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CES 2016: Google and Lenovo to introduce Project Tango devices

Posted on January 05, 2016
NEW DELHI: Google announced its Project Tango in the year 2014. The Project Tango uses a combination of dual rear cameras and sensors which will enable a smartphone or tablet would be able to figure out its location in the 3D world. This project will make it simpler to develop indoor maps in 3D and users will be able to walk around and use the cameras to map out their location...

New Credit Card Rules

Posted on September 01, 2009
A follow up to a posting on this blog in July. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in their FDIC Consumer News has a comprehensive look at the new credit card rules. While some of the new laws have already gone in to effect. Others will go into effect early next year and the last parts in August of 2010...

The Government Domain: Tracking Congress 2.0

Posted on September 01, 2009
From a recent posting on LLRX.com.Making it easier to track Congress, GovTrack.us, a free and independent legislative database, has just released a number of new features. Written by Peggy Garvin of Garvin Information Consulting, this article is an interesting read if you are a Congressional information junkie.

DNA Evidence Can Be Faked

Posted on August 26, 2009
In a recent article in the NY Times (registration may be required) scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence. The team that has developed this procedure hope to cash in on their find by selling a kit that will tell whether the DNA has been fabricated...

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Internet Materials and U.S. Courts

Posted on August 20, 2009
From the Third Branch, the Newsletter of the Federal Courts.The Judicial Conference has issued a series of ?suggested practices? to assist courts in the use of Internet materials in opinions. The recommendations follow a pilot project conducted by circuit librarians who captured and preserved webpages cited in opinions over a six-month period...

New Credit Card Rules Approved

Posted on July 20, 2009
Last week, the Federal Reserve Board gave final approval to an interim rule requiring creditors to increase the amount of notice consumers receive before the rate on a credit card account is increased or a significant change is made to the account's terms...

?Gang of Four? Congressional Intelligence Notifications

Posted on July 16, 2009
?Gang of Four? intelligence notifications generally are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive non-covert action intelligence activities, including principally, but not exclusively, intelligence collection programs, that the Intelligence Community typically limits to the chairmen and ranking members of the two congressional intelligence committees, and at times, but not always, to their respective staff directors...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Analysis of Selected Opinions,

Posted on July 08, 2009
A recent Congressionsal Research Service report on decisions rendered by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40649_20090619.pdf

The Decline and Fall of the Dominant Paradigm: Trustworthiness of Case Reports in the Digital Age,

Posted on June 12, 2009
Author William R. Mills discusses case citation and the reliability of case reporting in the digital age. His conclusion:"In the digital age, the foundation of trust in our case law reporting system, and in legal citation generally, must be rebuilt. Such a rebuilding effort cannot succeed by utilizing the technology of printed books...

Champion of Civil Rights

Posted on February 25, 2009
As we approach the final days of Black History Month for 2009, the law library has added the biography of a judge active in the civil right movement -- Champion of Civil Rights: Judge John Minor Wisdom by Joel William Friedman.Judge Wisdom (1905-1999) is described as one of the least recognized heroes of the civil rights movement, as he wrote many of the landmark decisions instrumental in desegregating the South...

Where Will the Money Go?

Posted on February 18, 2009
Care to track where the money goes from The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?See http://www.recovery.gov/

Justinian Code, second edition

Posted on January 26, 2009
A second edition of the Annotated Justinian Code has been posted at the following web addresshttp://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/blume&justinian/default.aspFollowing is the explanation of the second edition from the editor, Tim Kearley.My introduction to the second edition explains the changes...

National Moot Court Archive

Posted on January 23, 2009
The library now has the National Moot Court Competition Archive available through HeinOnline. The Collection includes the winning records, briefs and related organizational materials from the 1st-58th annual competitions.The Young Lawyers Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American College of Trial Lawyers sponsor the national competition each year to enable law students throughout the United States to match their abilities as appellate advocates...

Information on the Financial Crisis

Posted on December 05, 2008
Fordham Law Library has posted a new web site with links to information on the current financial crisis.See http://lawlib1.lawnet.fordham.edu/econcrisis/

Take Time to Reflect

Posted on November 21, 2008
Taking time in busy schedules to pause and reflect can be an antidote for burnout for both students and practitioners. The Reflective Counselor: Daily Meditations for Lawyers by F. Gregory Coffey and Maureen C. Kessler, a new book recently added to the law library collection, can assist...

CRS Report: Presidential Transitions

Posted on November 04, 2008
Happy Election Day! A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report entitled "Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations" was issued on October 23, 2008. This timely report explores the transfer of power from one presidential administration to its successor and potential pitfalls that can emerge during the transition period.

Tracking Congress

Posted on October 31, 2008
GOVTRACK.US Want to keep track of what the U.S. Congress is doing? It may be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction in a world where we?re bombarded with sound bites and catchphrases, but one website is trying to do just that. Launched in September 2004, GovTrack is an independent website dedicated to promoting transparency in the government and civic education...

Presidential Sucession

Posted on October 08, 2008
With the election now less than 4 weeks away, there has been speculation of just what would happen if the nominated presidential candidate dies before the election, after the election but before the vote by the electoral college or after the vote but before the certification by Congress of the electoral vote...

New Reading Room Officially Opened

Posted on October 08, 2008
A new reading room on the lower level of the Law Library was opened officially for the 2008 Fall Semester. This newly-remodeled area encompasses nearly the entire lower level of the library and meets a growing need for space within the library that is reserved for quiet study...

First Monday

Posted on October 06, 2008
To celebrate the new term of the United States Supreme Court which begins today, we have added a website to the library catalog, Galileo.The website Landmark Supreme Court Cases is a collaboration between Street Law and The Supreme Court Historical Society...

New Book by Professor Huss

Posted on August 27, 2008
The Law Library has added the following book to the collection:Animal Law and the Courts: a Reader by Taimie L. Bryant, Rebecca J. Huss and David N. Cassuto.Rebecca Huss is a Professor at Valparaiso University School of Law and an expert in the growing field of animal law...

Following Economic News in Indiana

Posted on August 22, 2008
The Indiana Economic Digest is a resource for local, state, and federal government news which can be searched by region, by day of the week, or by county. This online publication is a daily digest of business, housing, health and development news from more than 70 daily newspapers in Indiana...

Subject Compilation of State Laws Now Online

Posted on August 15, 2008
The Law Library now subscribes to the Subject Compilations of State Laws in online format on heinonline as well as print format. The title includes bibliographic entries for thousands of articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and links to Internet sites that compare state laws...

History of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

Posted on August 11, 2008
We have added a new book to the collection, The First Century: One Hundred Years of AALL History, 1906-2005 by Frank G. Houdek. Quoting from the introduction, this book "highlights, on a year-to-year basis, many of the key moments and individuals that, taken together, comprise AALL's first century...

Defending Foreclosures, Saving Homes

Posted on July 31, 2008
The conference "Defending Foreclosures, Saving Homes" presented at Valparaiso University School of Law on March 28, 2008 provided timely information about the latest developments in foreclosure and bankruptcy, loss mitigation and mortgage servicer practices...

Indiana Memory database contains Indiana Constitutional Materials

Posted on July 03, 2008
Indiana Memory, a database of materials on Indiana history and culture, is now available at http://www.in.gov/memories/The database contains primary sources that have been digitized by various libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions in the state...

U.S. Regulations Website

Posted on July 01, 2008
Justia Regulation Tracker is a useful website developed and provided free of charge by Justia, a company which provides online marketing resources to law firms. This website provides access to Federal rules, proposed rules, notices, administrative orders, executive orders, and proclamations...

Public Policy Archive

Posted on June 25, 2008
To locate documents created by various public policy think tanks, go tohttps://www.policyarchive.org/PolicyArchive, is the nation's first free, comprehensive, online archive of public policy research. It is a joint project of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University library and the non-profit Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) with the support from major U...

Fuel Economy Website

Posted on June 11, 2008
With $4.00+ per gallon gas prices, many of us are paying more attention to fuel economy. Fueleconomy.gov -- a website maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency --provides fuel economy estimates, energy and environmental impact ratings, fuel-saving tips, and other related information...

National Security Letter Withdrawn

Posted on May 08, 2008
The Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library, has successfully defended against a demand by the FBI to reveal information about a user -- as reported yesterday by the Associated Press in the New York Times. Following receipt of the national security letter in November, 2007, the library sued alleging that the letters violated free speech since they prohibit recipients from talking to anyone else about them...

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