Legal Information Alert articles from June 2001

Legal Information Alert archives from June 2001

Legal research 1981-2001: twenty years - twenty changes.
June 1, 2001... I began writing this article by choosing what I felt were the significant changes over the last 20 years that affect how legal research is conducted in 2001. Then I sent a request to several colleagues asking what they thought the important...

(Special Libraries Association's 92nd Annual Conference).
June 1, 2001... Seizing the Competitive Advantage: Special Libraries Association Meeting 2001 Special Libraries Association's (SLA) 92nd Annual Conference (www.sla.org) was held in San Antonio on June 9-14, and was it hot! Everyone "seized the advantage"...

Twenty years ago ... a reminiscence, not a database report.
June 1, 2001... Twenty years. Two decades. Those of you my age will appreciate the fact that when I think back to 20 years ago, I think 1970! The year 1981 doesn't seem like 20 years ago, and it doesn't seem as if that much has changed since then either....

Practical Guide to International Commercial Arbitration.
June 1, 2001... Practical Guide to International Commercial Arbitration. Richard Garnett, Henry Gabriel & Jeff Waincymer, et al. 2000. Oceana Publications, Inc. Hardcover. l2lp. ISBN: 0-379-21396-6. $85. In their preface, the authors of Practical Guide to...

Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions.
June 1, 2001... decision." In everyday life people make many decisions and are often free to change their minds and reverse those decisions. However, under some circumstances the law imposes limits on this freedom to change one's mind. The exploration of that...

Discovery in Employment Litigation.
June 1, 2001... Discovery in Employment Litigation. ABA Section of Labor Employment Law. 2000. American Bar Association. 3 videocassettes with softcover book. $245 ($1951 section members). Discovery in Employment Litigation is a three-par video series with...

International Environmental Law: Basic Instruments and References, 1992-1999.
June 1, 2001... International Environmental Law: Basic Instruments and References, 1992-1999. Edith Brown Weiss, Daniel B. Magraw & Paul C. Szasz. 1999. Transnational Publishers, Inc. Hardcover. 504p. ISBN: 1-57105-001-9. $95. International Environmental...

Pre-Mortem Estate Planning Checklist, 2000 ed.
June 1, 2001... Pre-Mortem Estate Planning Checklist. Edward S. Schlesinger & Adam M. Schenck. 2000. ALI-ABA. Looseleaf with CD-ROM. 430p. ISBN: 0-8318-0813-6. $159. According to Charles Dickens, Jacob Marley's partner Ebenezer Scrooge was his sole...

Guide to Financial Data Privacy.
June 1, 2001... Guide to Financial Data Privacy. Christina M. Gattuso. 2000. Thompson Publishing Group. Looseleaf. 600p. $529 per year. My first impression of this book is how wonderfully it is organized, both visually and conceptually. The chapter tabs...

Software and Internet Law.
June 1, 2001... Software and Internet Law. Pamela Samuelson & Mark Lemley. 2000. Aspen Publishers, Inc. Hardcover. 700p. ISBN: 0-7355-1312-0. $56. What casebook is used by the very popular Cyberspace Law courses currently offered in law schools across the...

Intellectual Property in Commerce.
June 1, 2001... Intellectual Property in Commerce. Thomas M. Ward. 2000. West Group. Looseleaf. lv. ISBN: 0-8366-1482-8. $185. With the recent rise and fall in the Internet economy and the various dot-corn businesses that have come, gone, changed, merged,...

Lawyers Crossing Lines: Nine Stories of Greed, Disloyalty, and Betrayal of Trust.
June 1, 2001... Lawyers Crossing Lines: Nine Stories of Greed, Disloyalty, and Betrayal of Trust. James L. Kelley. 2001. Carolina Academic Press. Softcover. 204p. ISBN: 0-89089-603-8. $19.95. Every law student must take a course on professional...

The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research. Kathy Biehl & Tara Calishain. 2000. Scarecrow Press. Softcover. 352p. ISBN: 0-8108-3885-0. $35 Does your library need another book on how to use the Internet for legal research? Is there anyone who...

Legal Research in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, 2d ed.
June 1, 2001... Legal Research in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, Second Edition. Leah F. Chanin, Pamela J. Gregory & Sarah K. Wiant. 2000. William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Looseleaf. 450p. ISBN: 1-57588-532-8.$65. This second edition...