Legal Information Alert articles from October 2005

Legal Information Alert archives from October 2005

Online legal research billing tools: a survey.
October 1, 2005... In my January 2005 article, I posed the question, "Why should you care about online billing policies?" (Legal Information Alert, "Online Legal Research Billing Policies" January 2005, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 1). I hope after reading that article you...

Can librarians do it right?(digitization of books)
October 1, 2005... Last month I commented on Google's digital library project called, at the time, Google Print. To little fanfare, just before the Thanksgiving holiday, Google changed the name of its product from Google Print to Google Book Search! This...

Representing Corporate Officers and Directors.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Representing Corporate Officers & Directors. Marc J. Lane. 2005. Aspen Publishers. Looseleaf. ISBN: 0-73555-096-4. $185. Corporate governance law has certainly taken off in the last five years, and collecting in this area is a challenge for...

Immigration Law for Paralegals.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Immigration Law for Paralegals: Basic Immigration Law for Paralegals, Legal Assistants, and Law Office Personnel. Marisa Isabel Casablanca & Gloria Roa Bodin. 2005. Carolina Academic Press. Softcover. 246p. ISBN: 0-89089-480-9. $45 ($39 for...

China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 2d ed.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 2d ed. James M. Zimmerman. 2005. American Bar Association Section of International Law. Hardcover. 1,171p. ISBN: 1-59031-364-X. $169.95 ($144.95 for section members). The...

Online Contract Formation.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Online Contract Formation. Stephan Kinsella & Andrew F. Simpson, eds. 2004. Oceana Publications, Inc. Hardcover. 624p. ISBN: 0-379-21519-5. $125. As editors point out in their introduction, there is some question "whether 'electronic...

Legal Issues in the Global Information Society.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Legal Issues in the Global Information Society. Dennis Campbell & Chrysta Ban, eds. 2005. Oceana Publications, Inc. Hardcover. 781 p. ISBN: 0-379-21516-0. $150. This book begins with editor Dennis Campbell describing the Center for...

Discovery Problems and Their Solutions.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Discovery Problems and their Solutions. Paul W. Grimm, Charles S. Fax & Paul Mark Sandler. 2005. American Bar Association Section of Litigation. Softcover. 446p. ISBN: 1-59031-347-X. $65 ($55 for section members). Librarians often face the...