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Inside Higher Education has a story, “Course Hero or Course Villain?” about a slew of new course material republishing sites that purport to be making life easier for students, like a gigantic study group. Read the rest of this entry »

Many companies and law firms have adopted financial reporting and collection systems, but arent fully exploiting their capabilities. On Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay welcomes Kenneth Jones, chief operating officer of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran, & Arnolds Xerdict Group, to discuss October’s Law Technology News’ article, “Capture Metrics. ” They discuss how these technologies can not just help general counsel and corporate law departments monitor their companys spending habits, but also can be used to analyze legal department expenditures. This helps the GC spot trends, and cut costs.

The court decisions, ethics opinions and articles comprising Ken Strutin’s guide provide background into current legal thinking about covert investigations, and include recent publications addressing online pretexting as well as the privacy limits of social media.

No one likes to lose - especially lawyers. On top of losing, the day to day stress of being an attorney can weigh on your soul, your mind and even your health. Ringler Radio host Larry Cohen joins colleague, Doug Merritt from the Walnut Creek office, as they welcome Attorney Gary Gwilliam from the firm Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli and Brewer, to look at the power of losing and how attorneys should deal with stress during a trial. Gary will discuss the strength one can achieve from losing and offer pointers on how to de-stress before trial.

Another Washington Post article by Kashmir Hill and David Lat reports on video games promoted by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who is hoping they help educate a public where children cannot name the three branches of government. The article names Supreme Decision as the better game, and continues the review: Read the rest of this entry »

The Google Books Settlement remains controversial, especially because of the “orphan books” provisions governing titles that are probably still under copyright but for which the copyright holders are unknown. Concerns about these provisions led United States District Court Judge Denny Chin to postpone an upcoming hearing so that the agreement could renegotiated. One group is happy about the Google Books Settlement, however, and that is publishers, according to this story in the October 3 edition of the Boston Globe. Google has made good on its promise to “bring to light books that otherwise would be nearly forgotten.” This is happening thanks to the Google Books Partner Program through which publishers agree to Google’s scanning copyrighted works and making them searchable through Google. “The majority of publishers in the program allow Google to preview 20 percent of each book. Google monitors Internet traffic patterns to prevent users from logging in multiple times and cobbling together the entire contents of a book.” In addition, Google links to the publishers’ websites and to online book retailers. At least one publisher now “uploads a digital file of every new title to Google as soon as the print version is published, [making] Google Books …a fundamental part of the firm’s book marketing plans.” However lucrative this may be for the publishers, it is worth remembering that the publisher program solidifies Google’s monopoly and makes it difficult for smaller organizations to compete. Read the rest of this entry »

The October, 2009 issue of the ABA Journal (and online) has a great review of lots of great applications of interest to practitioners. “70 Sizzling Apps, for PC, PDA and SmartPhones,” by G.M. Filisko does a nice job, talking to users. From librarians’ point of view, the most interesting, of course, are the research and reference apps, and I’ve extracted that portion of the article, but there are lots of other apps, from document display, to productivity, accessibility, task management to maps, fun and games. Read the rest of this entry »

What is a Paralegal ’s role when it comes to working with expert witnesses? On this edition of The Paralegal Voice, co-hosts Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin welcome Bradley J. Beehler, Esq. and Candy Reilly, ACP, as they put the spotlight on the expert witness. They will share their experiences working with expert witnesses, explore a paralegal’s duties when working with an expert witness, the Daubert standard, resources and practice tips for working with experts.