In the press release for its annual ranking of countries based on an assessment of country-by-country freedom of the press track records, Reporters Without Borders reports: This year’s index sees many changes in the rankings, changes that reflect a year…
Posts Tagged ‘WORLD’
Bloomberg v Thomson: Playing Risk for World Domination
29
Nov
In The Daily Beast article titled Bloomberg’s Plan for World Domination, Nick Summers profiles media giant Bloomberg (the company) while observing that It’s impossible to talk about the aspirations of Bloomberg the business without addressing Bloomberg the man: it is…
Thank You LLMC. I Heart You!
28
Nov
Law journals seem to be taking the brunt of the space burden in the world of the shrinking library. My impression is that many libraries are tossing them, though there are some old fashioned librarians like me who are philosophically…
A Word About Better World Books
28
Oct
There are times when a library has to weed a collection because of space or other constraints. The question arises as to what to do with the discarded items, which at times can be significant in numbers. I’m not talking…
Should the Occupy Wall Street Protesters Be Reading the Wall Street Journal Instead?
15
Oct
“Yes,” according to Elie Mystal. In Occupy Wall Street Needs To Occupy A Library, he writes The world is complicated. It takes a certain amount of work and study to even figure out what the hell is happening, much more…
10 of the Wealthiest Academics in the World
22
Sep
And not one of them is or was a law prof, oh well. Details here. [JH]
The Fastcase 50: Honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders
28
Jul
Earlier this week the fine folks at one of the most, if not the most, innovative online legal publisher, Fastcase announced its inaugural class of the Fastcase 50: “the fifty 49 most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world…
What Next for Google Books?
01
Jun
From the announcement: Now that the court has rejected the Google Books settlement, what will happen next? This conversation traces the history of Google’s audacious plan to scan the world’s books and the controversial settlement in the lawsuit filed against…
