Archive for the 'Legal research' Category
The Public Library of Law makes legal search easier for non-lawyers
March 25th, 2008Popgadget - “With complicated matters, you may still find that you need to hire a lawyer, but you’ll be better informed about what the lawyer has to do if you do your own research first.”
Firms downsize their law libraries with proliferation of electronic research
March 7th, 2008via LISNews, with this quote:
“Everything is done electronically now, as far as legal research.”
I would say about 85% of my research for our clients is electronic…
Free Legal Research Sites!
February 26th, 2008JD Supra gets some love on the WSJ Law Blog.
What’s On Your Witness’s MySpace Page?
February 11th, 2008Karen L. Stevenson - “As more and more people post personal information on social networking sites such as Facebook.com, Myspace.com, and even Match.com, attorneys are increasingly seeking discovery of such evidence, which is becoming commonplace in civil and criminal trials. Users’ pages often contain a wealth of personal facts, photographs, and videos, and links to [...]
Docstoc
January 30th, 2008Denise Howell takes a look at this really cool resource for legal forms.
InfoUS…uh oh
November 25th, 2007Legal problems for infoUSA, a service I use alot while research companies.
Online Speech Database
November 8th, 2007Vesna Jaksic - “The Citizen Media Law Project has unveiled the Legal Threats Database, a collection of a growing number of lawsuits, cease-and-desist letters and other legal challenges faced by those engaging in online speech.” (via)