Roberta Shaffer, the Law Librarian of Congress, recently gave a keynote to the American Association of Law Librarians Vendor's Colloquium in Chicago, and during that presentation made a number of… [more]
archive for April, 2011
ILTSO Tackles on-Premise, Cloud and Mobile Legal Technology Standards
by Jack Newton
April 11th, 2011
Standards for on-premise, cloud and mobile technologies used by lawyers have, to-date, been lacking. While an abundance of recommendations, best practices and other guidelines have been issues by Bar Associations… [more]
A good part of Slaw is playing hookey today, visiting the ABA TECHSHOW at the Chicago Hilton. It's the 25th Anniversary show, so we are having fun looking forward and… [more]
As promised, more from the ABA Techshow, and more from Steve Matthews, who presented on website basics for lawyers.
Getting noticed and ranked high by search engines is very important… [more]
Here on Slaw we pretty much take for granted some of the basics of IT, prime among which might be the value of a website to practicing lawyers. But, of… [more]
Michelle is a colleague of mine – an executive coach working in the oil patch. Michelle’s workdays start early. By 7 am she is in the cab of a pick… [more]
Every now and again judges have to deal with unrepresented plaintiffs. Sometimes there's a good reason why P couldn't find representation. That will usually make the judge's job harder.
Consider… [more]
The recently released case by Justice Guy DiTomaso in Kohl v. ING Insurance Company of Canada… [more], 2011 ONSC 2138, discusses the ability to amend a claim while arbitration is
A number of Facebook users in Quebec tried to begin a class action against FB for alleged infringements on their privacy. A Quebec court has now refused certification as a… [more]
The Crime Writers of canada have produced their 2011 catalogue of Cool Canadian Crime.
If that doesn't supply you with enough mystery, here is a list of 5 easy to… [more]
Lost amid the rumpus (yes, I used the synonym function for that one) of #elxn41 was an announcement that happened shortly before the election call; from Policy Monitor Canada: Canada… [more]
Thinking runs in ruts and it takes a whole lot of effort to get it back on the tarmac again. Habit's what does it, I'd say: we get used to… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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John J.L. Hunter, Q.C. of Vancouver has been elected President for 2011-2012
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Moody died on December 3, 2005, leaving four adult children. Pursuant to Moody’s will two of her children, James and Tyrell, were appointed executors of the estate. It was alleged that, during her ...
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