Via LLRX.com – Why Sole Provider Isn’t Really A Thing and I’m Not Going to Say It Any More – Marcia Burris synthesizes and re-frames the long standing concept of a sole source provider for legal research services.
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Daily Archives: January 29, 2017
New on LLRX – Search Warrant Issued For Amazon Echo Data
Via LLRX.com – Search Warrant Issued For Amazon Echo Data – An Amazon Echo device is the subject of a prosecutor’s search warrant related to an Arkansas murder case. Nicole Black illuminates how such devices are complicating issues related to consumer privacy and vendor responses to search warrants. The ubiquity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in homes… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Cybersecurity For Lawyers: The Nitty Gritty
Via LLRX.com – Cybersecurity For Lawyers: The Nitty Gritty – Nicole Black reports that 26 states now require lawyers to stay abreast of changes in legal technology and advises colleagues on how to implement security procedures that will protect your law firm’s data and help to keep client data confidential and secure. Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Library Services for People with Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimers
Via LLRX.com – Library Services for People with Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimers – Sarah Houghton organized a training for library staff throughout her county from the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and a stellar local senior non-profit named Senior Access dedicated to serving residents with memory loss issues. This training was inspired by two things:… Continue Reading
Maurice Sendak’s personal collection of rare books finally go to Philly library
Philly.com – “When Maurice Sendak died in 2012, he left a will directing that all his “rare edition books” go to the Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia – a cache of 895 items that made up a large part of the celebrated author-illustrator’s own personal library of rare books. But the Sendak estate… Continue Reading
How Citizen Advocacy Is Changing Mail Operations on Capitol Hill
“This report was sponsored by Convio, Fireside21, and VoterVoice. We thank them for their support of CMF’s Partnership for a More Perfect Union. Communicating with Congress: How Citizen Advocacy is Changing Mail Operations on Capitol Hill Key Findings Mail volume in congressional offices continues to increase exponentially. Senate offices reported a 548 percent increase in… Continue Reading
Wired – Donald Trump’s 1,500 or so business ties, visualized
Via Wired: “Before Donald Trump was the president, he was a businessman. He came to office leading a vast business enterprise that includes real estate, casinos, and a lucrative branding operation. “The network is huge,” says designer Kim Albrecht, whose riveting data visualization Trump Connections attempts to untangle it all. Albrecht used data from BuzzFeed’s TrumpWorld investigation into… Continue Reading
Protecting Climate Data in Times of Political Turmoil
Via UCLA Center for Knowledge Structure: “The Southern California Climate Data Protection Project helps to build a refuge for climate change data and supports climate and environmental research and advocacy. We are committed to evidence-based arguments. Our goal is to preserve the research society needs at a time of ongoing climate change. This concern is… Continue Reading
Responses to immigrant ban include legal stay and legislation
The New York Times – Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration: What We Know – “The order caused widespread confusion on the immigration system and in airports, and prompted protests and legal action. Here is a quick guide.” The Executive Order signed by President Trump on January 27, 2017 is no longer posted on WhiteHouse.gov. Copies… Continue Reading
Saving web pages for archiving on the Wayback Machine
Via the managing editor, TV News Archive/Internet Archive: “I want to remind folks — though I’m sure many here are well versed in this — that it’s possible to save web pages to be archived on the Wayback Machine: https://archive.org/web/ 1. You can download a handy chrome extension that will allow you to save from… Continue Reading
Lawsites – Lawsuit Challenging PACER Fees Certified As Class Action
Robert Ambrogi- Law Sites – January 25, 2017: “A federal lawsuit challenging as excessive the fees charged by PACER, the federal courts’ electronic records system, has been certified as a class action. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the District of Columbia approved the class of “[a]ll individuals and entities who have paid fees… Continue Reading
