archive for January, 2007



A Project Called Steve

by Simon Fodden

January 31st, 2007

"Steve” is a collaborative research project exploring the potential for user-generated descriptions of the subjects of works of art to improve access to museum collections and encourage engagement with cultural… [more]

Law Librarians' Strategic Role

by Simon Chester

January 31st, 2007

At tomorrow's NYC Legal Tech, a discussion on an important theme I've not seen discussed outside AALL – the Law Librarian’s Role in Firmwide Strategic Issues.
This is part of… [more]

Ask.com: Smart PR & Smart Feeds

by Steven Matthews

January 30th, 2007

This past Wednesday morning when I came into work, I had an email pop out at me in my inbox. The subject line read, 'Hello from Gary Price'. After my… [more]

shortText.com

by Simon Fodden

January 30th, 2007

You've got a piece of text you want to share with others, and you want them to be able to comment on it. You could of course email it round… [more]

Google Books and the Copyright Fight

by Simon Chester

January 30th, 2007

The New Yorker's Legal Affairs correspondent Jeffrey Toobin analyzes the Google Books copyright litigation in this week's issue. Very readable.… [more]

Glimpses of the Future From NY LegalTech

by Simon Chester

January 30th, 2007

I hope that some Slaw members will live blog from the conference this week, but if you can't get there, our friends in Eagan have mounted a couple of podcasts… [more]

Apiece in yesterday's NYT about how US courts are using Wikipedia
The NYT story suggests that it's largely due to law clerks who turn to Wikipedia to verify background facts,… [more]

12,000 Academics Can't Be Wrong

by Simon Fodden

January 30th, 2007

The Guardian has a piece on the petition signed by 12,000 academics "urging the European commission to make publicly funded academic research available for free on the internet."
Be quite… [more]

OpenID

by Simon Fodden

January 30th, 2007

I've been meaning to post about OpenID for some time now, but have been held back by the fact that I didn't understand it—a small matter, you might think, but… [more]

Google Defuses the Bomb

by Simon Chester

January 29th, 2007

The New York Times has reported that Google has adjusted its search algorithms to avoid Google Bombs. Victims have included President George W. Bush, President Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Prime… [more]

Innovation in the Practice of Law

by Simon Chester

January 29th, 2007

The legal market is not known – yet – for embracing innovation. And the life of a law practice management innovator can be lonely. That can and will change…  … [more]

The Vandals Attack the Library

by Simon Chester

January 29th, 2007

Word from this morning's Telegraph, that the British Library may be starting to charge scholars to use its reading room (yes the haunt of Marx and Dickens)
With a threat… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Cash Flow Reports – Part 1
Thursday, May 17

Following on our earlier Top 10 Financial Errors posts, this is the first in a series of 10 posts dealing with Cash Flow Reports and in particular, cash flow management.… »»

Practice

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

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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    

This is a listing of a few upcoming events in Canada of interest to lawyers, law students, legal librarians, and others involved in the practice of law.

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Click this link for a fuller version of the TalkLaw/ParLoi calendar of events and for instructions as to how to add events and calendars to your own calendar.