Legal Information Alert articles from March 2006

Legal Information Alert archives from March 2006

Sales skills for information professionals: best practices and other musings.
March 1, 2006... In an article in the September/October 2005 Law Librarians in the New Millennium (a publication of West Librarian Relations), Nina Platt writes: "It's not too early to start developing the leadership and marketing skills our changing world...

Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices. Gregory A. Garrett. 2005. CCH Incorporated. Softcover. 365p. ISBN: 0-8080-1246-0. $60. I enjoyed reading this book. As a librarian, I have many jobs and one of them is contract...

Disability Discrimination and the Workplace.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Disability Discrimination and the Workplace. Peter A. Susser. 2005. BNA Books. Hardcover. 1,186p. ISBN: 1-57018-231-0. $385. In the preface to this treatise, author Peter Susser states that his principle focus is on the development of the...

International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner's Guide.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner's Guide. Noah Rubins & N. Stephan Kinsella. 2005. Oceana Publications, Inc. Hardcover. 769p. ISBN: 0-379-21522-5. $150. [Note: This is an updated and expanded...

Electronic Discovery.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Electronic Discovery. Brent Kidwell, Matthew Neumeier & Brian Hansen. 2005. Law Journal Press. Looseleaf. 500p. ISBN: 978-58852-132-3. $189. Up front, I want to say that I found out this work was written by attorneys from a former employer...

The Digital Litigation Handbook: The Collection and Use of Electronic Evidence.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Digital Litigation Handbook. Alan F. Blakley. 2006. American Lawyer Media, Inc. Softcover. 403p. ISBN: 1-57786-196-5. $80. Many guides to technology and the practice of law exist, including a number of works on the use of courtroom...

Homeland Security Deskbook.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Homeland Security Deskbook. James T. O'Reilly, ed. 2005. LexisNexis Matthew Bender. Looseleaf. ISBN: 0-8205-6146-0. $195. Homeland security has quickly become one of the most controversial issues in American government and law, but there are...