archive for May, 2008



The Friday Fillip

by Simon Fodden

May 30th, 2008

Information overload. Yeah, yeah. But infogreed at the same time, right? The Globe didn't arrive outside my hotel room this morning and that stressed me; the wireless connection I was… [more]

Why Librarianship?

by Wendy Reynolds

May 30th, 2008

I was chatting recently with a friend and fellow librarian, and mentioned that my 16-year-old niece is considering librarianship as a career alternative. “Really?” my friend replied “I don’t know… [more]

Welcome the .me Generation

by Simon Fodden

May 30th, 2008

Montenegro's new top-level country-code domain — .me — is coming available in stages, so if you're interested in acquiring something nicely narcissistic in the way of URLs, you'll need to… [more]

One of the highlights of this year's CALL conference was the presentation by Darlene Fichter on Web 2.0 which kicked off our conference program Monday morning. I was privileged to… [more]

The Death of Live.Com Book Search

by Simon Chester

May 29th, 2008

Simon noted last year the sources available for legal researchers on Microsoft's Live.com book search.
However, an announcement on Microsoft's blog on Friday indicated that the project is over and… [more]

I Read the News Today … Oh Boy

by Simon Chester

May 29th, 2008

What do law librarians get up to. Some wonderful images from AALL's Day in the Life Competition in which the third prize combines my dear friend Ricki Andersen's passions for… [more]

Solar Powered iPods

by Agnese Caruso

May 29th, 2008

Good news!
According to online chatter, a recent patent application filed by some Apple employees hints that the company is working on making its mobile devices, like the iPod, solar… [more]

Is Your Website Invisible?

by Simon Chester

May 29th, 2008

It might just be if no-one can find it using the conventional search engines. That's why it's great to see Mark Kuiack's PracticeLink page contain a great article by Sharon… [more]

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Resources

by Simon Chester

May 29th, 2008

Following up on Simon's post last week and a supplementary comment by David Fraser concerning that international agreement on Anti-counterfeiting under negotiation that would permit ex parte … [more]searches for allegedly

From Dayton to Bharat

by Simon Chester

May 28th, 2008

Today's Dayton Business Journal… [more] describes a shake-up involving our friends at Lexis, as Reed Elsevier continues its process of moving jobs from Ohio to India.
The plans are to move

The Oddest Bill I've Ever Read

by Simon Chester

May 28th, 2008

Section 1 starts:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: It has been found that a circular area is to the square on a line… [more]

RSS Tutorial for Law Librarians

by Simon Fodden

May 28th, 2008

Jason Eiseman, Computer Automation Librarian at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, an Oregon law firm, has produced a three part tutorial for law librarians on using RSS. The tuts run as… [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    

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