Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Research | Posted on 13-07-2009
A little news to lighten up the day: An Ohio man was arrested for disorderly conduct a couple months ago, for mowing the foot-high overgrown grass in a city park.
“If we let one person get away with it, then we’d have to let everyone do it; it’d be total anarchy” said the Sandusky police officer.
“The [...]
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Justice | Posted on 13-07-2009
I ALWAYS read Hiawatha Bray in the Boston Globe, so today’s column about the new tangle between Google and Microsoft, “Heavyweights Trading Punches in Digital Faceoff,” caught my eye. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Docs | Posted on 11-07-2009
Lawyer, writer and blogger Nicole Black advises fellow professionals about important core techniques and goals to consider before jumping on the social media bandwagon.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 10-07-2009
In this edition of the ESI Report, host Gina Jytyla, Managing Staff Attorney in the Legal Technologies division at Kroll Ontrack welcomes Patrick Oot, Senior Counsel & Director of Electronic Discovery for Verizon and Gina Day, Legal Consultant for Kroll Ontrack, to discuss the recent developments and impact of Federal Rule of Evidence 502 since its enactment. Included in this discussion is a look at effective strategies for controlling costs during privilege review. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, Meridith Socha, will look at the discovery order issued in Kipperman v. Onex Corp.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Research | Posted on 10-07-2009
A Pennsylvania lawyer who was jailed 14 years for contempt of court was ordered to be released from prison today.
“H. Beatty Chadwick, who has been jailed in suburban Philadelphia since 1995 for a charge stemming from a contentious divorce will be released today.”
That is a long time to jail a productive member of society for [...]
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Justice | Posted on 10-07-2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10, 2009, has a poignant article in the Workplace section, B16-19 (in print) titled, “Is Having More than 2 Children an Unspoken Taboo?” by Robin Wilson. Interviewing women in many different academic fields (but not librarians), Wilson finds Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 09-07-2009
With the passing of Michael Jackson, his will is being dissected and many questions remain on the future of his estate. Host Bob Ambrogi welcomes Attorney Lawrence H. Heller, an international tax and estate planning attorney at the firm Bryan Cave LLP and Professor Tom Featherston, the Mills Cox Professor of Law at Baylor Law School to discuss the fate of Michael Jackson’s estate. They will take a look at the handling of Jackson’s estate, the role of the appointed executors and the importance of having a will.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Research | Posted on 09-07-2009
The disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will not be appealing the 150 year sentence that was handed down to him last week.
“We won’t be appealing the sentence,” Madoff’s lawyer, Ira Sorkin, said Thursday. He declined to say why the decision was made. Rebekah Carmichael, a prosecutor’s spokeswoman, declined to comment.”
The 71 year old was sentenced last [...]
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Justice | Posted on 09-07-2009
Lt. Dan Choi, was dismissed from the Army… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 08-07-2009
Want to know how to keep your high tech gear water and sand free this summer? Law Technology Now host Monica Bay welcomes Donna Payne, CEO and founder of Payne Consulting Group, to discuss her article in Law Technology News July issue, High & Dry. Donna will offer up tips on how to to protect your cameras, Kindle, iPods and more and share what’s new in coverups for your tech gadgets.
