP Resources

Posted on July 14, 2010
On Monday I attended the "60 IP Sites in 60 Minutes" at the annual AALL meeting and learned about sites like IPmenu and Copyright World. Great information! I also gained an awareness for some new (new to me) websites for domain research which is very helpful when trying to find ownership information...

Can't remember a book title?

Posted on July 13, 2010
Laura Orr from Oregon Legal Research links to a few good places to consult if you just can't remember that elusive title.

Colorado Convention Center

Posted on July 12, 2010
There's a big blue bear looking in at the convention center. It's about the only picture I've had time to take.

AALL 2010 - Denver, CO

Posted on July 12, 2010
It has been an interesting conference so far, and I have seen some other Dallas folks. I just came back from the Bloggers' Meeting, which was held at Katie Mullen's, an Irish bar here in downtown Denver.A few random observations:Bloggers are connected - we could easily play the six degrees of law librarian blogs in 2-3 degrees...

AALL 2010

Posted on July 10, 2010
I'm at AALL 2010 right now, sitting in the Colorado Convention Center. I'll post a picture later of the front of the center - interesting sculpture.First session I attended was the webmasters' meeting, with a sneak peak of the new AALLNET. It looks like it will be much improved, with easier navigation and more white space...

Google Scholar - new feature

Posted on July 02, 2010
Google Scholar now adds a "search within articles cited" feature. Read about it at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog or the Google Scholar Blog. Anyone want to test it and comment?

MapQuest reinvents itself

Posted on June 30, 2010
MapQuest has reinvented itself - check it out at http://new.mapquest.com/. The first thing I noticed was a link for live traffic conditions - I'll be watching this over the next few days to see how traffic is before leaving work.To find other features, you have to look for the tiny MapQuest link at the bottom right corner...

AALL Programming - a roundup of recent blog posts

Posted on June 28, 2010
Some Thoughts on Programming at AALL ? Caren BibermanA ?Modest Propsal? on Programming at AALL - Mark GedimanDream Big or Comments on ?A ?Modest Proposal on Programming at AALL? and the Report of the AALL Annual Meeting Review Special Committee ? Caren BibermanMy Experience in Participating in the AALL Programming Process or AALL Educational Programming Needs to go Back to School - Nina PlattAll three bloggers discuss programming for the AALL Annual Conference and how they each either think it could be better or their experiences in submitting programming for the conference.

Now for a little fluff

Posted on June 15, 2010
NY Times article on the LOL Cats empire (aka I Can Has Cheezburger blog).

Copyright for court filings?

Posted on June 04, 2010
I almost missed this one - the Law Librarian Blog discusses a current case in which court filings are being discussed in the light of whether or not the filings are subject to copyright. Wade in here.

No broad antitrust protection for the NFL

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court has decided that the National Football League is out of look trying for an antitrust exemption in marketing caps and such under a single business model rather than 32 individual teams.Court: NFL is 32 teams, not single business By JESSE J...

Is a thesis copyrighted?

Posted on May 19, 2010
Peter Hirtle at LibraryLaw Blog discusses the recent posting at RedState.com of Elana Kagen's thesis at Princeton University. In his post he discusses:Who owns the copyright?Is the work in the public domain?On what basis does Princeton make copies?On what grounds did Princeton ask that it be taken down?What is copyright and what is contract?FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974)*Interesting reading...

OREGON LEGAL RESEARCH: Public Domain and those "Can I Copyright a 'PowerPoint' Presentation?' Questions

Posted on May 17, 2010
OREGON LEGAL RESEARCH: Public Domain and those "Can I Copyright a 'PowerPoint' Presentation?' QuestionsInteresting post with lots of links to answer a couple of "simple" questions - what's the oldest copyrighted work, and where do you go to research how to copyright something as complex as  PowerPoint presentation?

Google plans to Sell E-Books in 2010

Posted on May 04, 2010
Google announced that it plans to sell E-books through a new service called Google Editions by the end of June or July 2010. Pricing and publishers have not been identified. Currently, Google is waiting for a decision from Judge Denny Chin about the rights to distribute out-of-print books through its digital book settlement with publishers and authors...

PACER Case Locator

Posted on May 04, 2010
Pacer Case Locator is the new interface for accessing PACER records. It has some very useful capabilities. There are the basic and the advanced search screens, topped with tabs for searching all courts, appellate courts only, bankruptcy courts only, civil courts only, criminal courts only, and multi-district litigation...

Very overdue books

Posted on April 20, 2010
How George Washington racked up a $300,000 fine for overdue library booksIn 1789 George Washington checked out a pair of books from a New York library. Their return is still awaited. It appears that our first president checked out a couple of volumes from the New York Society Library and never returned them...

Banned Books

Posted on April 19, 2010
The American Library Association has released the list of the top 10 banned books in 2009. See the list and discussion here.

PLL Perspectives

Posted on April 14, 2010
The Spring 2010 issue of PLL Perspectives is full of interesting articles. The lead article, "A Response to Research and Marketing: Better Practices" by Ellen Brondfield and Monique LaForce, is well worth the time to read. You'll find yourself nodding your head, thinking, "Yes, they nailed that!"Don't forget to check the biographies of the PLL Board candidates, also in this issue.

EDOCFIND.COM

Posted on April 13, 2010
Website to Locate Papers and PresentationsPDFs/presentations/spreadsheets/e-books on a variety of topicshttp://www.edocfind.com/I performed a search on National Building Codes for India. Results: http://www.edocfind.com/en/ebook/national%20building%20code%20INDIA-1...

Happy Birthday, Xerox Copier!

Posted on March 30, 2010
CNN has a story on the 50th anniversary of the Xerox copier.

CLE Changes

Posted on March 26, 2010
At the DALL Spring Meeting and the speaker from the TexasBarCLE mentioned that there are some regulation changes coming, beginning June 1st.For more information on the changes:http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Minimum_Continuing_Legal_EdTip: Every other month the Texas Bar offers a 30-minute free MCLE-accredited online class on different topics...

Health care bill and debate available

Posted on March 24, 2010
Hat tip to BeSpacific for citing this press release.HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL AND DEBATE AVAILABLE ON GPO?S FEDERAL DIGITAL SYSTEMWASHINGTON?The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has made available the health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this past weekend in electronic form...

Proposed copyright overhaul

Posted on March 22, 2010
Jessica Litman from the University of Michigan is quoted in this Ars Technica column on streamlining copyright law.Cleaning the barnacles from the S.S. CopyrightBy Nate Anderson Ars TechnicaBashing current copyright law is easy?just ask Jessica Litman, a professor of law at the University of Michigan...

PACER changes coming

Posted on March 18, 2010
Just saw this:NEWS RELEASEJudiciary Approves PACER Innovations To Enhance Public Access March 16, 2010 ? The Judicial Conference of the United States today approved key steps to improve public access to federal courts by increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users of the Public Access to Electronic Court Records (PACER) system...

Did You Know...

Posted on March 18, 2010
That the first issue of the Federal Register was published on March 14, 1936 and was only 16 pages? Next year the publication will celebrate its 75th birhday.

GPO Access Becomes FDsys

Posted on March 18, 2010
At LLAM's Spring Institute in Baltimore today. This morning's seminar is on the new system for government legal information. GPO Access will become FDsys sometime this year. The beta version is available at www.gpo.gov/fdsysComing: more historical information...

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