Legal Research

Indispensable Practice Guide
The Zief librarians are always on the lookout for the next indispensable, "must have" practice guide, and we think all of our readers will agree that Cheerleading and the Law: Risk Management Strategies is a necessity for all lawyers confronting...

Five Indispensable Tips for Law Students and New Lawyers
In a guest post on Notes from the (Legal) Underground, Matt Homann, offers Five Indispensable Tips for Law Students and New Lawyers. Homann is an Illinois lawyer, a part-time Pretrial teacher at Wash U...

Protect your privacy at work . . . sort of
Repeat after me: “I have no privacy at work. I don’t even have a legal right to privacy at work.” There. Now that that’s out of the way, we can rationally discuss the few small measures you can reasonably take to become somewhat less vulnerable to being spied upon at...

Integrating Privacy and Security: Coordination Benefits HIPAA Compliance Efforts
Privacy and security are meant to work in tandem - so why have they grown apart?  My colleague Peter Adler examines this question in the April 2008 isssue of the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association...

Searcher Magazine Article
Barbara Quint asked me to write a feature article on trends in reference work a while ago. It was published this week and it's on the main page at Searcher's website. I suggested 13-14 scenarios for what can happen in reference work for the future...

Indispensable stuff for traveling
As you recall, last week when I went to Panama I didn't bring a computer. I mentioned that I relied heavily on my iPhone, and that I was able to do a lot of work with just that device...

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Work Visas
Types of work permits

Temporary Work Visas
Differences Between H-1B, J-1, E-1, E-2, L-1, and R-1 Work Visas

H-1B Work Visa
H-1B Visa Assistance

Landlord Entry Right and Tenant Privacy
When can a landlord enter a rented dwelling

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

AOL Privacy Class Action
Can Proceed

CVS Mailing
Sparks Allegations of Privacy Violation

Railroad Workers
concerning the growing number of work-related injuries in the railroad industry.