It is certainly a step in the right direction that on Nov. 5, 2011, the AALL Executive Board unanimously approved the Consumer Advocacy Caucus petition for official recognition because no way was this a “sure thing.” See the Consumer Advocacy…
Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category
Browsing On A Sunday: Borders Books, The Health Care Law, And The Search Market
14
Nov
Bloomberg Business Week has a lengthy analysis on the failure of Borders Books called The End of Borders and the Future of Books. The pull quote is “Borders seems to have been in the business of making mistakes.” The article…
Veterans Day 2011: Most Every Family Has a Story to Tell as We Recognize Our Stakeholders in America
11
Nov
For this Veterans Day, I simply wish to remind readers that something like 20% of the US population consists of living war and peace-time vets and the dependants of living vets and survivors of deceased vets. See last year’s Veterans…
Short Takes On The News: Some Tech, Some Scandal And Outrage, And Some Law
11
Nov
CNET has a positive review of a new reader for Google Books that is not from Google. Called GooReader, the product is described as “is a desktop application that allows you to read Google Books online and offline, add Bookmarks,…
Browsing On A Sunday Afternoon – Copyright and Captcha
06
Nov
Here are a few things to note on a Sunday afternoon. One is an article in CNET where Jennifer Pariser, RIAA senior vice president of litigation complained that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) may need overhaul as the courts…
Short Takes On The News: Law Schools and The Supreme Court
24
Oct
Robert V. Ward Jr., Dean of the University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth School Of Law, resigned at the end of last week citing health reasons. There are some questions hovering over the resignation due to an audit of University credit card…
CCC’s Tracey Armstrong on Digital Demands Pave Way for Copyright Evolution
21
Oct
I doubt Tracey Armstrong is “the voice of copyright” but as the CEO of Copyright Clearance Center she is one of the voices of copyright. In Armstrong: The Voice of Copyright, a profile piece published in Information Today, Armstrong describes…
Senators Ask Department of Education For Law School Numbers
17
Oct
I wrote last week about Senator Boxer’s latest inquiry to the American Bar Association. See Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships. I asked at the end of that post if any other Senators had any questions….
