Via LLRX.com – You Say Aggregate, I Say Curate…– Zena Applebaum, a law firm competitive intelligence director, defines an important development in the way that critical business information is shared within laws firms and similar organizations. Applebaum defines and aligns the role of “content curation,” a practice and skill wherein information from all the content in the world is provided to stakeholders through a precise, focused and filtered process with the result of direct benefits to specific groups, teams and projects.
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Daily Archives: March 13, 2016
New on LLRX – The Mediachain Project: Developing a Global Creative Rights Database Using Blockchain Technology
Via LLRX.com – The Mediachain Project: Developing a Global Creative Rights Database Using Blockchain Technology – Alan Rothman’s article focuses on a creative, innovative effort to deploy the blockchain as a form of global registry of creative works ownership – specifically a global rights database for images. The co-founders of a new metadata protocol they… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Global Skills for U.S. JD Students
Via LLRXcom – Global Skills for U.S. JD Students – This article by Theresa Kaiser-Jarvis, Assistant Dean for International Affairs, University of Michigan Law School, discusses a pivotal issue that represents an increasingly significant development in the practice of law in the United States. Kaiser-Jarvis shines a bright light on the skills, knowledge and abilities… Continue Reading
Sunshine Week Open government is good government – March 13-19, 2016
“Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know.” Continue Reading
CRS Report – Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time, Beth Cook, Information Research Specialist. March 9, 2016: “Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a period of the year between spring and fall when clocks in the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time. DST is currently observed in the United States from 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in… Continue Reading
Your Gateway to an Interactive Virtual Earth
GPlates Portal – [via The university of Sydney] 3D Visualisation of Geophysical and Geological Data – Interactive Plate Tectonic Reconstructions – Interactive Surface Dynamic Topography – PyGPlates Reconstruction Services “The EarthByte Group in the School of Geosciences of The University of Sydney is one of the world’s leading research groups for global and regional plate… Continue Reading
Human Survival, Risk, and Law: Considering Risk Filters to Replace Cost-Benefit Analysis
Draper, John William, Human Survival, Risk, and Law: Considering Risk Filters to Replace Cost-Benefit Analysis (January 30, 2016). Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 27, 2016 Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2745520 “Selfish utilitarianism, neo-classical economics, the directive of short-term income maximization, and the decision tool of cost-benefit analysis fail to protect our species from… Continue Reading
Cornucopia Yogurt Buyer’s Guide
Cornucopia Yogurt Buyer’s Guide – “This buyer’s guide is based on information from ingredient labels, testing and, in the case of organic brands, the score brands achieved on Cornucopia’s organic dairy scorecard. This buyer’s guide rates brands as a whole, not individual products or flavors. Updated 12/11/2015. Continue Reading
Paper – Can Government Demand Stimulate Private Investment?
International Monetary Fund – Shafik Hebous; Tom Zimmermann, March 10, 2016: Can Government Demand Stimulate Private Investment? Evidence from U.S. Federal Procurement. Summary: “We study the effects of federal purchases on firms’ investment using a novel panel dataset that combines federal procurement contracts in the United States with key financial firm-level information. We find that… Continue Reading
