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Metadata in photos: There?is a lot of hidden information in digital photos

Posted on January 03, 2008
You’ive probably learned about all the metadata that can be found in word processing files. The metadata may show when a document was created, what editing changes were made, and all sorts of other potentially valuable information. I recently learned that there is also some extremely valuable information hidden away in the digital version of digital [...

Today's Wall Street Journal — June 18 — has a great 12-page section on “All Things Digital”

Posted on June 18, 2007
Thes Monday June 18 issue of the Wall Street Journal has a tremendously informative section regarding computers and other digital information. Particularly pertinent for attorneys are articles entitled: “Business Solutions: Making Sense of Social Software” “Social Studies: Companies of all kinds are figuring out which tools work and how to use them" — The article includes information on topics such as social networking, RSS, wikis and blogs and a discussion of how corporations are using them” (This article may be seen at not cost on the Journal's site...

Today?s Wall Street Journal - June 18 - has a great 12-page section on ?All Things Digital?

Posted on June 18, 2007
Thes Monday June 18 issue of the Wall Street Journal has a tremendously informative section regarding computers and other digital information. Particularly pertinent for attorneys are articles entitled: “Business Solutions: Making Sense of Social Software” “Social Studies: Companies of all kinds are figuring out which tools work and how to use them” — The article includes information on [...

How to automatically update "See page ____" cross-references in your briefs and memos

Posted on February 12, 2007
Continuing readers of legal blogs such as this one probably know how to create cross-references in their briefs and memos. With that knowledge, they don't have to manually update their cross-references when they add or delete pages in their briefs and memos, thus changing the cross-referenced pages...

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How to automatically update ?See page ____? cross-references in your briefs and memos

Posted on February 12, 2007
Continuing readers of legal blogs such as this one probably know how to create cross-references in their briefs and memos. With that knowledge, they don’t have to manually update their cross-references when they add or delete pages in their briefs and memos, thus changing the cross-referenced pages...

Finding evacuee doctors

Posted on September 28, 2005
If you're trying to find a new contact for a Louisiana evacuee doctor, try searching the website for the hospital where the doctor is on staff. Here, for example, is the Touro Infirmary link for Touro doctors: http://208.15.228.177/Physicians/FindaPhysician/tabid/72/Default...

Finding evacuee doctors

Posted on September 28, 2005
If you’re trying to find a new contact for a Louisiana evacuee doctor, try searching the website for the hospital where the doctor is on staff. Here, for example, is the Touro Infirmary link for Touro doctors: http://208.15.228.177/Physicians/FindaPhysician/tabid/72/Default...

Suggestions for documenting Katrina losses

Posted on September 24, 2005
I received the following suggestions for documenting Katrina-related losses. The suggestions came from a professional photographer/videographer and were also posted on www.nola.com: “Basically, you need to have very clear photos and video. You need to show the up close damage details, and the wide view to put it all in context...

Suggestions for documenting Katrina losses

Posted on September 24, 2005
I received the following suggestions for documenting Katrina-related losses. The suggestions came from a professional photographer/videographer and were also posted on www.nola.com: `iBasically, you need to have very clear photos and video. You need to show the up close damage details, and the wide view to put it all in context...

Katrina - How to find lawyers who had to leave their offices

Posted on September 22, 2005
Katrina has forced many Louisiana lawyers from their offices. If you're a lawyer or a client looking for them, there are two sites that may have their new information. But the lawyers must have registered their new addresses and telephone numbers. The Louisiana State Bar Association has one of the sites...

Katrina-related legal info - A Katrina manual for attorneys and other information

Posted on September 22, 2005
The Louisiana State Bar Association site (www.lsba.org) has a variety of information for attorneys. Part of that information, which is open to the public, includes a training manual for attorneys: "Emergency Disaster Training Manual for Louisiana Lawyers...

Katrina - How to find lawyers who had to leave their offices

Posted on September 22, 2005
Katrina has forced many Louisiana lawyers from their offices. If you’re a lawyer or a client looking for them, there are two sites that may have their new information. But the lawyers must have registered their new addresses and telephone numbers...

Katrina-related legal info - A Katrina manual for attorneys and other information

Posted on September 22, 2005
The Louisiana State Bar Association site (www.lsba.org) has a variety of information for attorneys. Part of that information, which is open to the public, includes a training manual for attorneys: “Emergency Disaster Training Manual for Louisiana Lawyers...

Katrina - Entergy gives stats of which zip codes have or will have power

Posted on September 21, 2005
I'm an evacuee from New Orleans. There are lots of people, who, like me, have had to leave New Orleans. One of the things that is stopping us from returning is the lack of power in our homes and offices. Therefore, it may be helpful for people to know whether power is available, and if it isn't, when it will be available...

Katrina - Entergy gives stats of which zip codes have or will have power

Posted on September 21, 2005
I’m an evacuee from New Orleans. There are lots of people, who, like me, have had to leave New Orleans. One of the things that is stopping us from returning is the lack of power in our homes and offices. Therefore, it may be helpful for people to know whether power is available, and if it isn’t, when it will be available...

An out-of-the-box way to find a solution for winning your case - - "Researching by wandering around" - - Using indexes to law review articles

Posted on July 22, 2005
Let's assume that you live in Toledo, Ohio. Also assume that the state legislature, to induce an automobile manufacturer to construct an assembly plant, has authorized tax incentives, which, together with other tax incentives, will total perhaps $280 million...

An out-of-the-box way to find a solution for winning your case - - ?Researching by wandering around? - - Using indexes to law review articles

Posted on July 22, 2005
Let’s assume that you live in Toledo, Ohio. Also assume that the state legislature, to induce an automobile manufacturer to construct an assembly plant, has authorized tax incentives, which, together with other tax incentives, will total perhaps $280 million...

How to save your case or your defense by "exception finding" — Here's how two plaintiffs saved their case by using an exception and how you could have found the same exception even if you didn't know it existed

Posted on June 25, 2005
One of the ways that both plaintiffs and defendants can save their cases is by finding exceptions to whatever rule is against them. (And when I say a “rule” that's against you, I include a statute, a code, an ordinance, and a state or federal regulation...

Do you want to watch surgery being performed? You can now see different types of procedures such as cervical and thoracic disc operations and prostate procedures

Posted on June 22, 2005
I just learned of OR-live, a site that shows tapes of surgeons performing surgery and includes running commentary from physicians. You can browse the site's archives by its 17 separate specialities, such as, for instance, cardiovascular/cardiothoracic, gastroenterology, neurological/neurosurgical, obgyn, and orthopaedics...

An out-of-the-box vacation - - Think you want to stop practicing law and do something else? Here's how you can spend a day or more with an expert in your dream field

Posted on June 20, 2005
The ABA just had an article about VocationVacations, a fascinating business that lets people try out their secret (or not so secret): “This is what I'd like to do if I weren't practicing law.” (The article was in the June 17 edition of the ABA Journal eReport...

Want to read a transcript of Thomas Mesereau's Closing Argument for Michael Jackson?

Posted on June 17, 2005
Here's a link to the transcript of Thomas Mesereau's closing defense argument for Michael Jackson: http://aboutmichaeljackson.com/m-news+article+storyid-244.html The site is devoted to news about Michael Jackson and other Michael Jackson related info and items...

Out-of the-box CLE credits - - You may be able to watch video seminars on your computer or on videotape or listen to audio tapes and receive mandatory CLE credits - - Louisiana, for instance, allows up to four hours of CLE credit for online seminars

Posted on June 09, 2005
General information Most of the 40 states that have mandatory CLE allow, with some limitations, at least some of their required CLE credits to be earned online. ORACLE (Organization of Regulatory Administrators for Continuing Legal Education) is a website that has a listing of what it states represents the 40 mandatory CLE jurisdictions...

Hospitals can reduce if not eliminate medical malpractice and patient deaths and complications - - Some are already doing it

Posted on June 07, 2005
I have reported in a number of postings that the way to reduce the number of medical malpractice suits is to reduce the amount of medical malpractice. Here, for instance, are a couple of my postings: “Here's one out-of-the-box way to reduce medical malpractice suits: Reduce the medical malpractice — A new study reports that an average of 195,000 people have died annually due to errors in hospitals” http://www...

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