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Content In Their Containers: The birth of a new form of legal publication and how it will be sold

26 Jan

“Content, Not Containers!” is the brief comment Jason Wilson added to his tweet that calls attention to CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer’s recent CALI Spotlight Blog post. Content is certainly important but the reality is content is always…

 

Piggybacking on Students’ Free WEXIS Access by Practitioners: "No can do" says Utah State Bar

04 Jan

It’s a widespread and fairly well-known practice that one “benefit” of hiring a law student as a law clerk is access to free WEXIS legal search. However, under Westlaw’s “Educational Purposes” and Lexis “Academic Purposes” licensing agreement clauses with law…

 

Last LLB Legal App Post of 2011

30 Dec

Come to think of it, I don’t believe I post very often about apps, at least not in a positive light. But I kind of like this one. Its WolframAlpha’s Lawyers Professional Assistant App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad….

 

"Going Mac" in the Legal Industry is Gaining Ground

21 Dec

According to the 2011 Clio Apple in Law Firms Survey results, summarized here, 46.5% of respondents said they chose Apple hardware over PC options because the technology was more reliable and secure. Usability ranked next at 33.8%. Familiarity due to…

 

Covering SCOTUS: Thomson Reuters’ Case by Case vs SCOTUSblog, Sponsored by Bloomberg Law

20 Dec

On December 13, 2011, Thomson Reuters launched “a dynamic interactive online tool offering comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011-12 term. Case by Case: The U.S. Supreme Court, accessed at www.reuters.com/supreme-court/2011-2012, combines original reporting from Thomson Reuters News &…

 

"Ready Access" Tools: p- and e-Credenza wars for the hearts and minds and pocketbooks of practitioners

19 Dec

Remember TR Senior Director, Librarian Relations, Anne Ellis’ response to CRIV’s Shaun Esposito about format switcheroos to pamphet editions of West print titles previously published in hardbound volumes with pocket parts or loose-leaf sets back in November? No, well after…

 

"Advertorial" Reader Survey Rankings of Legal Vendor Services in the NY and DC Markets

13 Dec

On the heels of second annual New York Law Journal Reader Rankings of Legal Vendors published in September 2011, comes the first annual Legal Times Reader’s Rankings of Legal Vendors, (dated Novermber 2011)! Yes, yes, I know both titles are…

 

An eBook Divide

12 Dec

eBooks seem to hog up a lot of space in both the information and legal professional trade presses these days. On pg 12 of the December 2011 Information Today issue, there is an article on “Ebook trends” (the author used…

 

An eBook Divide

12 Dec

eBooks seem to hog up a lot of space in both the information and legal professional trade presses these days. On pg 12 of the December 2011 Information Today issue, there is an article on “Ebook trends” (the author used…

 

Browsing On A Sunday: Copyright, Cat Hair, And Warranties

11 Dec

Constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe has submitted an analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House Judiciary Committee. He says the Act is an unconstitutional implementation of prior restraint. This counters a memo by Floyd Abrams who says…