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In todays economy, companies are looking at creative ways to stay ahead of the game when it comes to managing their intellectual property assets to create and capture value. On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi , LLP, welcomes Harry Gwinnell, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Cargill, Inc. to discuss this hot topic. Peter and Harry look at the importance of building an IP management infrastructure and a strong IP strategy, and share some examples of creating value from intellectual property assets.

Economic conditions are still in flux and the employment outlook defies easy forecasting. Consequently, moving up Maslow’s hierarchy toward greater job satisfaction may not include changing employers. To learn more about how information professionals can deepen contentment in-place, Montrese Hamilton contacted well-known career coach Marshall Brown for insight. See also The Way Forward: Part 2 and The Way Forward: Part 3.

In this week’s podcast, Suffolk Law Professor Sarah Boonin discusses the newly established Health Law clinic. To learn more about the Health Law clinic and our Clinical Programs please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/clinical/.

Special Librarian Montrese Hamilton shares effective ways an electronic document reader may be used to provide customers on-demand access to new content. Beyond instant access to material, e-readers can: reduce the need for Interlibrary loans, help grow the collection without adding shelf space, and eliminate processing required for physical matter.

In too much of Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Asia, fetching water is the major life’s work of girls and women. Easy access to clean water would transform the lives of the girls and women in these regions. Girls often drop out of school because they are needed at home to help haul water. Reporting in 2002, on a campaign launched at that time at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, aimed at cutting in half by 2015 the number of people worldwide without reliable access to clean water, Nicole Itano, reported Read the rest of this entry »

In the film Conviction, Betty Anne Waters, a wife and mother of two, puts herself through high school, college and ultimately law school, in an 18 year long crusade to prove her brother Kennys innocence after he is convicted of murder sentenced to life without parole. Attorneys and co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams spotlight Betty Anne , her story and her thoughts on the new film and how she continues to help others like her brother.

Internet search is only half of the equation. Many times, you simply want to return to a site you had previously found. Managing bookmarks and favorites has long been a less-than-satisfying experience. Why is this simple concept so difficult in practice? In this episode, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss recent developments in bookmark management, different approaches and tools you might try, and directions, like social bookmarking, in which we might be headed. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

On this edition of The Legal ToolKit, brought to you by Catuogno Court Reporting, host Jared Correia, Law Practice Management Advisor with Mass. LOMAP, welcomes Brett Owens, CEO and Co-Founder of Chrometa, LLC, to take a look at some cool web apps to consider. Jared and Brett discuss the convenience of web apps, questions of security, drop some favorite web apps and talk about ways that attorneys can keep up with technology without becoming overwhelmed.

Scott A. Hodes provides perspective, and an overall grade, to how the administration has done during the first half of its first term in regard to FOIA.

Thank our colleagues at Santa Clara University Law Library and the ALA’s LGBT Roundtable for two very timely resources:

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