Legal Information Alert articles from February 2008

Legal Information Alert archives from February 2008

New research uses for patent and trademark data.
February 1, 2008... Patent and trademark databases are most commonly used to support the information needs of people trying to protect products and inventions. During the application process, called prosecution, attorneys and information professionals regularly...

The Global Securities Market: A History.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... The Global Securities Market: A History. Ranald C. Michie. 2006. Oxford University Press. Hardcover. 399p. ISBN: 978-0-199-28061-2. $88. To those familiar with financial history, author Michie has been recognized as an expert in his field...

Federal Acquisition Regulations: Intellectual Property and Related Rights.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Federal Acquisition Regulations: Intellectual Property and Related Rights. Lisa M. Brownlee. 2007, Law Journal Press. 350p. Looseleaf. ISBN: 978-1-58852-147-7, $229. The Federal Acquisition Regulations System (FAR or FAR system) forms the...

Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User. Nancy Courtney, ed. 2007. Libraries Unlimited. Softcover. 164p. ISBN: 978-1-59158-537-4. $45. In this work editor Nancy Courtney draws together a collection of essays...

Directors' Liability and Indemnification: A Global Guide.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Directors' Liability and Indemnification: A Global Guide. Edward Smerdon, ed. 2007. Globe Law and Business. Hardcover. 380p. ISBN: 978-1-905783-06-9. $236. Since the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, corporate officers and the activities...

A Common Law of International Adjudication.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... A Common Law of International Adjudication. Chester Brown. 2007. Oxford University Press. Hardcover. 303p. ISBN: 978-0-19-920650-6. $110. A Common Law of International Adjudication is the sixth monograph in the International Courts and...

Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism. Amos N. Guiora. 2007. Aspen Publishers/Wolters Kluwer. Softcover. 410p. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6800-6. $62. Author Amos Guiora, a professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah,...

Organizing Information: From the Shelf to the Web.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Organizing Information: From the Shelf to the Web. G.G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury. 2007. Facet Publishing/Neal-Schuman. Softcover. 230p. ISBN: 978-1-85604-578-0. $95. Sudatta and G.G. Chowdhury have written a quirky little textbook...

Defending Federal Criminal Cases: Attacking the Government's Proof.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Defending Federal Criminal Cases: Attacking the Government's Proof. Diana D. Parker. 2006. Law Journal Press. Looseleaf. 500p. ISBN: 978-1-58852-138-5. $239. Defending Federal Criminal Cases: Attacking the Government's Proof is a useful...

Deposition Guidebook.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Deposition Guidebook. Howard Bruce Klein. 2007. ALI-ABA. Softcover. 264p. ISBN: 978-0-8318-0874-8. $59, e-book $49. How refreshing to review a book that does exactly what its author sets out to do. The introduction to Klein's Deposition...

Litigation Is War.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Litigation Is War. Frederick L. Whitmer. 2007. Thornson/West. Hardcover. 479p. ISBN: 978-0-314-97716-8. $75. Litigation Is War is different from any book on litigation I have read. It is not a handbook or a manual or a guide. Rather, author...

Strategic Negotiation.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Strategic Negotiation. Gavin Kennedy. 2007. Gower/Ashgate Publishing. Hardcover. 338p. ISBN: 978-0-566-08797-4. $124.95. This book is for experienced businesspeople "approaching fairly generic business situations from the functional point...

The last word: memories of Roy Mersky.(Obituary)
February 1, 2008... Roy Mersky was a legend. I was somewhat in awe of him and was proud when he complimented Legal Information Alert articles. It meant a lot to me that he found my efforts valuable to our profession. When Roy and Richard Leiter approached me...