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Daily Archives: September 2, 2003
Members of the FISA Court Published
Secrecy News reports on the names of the current eleven members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), along with the date each was appointed as well as when their respective appointments expire. The author of this report, Steven Aftergood, also states, “A full profile of the Court today — its members, their views of… Continue Reading
Prohibition on Citing to Unpublished Decisions May Be Removed
A New Proposal to Permit Lawyers To Cite “Unpublished” Opinions: Does It Go Far Enough?: A rule proposed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts would allow attorneys to cite unpublished opinions. This would require an amendment to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. If this change were to be adopted, it would not… Continue Reading
In Wake of Patent Ruling, Microsoft Plans Changes to IE
IE Patent Loss Aftershocks Reverberate. This article indicates that in the wake of the recent $521 milllion patent verdict against Microsoft, the company will make unspecified changes to its IE browser. Continue Reading
New American Lawyer Survey on Top Law Firms
The American Lawyer has published a new survey, the A-List, which ranks the top 200 law firms according to the following methodology: revenue, pro bono, associate satisfaction, and diversity of the lawyers. Continue Reading
China to Implement Next Generation ID Cards
Chinese ID cards to carry genetic sample: The article reports that by 2004, government issued ID cards “will carry an 18-digit code representing a citizen’s genetic code, based on DNA from a blood, hair or cell sample.” This information comes via an article in the French news service transfert.net. Continue Reading
Boolean Searching Now Supported by Gigablast
According to Matt Wells, owner of the search engine Gigablast, his site now supports boolean logic. “You should be able to do nested boolean queries using the traditional OR, AND, OR NOT and AND NOT boolean operators.” See his help page here. Continue Reading
