Market Intelligence The Power of Three, by Donna Cavallini Review of Annotated Refugee Convention: Fifty Years of North American Jurisprudence, by Elisa Mason Using EISIL to Research Private International Law, by Louise Tsang Revolutionizing Client Relations with CaseMap’s New ReportBooks, by Dennis Kennedy Garbage In, Garbage Out: Working Around Document Profiling to Improve Work… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2005
Italian Lawyers Group Embraces Open Source Software for Document Management
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents. Continue Reading
Commentary on the Tremendous Challenge of Preserving Digital Gov’t Docs.
The Fading Memory of the State, by David Talbot, July 2005: “The official repository of retired U.S. government records is a boxy white building tucked into the woods of suburban College Park, MD. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is a subdued place, with researchers quietly thumbing through boxes of old census, diplomatic, or… Continue Reading
Images of U.S. Serial Set Maps To Be Scanned In Joint Public/Private Project
Press release: LexisNexis, University of Maryland Team Up to Preserve Images of U.S. Serial Set Maps: “The University of Maryland is providing the original maps so LexisNexis can rescan the collection into high-resolution digital images in color and black and white. Current scans taken from microfiche cannot provide the color or the same clarity as… Continue Reading
New Pew Research Center Survey Highlights Growth of Online Newspaper Readership
Summary of Findings, released June 26, 2005: Public More Critical of Press, But Goodwill Persists – Online Newspaper Readership Countering Print Losses. About the Survey Commentary: The Public’s Complicated Views of Press Point to Solutions Questionnaire Detailed Demographic Tables Continue Reading
News Continues to Warn Consumers on Perils of ID Theft
The cover story of the July 4, 2005 issue of Newsweek is on ID theft. Following are links to several articles from the issue, as well as a link to a relevant article from the New York Times Sunday Week in Review: Grand Theft Identity – Be careful, we’ve been told, or you may become… Continue Reading
Open CRS Project Provides Searchable Access to Over 8,000 Reports
“American taxpayers spend nearly $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service, a “think tank” that provides reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports are not made available to the public in a way that they can be easily obtained. A project… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rules Against P2P File Sharing Services
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, LTD., Argued March 29, 2005, Decided June 27, 200. Opinion author: Souter “Held: One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, going beyond mere distribution with knowledge of third-party action, is… Continue Reading
New Bill Seeks to Strengthen Role of DHS Privacy Officer
CDT reports that today Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced HR. 3041, the “Privacy Officer With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005” (the POWER Act). “The bill would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify investigative authorities and provide independence to the Privacy Officer of the DHS. It would help the Privacy Officer take steps… Continue Reading
NJ Enacts ID Theft Legislation Including Security Freeze
Press release from NJPIRG: “Today the New Jersey Legislature passed the potent, comprehensive “Identity Theft Prevention Act” (6 pages, PDF) with overwhelming, bipartisan majorities in each house. The law limits the use and display of social security numbers, requires business to thoroughly destroy discarded documents, requires businesses to notify consumers if an unauthorized person accesses… Continue Reading
Microsoft Announces Its New OS and Browser Will Implement RSS
The Microsoft Development Center has extensive and detailed documentation on RSS implementation in Longhorn: “This paper describes RSS in the context of a vision for how web content is and will be consumed, explores opportunities enabled by incorporating RSS functionality into applications and outlines the Windows platform services that make this easy.” See also RSS… Continue Reading
Senate Approves Open Government Act
Press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy: “Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate on Friday will bring increased sunshine to the federal legislative process, and was another step toward strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), its sponsors say. The reform, authored by U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) creates additional legislative transparency… Continue Reading
