INTERNET LEGAL
RESEARCH WEEKLY
March 5, 2006
Tom
Mighell
Welcome to Issue #224 of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, a newsletter that delivers relevant and timely legal research information, and other fun stuff, to your inbox every Sunday. If you like what you read, please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to do the same! To subscribe, all you have to do is visit Inter Alia and fill out the subscription form -- it's free!
A new Toolbar -- but this one's not free
Lexis recently introduced its own LexisNexis Toolbar. Now you can access LexisNexis content from anywhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, it only works for those of you with a Lexis account.Podcasts at the NYT
The New York Times is podcasting up a storm. They are currently offering 18 podcasts -- some daily, others weekly -- you can access all of them on the NYT Podcasts page.Blawgs of the Week
Here's a selection of some of the law-related weblogs I featured on Inter Alia this week: First, the Chicago plantiff's firm of SimmonsCooper is blogging about their business at the Benzene and Asbestos Information Blog. Law of Criminal Defense is the blog of John Wesley Hall, Jr., and it discusses 6th amendment issues as well as professional responsibility in criminal defense. Ed Wesemann of Edge International consults with law firms about market dominance, governance, office location, merger and acquisition and the activities necessary for strategy implementation. He's discussing more of this at Ed Wesemann's Creating Dominance. The Information Governance Engagement Area is the blog of Rob Robinson (of RenewData). He's established this blog "with the goal of aggregating key compliance and electronic discovery news for further review/study/consideration by legal and corporate professionals." I met Rob at Legal Tech last month, and he's got some great stuff here. Harry Tan is an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy, and his personal blog is called ByteLawyer Briefings -- he's covering the current developments of the law and technology affecting business and society. The Bonn Blawg is a German weblog, featuring a "multicolored mixture" of things. The EU Law Blog is anonymously written -- it's a blog about European Union law for students, academics, practitioners and anyone else who may be interested in it. And Preston Gates Ellis has another blog, this one on Government Contracts Litigation. It's a blog on legal issues, news and best practices relating to government contracts litigation.
Caught in the 'Net
Law Practice Today -- The TECHSHOW Edition
The March issue of Law Practice Today is out, and it's devoted to one of my favorite events, ABA TECHSHOW (and no, it's not just because I'm on the planning board). For those of you who aren't familiar with TECHSHOW, it's a 2-1/2 day technology conference for legal professionals -- it features over 50 educational sessions on technology issues ranging from electronic discovery to disaster recovery, Internet research to advanced IT. In this month's issue of Law Practice Today there are some TECHSHOW-specific articles as well as articles with the type of high-level content that you'll find at TECHSHOW. Of the articles featured this month, I'll highlight a few:
Something else you can mention to your boss is that if you register for ABA TECHSHOW by March 10, you'll save $200 off the regular registration ($300 if you're a Law Practice Management Section member).
Okay, enough of the sales pitch. Check out Law Practice Today and see what all the fuss is about.
How often have you gotten an e-mail from someone saying "I never got that last e-mail -- can you resend it?" Here's how to do it in Outlook without Forwarding or creating a new e-mail:
Go to your Sent Items folder, open the message you want to resend. Under the Actions menu, you'll find Resend this message. That's it!
Do you have a question about searching the Internet or your computer in general? Drop me an e-mail at tom(at)inter-alia(dot)net – I’ll post your question (don’t worry, I won’t use your real name) and try to get an answer for you!
Legally Relevant – Sites on the Internet
Centers for Disease Control
Here's another government site that should have a permanent place in your bookmarks. The home page features some of the current hot issues: avian flu, pandemic flu, global tobacco use in young people, and more. There are links to Health and Safety topics like Birth Defects, Disabilities, Diseases and Conditions, Environmental Health, Travelers' Health, among others. You can also see publications and products, all of them free, and literally tons of information in the Data and Statistics area.Commercial Law League of America
Sounds at first like a group of superheroes, eh? But no, it's "the oldest and largest organization of attorneys and other professionals who represent the credit industry in debt collection, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation." Most of the site is devoted to members of the association, but on the newswire page you can find news of interest, press releases, pending legislation, position papers, and other documents.Country Reports ($$)
Did you know that, per capita, Romanians drink the most milk? That's one of the facts that you'll learn here, at a site that describes itself as "the leader in historical, cultural, and statistical country information." Unfortunately, you'll have to pay to see most of the information. You can get some basic information about each country for free, but if you want to drill down to the good stuff, you'll have to pay -- $4.20/month, or just $10/year.Docuity ($$)
Docuity is a provider of document auto-coding and classification designed for litigation support managers as well as in-house counsel. Docuity's technology is able to compile, organize and analyze text and present them in a logical format for the reviewer. I've never used Docuity, so I don't know the quality of its services. But if you're looking for an electronic discovery provider, you might take a look at this site.Federation of International Trade Associations
What? A federation of associations? Yes, it's true -- this group is designed to foster international trade by strengthening the role of trade associations throughout Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. There are tons of useful resources here, including the "Really Useful Links" to trade web sites. There are also country profiles here, which are free, unlike the site above. You'll also find links to Transportation and Logistics, Trade Finance and Currencies, Security, Books and Publications, Travel Services, and, as I said earlier, a ton more.
Finally, some fun and useful sites to start off your week:
Spring is right around the corner, so here's a site for my Texas readers: Neil Sperry is an authority on Texas gardens, and his Gardens site has some great information.
Need help with your digital camera? Maybe the appropriately (if awkwardly) named Digicamhelp is for you.
Well, that’s it for Issue #224 – I hope you liked it! If you did, pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to subscribe. Also, feel free to drop me an e-mail any time if you have questions, or if you have websites or other topics you want included in a future issue.
Tom Mighell
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