A federal judge in Florida has already ruled in a case against Southwest Airlines that I first mentioned October 8. The judge ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act does not apply to the Internet, and dismissed the lawsuit against Southwest. The judge ruled that since Congress was so careful to specifically define the
Who’s the freshest?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Search Engine Showdown has updated its Freshness Showdown, showing how recently the major search engines have refreshed their links. Unsurprisingly, Google, MSN, HotBot and AltaVista all have new pages as early as 1 day old. Beware of Wisenut and Teoma — the newest pages found on those sites are over 4-6 months
Halloween site of the day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
Check out FrightBytes, “when you’re hungry for a little fright.” Just the music alone gives me the chills.
Check out treaty status
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
The U.S. Senate posts this helpful page of treaties received and approved during the current legislative session.
Lawsuit against Google
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet and Technology Law, Search Engines
SearchKing, a search engine and web hosting service, is suing Google, and it’s just dying to tell you this; not only did it issue a press release on its website, it also posted the summons, complaint, and motion for preliminary injunction. The lawsuit it based on SearchKing’s placement of text…
Travel Agents? What are those?
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Posted in Web and Online Culture
The New York Times reports that travel-related purchasing on the Internet is the Number 1 activity among Internet users.
TracFed reviewed on LLRX
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
TRACfed, a new resource for federal court information, gets a great review in LLRX this week.
Extra! Extra!
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Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s issue of The Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your reading pleasure.
A Primer on CD Briefing
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Law Firm Technology, Paperless
Two lawyers from Bracewell & Patterson offer this article on CD-ROM: Briefing of the Future. The article was presented at the State Bar of Texas’ Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course.
An online magazine for the Halloween Community
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
Halloween Online bills itself as “the Official Magazine for the Halloween Community.” There’s a Halloween Community? I didn’t know. Anyway, this site’s pretty cool, offering articles on celebrating Halloween in different cities, tips on pet safety, and costume and makeup ideas.