Legal Information Alert articles from November 2001

Legal Information Alert archives from November 2001

Update XVIII: what's new on LexisNexis, Westlaw, Loislaw and VersusLaw. (law databases)
November 1, 2001... For 18 of our 20 years, we have brought you this annual update on the major CALR database services. Last year we began including VersusLaw and Loislaw in our update, and this is something we will continue. Again, we continue reporting on...

From the Editor.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Welcome to our annual CALR update; this is the 18th consecutive year we have provided this feature. We can no longer call it a Westlaw/LexisNexis update because for the second year in a row, we have included VersusLaw and Loislaw. All four...

Getting back to business: New York librarians and disaster recovery. (legal research and information systems after terrorist attacks)
November 1, 2001... Nothing can prepare you for a disaster of the magnitude of the September 11th attacks on New York's World Trade Center. Since that time, articles have appeared in journals, newspapers, and on the Web illustrating that today's technology played...

E-mail alert services: "you can lead the horse to water, but you can't make him drink". (electronic legal newsletter services)
November 1, 2001... Ah! The conundrum for law librarians in the 21st century! Just how does a busy, but service-minded law librarian go about "pushing" necessary news and legal information to library users? Nearly all of us try some combining methods of making...

International E-Commerce: Business and Legal Issues.
November 1, 2001... International E-Commerce: Business and Legal Issues. David C. Jacobson, Marshall S. Shapo & Anne Nicholson Weber. 2001. CCH Inc. Looseleaf with periodic updates. $389. Is a book with no index, no table of contents, no illustrations, no...

International Stock Plans: The Practitioner's Guide to Exporting Employee Equity.
November 1, 2001... International Stock Plans: The Practitioner's Guide to Exporting Employee Equity. Louis Rorimer. 2000. Bowne publishing. Looseleaf. 2v. ISBN: 1-886100-19-5. $695. For librarians used to deciding to buy one among several works on a topic, it is...

FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical Advice.
November 1, 2001... FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical Advice. Erwin G. Krasnow, David R. Siddell & Michael D. Berg. 2001. CCH Incorporated. Softcover. 225p. ISBN: 0-938866-23-0. $199. Turn on your TV, listen to your radio, dial your cell...

The Internet Newsletter.
November 1, 2001... The Internet Newsletter. 2001. Law Journal Newsletters. Monthly. 1 2p. $139 per year. There is enormous competition in the Internet, technology, and computer law newsletter trade-and the rivalry becomes even fiercer with all of the free...

Law of Internet Speech.
November 1, 2001... Madeleine Schachter. 2001. Carolina Academic Press. Hardcover. 560p. ISBN: 089-089-944-4. $80. Few would disagree with the author's observation that technological advances have substantially altered the manner in which information is...

73 Ways to Win: A Treasury of Litigation Tactics and Strategies.
November 1, 2001... American Bar Association Section of Litigation. 2001. Video recording: 157 minutes. $125 ($75 for section members). On this video, 73 attorneys share tips on how to be a winning advocate. These expert litigators offer advice to help...

Effective Use of Courtroom Technology: A Judge's Guide to Pretrial and Trial.
November 1, 2001... Deanne Siemer. 2001. National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Softcover. 360p. ISBN: 1-55681-718-5. $59.95. This book is the result of a joint project between the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and the Federal Judicial Center. Focusing...