Legal Information Alert articles from July 2001

Legal Information Alert archives from July 2001

Battle of the legal portals. (part 2) (legal information services)
July 1, 2001... A year ago, I reviewed three legal portals (Law.com, FindLaw, and eLawCentral) for Legal Information Alert (vol. 19, no. 7, July/August 2000). After the article was written and submitted for publication, Reed Elsevier introduced lexisONE at the...

From the Editor.
July 1, 2001... In this issue, Howard Trivers updates his previous article on legal portals. It was just one year ago that we published "Battle of the Legal Portals." Howard found that much has changed, and he takes us on a tour of Law.com, lexisONE, and...

AALL exhibits 2001: an annual review. (American Ass'n of Law Libraries)
July 1, 2001... This year the AALL exhibit hail was dominated by a few products that fell into the "it's about time" category. (It was also dominated by West Group and LexisNexis, but that's another story.) I saw only a few products that fall into the category...

Mealey's Litigation Report: Nursing Home Liability.(Periodical Review)
July 1, 2001... Mealey's Litigation Report: Nursing Home Liability. 2001. Mealey Publications. Looseleaf. 1 100p. $650 per year ($350 for six months). Monthly. Recent increases in litigation stemming from nursing home care have yielded another Mealey...

Health Care Law Desk Reference.
July 1, 2001... Health Care Law Desk Reference. Alison Barnes, Steve Fatum, Robert Gatter, et al. 2001. ALI-ABA. Hardcover. 240p. ISBN: 0-8318-0812-8. $109. These days the practice of law involves more and more work with healthcare law. General...

The Digital Practice of Law.
July 1, 2001... The Digital Practice of Law. 5th ed. Michael R. Arkfeld. 2001. Law Partner Publishing. Softcover. 385p. ISBN: 0-9669347-0-9. $49.95. For any attorney questioning the importance of technology to the practice of law, this book, now in its...

Dealing with Copyrights.
July 1, 2001... Dealing With Copyrights. Richard Wincor. 2000. Oceana Publications, Inc. Hardcover. 112p. ISBN: 0-379-21432-6. $29.95. Richard Wincor describes this, his latest intellectual property book, as "a promptbook for those who have occasion to...

Mealey's Nimmer Report on Copyright.
July 1, 2001... Mealey's Nimmer Report on Copyright. David Nimmer. 2001. Mealey Publications. Looseleaf and online service. 100p. Annual print subscription $795, online expanded print subscription $950, print-online combination $1,190. Monthly. Mealey's...

Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 2 vols., 3d ed.
July 1, 2001... Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers. 3d. ed. 2000. American Law Institute. Hardcover. 2v. ISBN: 0-314-25812-4 & 0-314-25122-7. $195. The restatement project began in the '30s and arose out of a desire to harmonize and unify the messy...

Practice Development for Solos and Small Firms.
July 1, 2001... Practice Development for Solos and Small Firms. Silvia L. Coulter, ed. 2000. Law Journal Newsletters. Looseleaf. 10p. $139 per year. Monthly. The monthly, 10-page newsletter from the newsletter division of American Lawyer Media is...

Skills and Ethics in the Practice of Law with Practice Checklists, 2d ed.
July 1, 2001... Skills and Ethics in the Practice of Law with Practice Checklists. 2d ed. ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Legal Education. 2000. Softcover. 168p. ISBN: 0-8318-1003-3. $43. This book builds on Achieving Excellence in the Practice of...

The National Directory of Public Record Vendors: 2001.
July 1, 2001... The National Directory of Public Record Vendors. 2001. BRB Publications, Inc. Softcover. 1,073p. ISBN: 1-879792-63-X. $59.50. BRB Publications has combined several of its public record sourcebooks into one directory. The result is a thick...