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The Agreement to Protect Corporate Property for J JILL GROUP INC was made available today by online legal document provider RealDealDocs.com.
A Agreement to Protect Corporate Property drafted between J JILL GROUP INC was released to the public on RealDealDocs.com on 10/20/2005. A Agreement to Protect Corporate Property is a Confidentiality Agreement.
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I enjoyed reading this article from today’s Boston Globe about Dunster House, the oldest dormitory on the Harvard campus, which is known for its “ornate library with the chandelier, fireplace, and wood-paneled walls [which] has drawn students to its prized collection of classics, thousands of dust-covered tomes from Cicero to Twain.” Because of thefts from the collection, which includes some “highly valuable volumes [and] irreplaceable first editions signed by authors,” the administration decided to put “two brass bars … across nearly every shelf, making the books impossible to peruse.” If you look at the illustration, it looks as if the books have been put in jail. This “solution” is supposed to be temporary while the administration figures out what to do with the books, but in the meantime students are unhappy; they have “complained that the collection now seems just for looks, akin to a Potemkin village, and that there could have been other ways to protect the books while allowing students access.” Note that the link to the Dunster House Library makes no mention of the fact that the collection is inaccessible, although the Harvard Crimson has publicized the situation. If the books are off limits, is this still a library? Read the rest of this entry »

Joint venture agreements are contacts entered into by small business owners who wish to form joint ventures, i.e. partnerships, between their business and another company. These joint venture agreements, also known as joint venture contracts or JV agreements, consummate and formalize a joint venture arrangement. However, before undertaking such a venture, the small business owner [...]

I went today to our university’s Center for Teaching Excellence for a book group meeting. Part of the conversation turned to the Kindle. The group leader said she had talked to her undergraduate students last night about the Kindle and asked how many had one. None of them owned a Kindle, and a few asked what one was. She was amazed. She said, “Don’t you like to read online?” They told her they really liked to hold books! She said, “What gets in the way of learning when we read?” They answered, “When we don’t know the meaning of a word.” She told them that when you click on a word in the Kindle, it automatically calls up the definition in an online dictionary. They were interested, but not sold. They still preferred to read in books. They said they liked the “feel and touch of books.” Our leader said she thought it was resistance to change. I am not sure she is right. I think maybe the Kindle is just not ready for prime time, and the students are too savvy to be stampeded by glitz.

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Monday, Sept. 28 is International Right to Know Day! Read the rest of this entry »

When the issue of medical liability reform came up in President Obamas speech on Health Care reform in front of Congress, it was met with boos from Democrats and a standing ovation from Republicans. Co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome medical malpractice reform expert, Professor Stephan Landsman the Robert A. Clifford Chair in Tort Law and Social Policy from DePaul University College of Law and Darren McKinney Director of Communications from the American Tort Reform Association to look at both sides of medical liability reform as the debate plays out for trial attorneys and the medical profession.

The Control Agreement Regarding Deposit Accounts
for GENERAL MARITIME CORP/ | NORDEA BANK FINLAND, PLC, was made available today by online legal document provider RealDealDocs.com.
A Control Agreement Regarding Deposit Accounts
drafted between GENERAL MARITIME CORP/ | NORDEA BANK FINLAND, PLC, was released to the public on RealDealDocs.com on 11/9/2005. A Control Agreement Regarding Deposit [...]

Putting together several ABA articles today, the legal jobs outlook is maybe not as grim as before. It depends on the geography and practice area, and the job hunter’s credentials (which is always the case, I suppose). Here are the links & how I put them together in my crystal ball:

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Conrad J. Jacoby discusses his experiences using the Peek mobile e-mail device (Time Magazine’s 2008 Gadget of the Year), which he believes is genuinely useful and an excellent value for its cost.

Government information is something that nobody but librarians seems to care about. By the time members of the public know they need a piece of government info, it’s too late for them to advocate for it to be made public. Librarians are the folks who see the need ahead of time, so it’s up to us to speak up and protect the public interest. AALL is working to train librarians to be more effective. If you are a member of AALL: Read the rest of this entry »