Legal Information Alert articles from January 2007

Legal Information Alert archives from January 2007

Reflections of a mad Cybrarian: the state of our profession.
January 1, 2007... "At least I knew who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then." --Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Life is much like a game of cards. We are dealt hands that we may or may not...

Musings on the future of law libraries.
January 1, 2007... What shall become of law libraries in the future? This question has been discussed for years. The speculation initially centered on the anticipated and indeed what has become the present ubiquity of computers and the Internet. As a partial...

Conflicts of Interest in Business and the Professions: Law and Compliance.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Conflicts of Interest in Business and the Professions: Law and Compliance. Rebecca Walker. 2005 (w/2006 update). Thomson/West. Looseleaf. ISBN: 978-0-314-95556. $175. Whether in the practice of law or conduct of business, conflicts of...

CCH Internet Research Network.
January 1, 2007... CCH Internet Research Network. 2006. CCH/Wolters Kluwer. Online service. Pricing varies. CCH (formerly Commerce Clearing House) is a venerable publisher of looseleaf tax and legal publications. Although the origins of the company go back...

Pharmaceutical Patent Law.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Pharmaceutical Patent Law. John R. Thomas. 2005 (updated with 2006 pocket part). BNA Books. Hardcover. 678p. ISBN: 978-1-57018-494-9. $355. "Books must be read as deliberately & reservedly as they were written" (Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 3,...

Music Distribution and the Internet: A Legal Guide for the Music Business.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Music Distribution and the Internet: A Legal Guide for the Music Business. Andrew Sparrow. 2006. Gower/Ashgate Publishing. Hardcover. 222p. ISBN: 978-0566-08709-7. $99.95. Legal questions related to the Internet have inspired numerous...

Law Library Benchmarks: 2006-2007.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Law Library Benchmarks 2006-2007 edition. 2006. Primary Research Group, Inc. Softcover & PDF. 118p. ISBN: 1-57440-079-7. $119.50 print ($139.50 PDF). Law Library Benchmarks 2006-2007 from Primary Research Group, Inc. is the result of a...

Facts Can't Speak for Themselves: Reveal the Stories That Give Facts Their Meaning.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Facts Can't Speak for Themselves: Reveal the Stories that Give Facts Their Meaning. Eric Oliver. 2006. National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Softcover. 537p. ISBN: 978-1-55681-790-8. $65. Telling stories, and how that can result in...

Trial Advocacy Basics.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Trial Advocacy Basics. Dent Gitchel & Molly Townes O'Brien. 2006. National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Softcover. 257p. ISBN: 978-1-55681-965-X. $65. Law librarians, no matter what their work setting, always look to NITA for books...

Judge and Jury: American Tort Law on Trial.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Judge and Jury: American Tort Law on Trial. Eric Helland & Alexander Tabarrok. 2006. The Independent Institute. Softcover. 169p. ISBN: 978-0-945999-99-2. $15.95. The issue of reforming the American tort system is surveyed by two academic...