archive for October, 2006



Information Literacy for the "Net Generation"

by Neil Campbell

October 31st, 2006

I was referred to a good article in EDUCAUSE for September called "Ensuring the Net Generation is Net Savvy." It is not overly long, and I found it well articulated.… [more]

Happy Hallowe'en!

by Connie Crosby

October 31st, 2006

Well, I'm not feeling quite myself today. But it's only a flesh wound.
I hope everyone has a fun and frightening Hallowe'en!
Cheers,
Connie… [more]

Venice Commission Databases

by Simon Fodden

October 31st, 2006

The Venice Commission, officially "The European Commission for Democracy through Law," is:
…the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters. Established in 1990, the commission has played a leading… [more]

Zotero

by Simon Fodden

October 31st, 2006

Zotero is a new plugin for Firefox 2 (it won't work in earlier versions). It enables you, essentially, to split your screen and take extensive bibliographic notes much like those… [more]

A Thing for Library?

by Dominic Jaar

October 31st, 2006

Interesting post on Freedman Consulting's blog entitled Get Control of Your Library. It refers to LibaryThing as a virtual library "which enables users to build their own web-based catalog. At… [more]

Vie Privée, Internet Et Fédéral

by Vincent Gautrais

October 31st, 2006

En matière de protection des renseignements personnels, nous avons critiqué la semaine dernière l'approche ontarienne, pour trois raisons: 1) elle est trop technologique; 2) elle accentue le sentiment de peur… [more]

An interesting story by Rupesh Janve out of T.N. Ninan's Business Standard today India needs to hone legal process outsourcing skills… [more]
India may lose out to low-cost countries like the

Educause Chides Blackboard

by Simon Fodden

October 30th, 2006

In January of this year, Blackboard, maker of a very popular courseware suite, obtained a patent [pdf] from the U.S. Patent Office for what is described in the abstract in… [more]

Organizing Books

by Simon Chester

October 30th, 2006

We've discussed cataloguing systems in the past. But of course there are different ways of organizing books.
One of Flann O'Brien's works – perhaps The Dalkey Archive… [more] – talks about

Footnote to the Global 100 LegalTech Leaders List

by Simon Chester

October 30th, 2006

Thanks folks, for nice comments. Aw shucks…
Now the more interesting party gameBearing in mind that I regard these sort of Legal Week, Nat LJ, Lexpert lists as inherently ludicrous.… [more]

Irosoft Signe Une Entente De 7 Ans Avec Justice Canada

by Dominic Jaar

October 28th, 2006

Le Ministère de la Justice du Canada vient de signer une entente de services de sept ans (quatre ans plus trois années d'option) avec la compagnie montréalaise Irosoft. Dans le… [more]

SIMON CHESTER on the GLOBAL TECH LEADERS TOP 100

by Dominic Jaar

October 28th, 2006

Congratulations Simon!!!
It almost went unnoticed! Thanks to DK for his post referring to CityTech's list. This list is a recognition of pionneers for their contribution to the world of… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Just the Facts
Wednesday, May 16

Today’s research tip is about facts. When research is assigned to juniors (and librarians for that matter) it is important to share facts that are critical to the research. It … »»

Research

SlawTips Minimize That Darn Office Ribbon for More Room on Your Desktop
Wednesday, May 16

If you are using Office 2007 or 2010, The Ribbon is now a part of your life. Some of you will be happy about this – some of you won’t.… »»

Technology

SlawTips Manage Chaos! Create a Shared Family Calendar
Thursday, May 10

Our lives as lawyers are hectic enough even before we factor in busy family events. Accordingly our tip is to create a ‘family’ calendar where every family member can enter … »»

Practice

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MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.

  • Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence

    In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...

  • Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature

    The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...

  • Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General

    The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...

  • Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available

    The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...

TalkLaw/ParLoi    

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