The annual, all-online and entirely free Cyberweek conference starts Monday, focused on the future of online dispute resolution and online justice. The conference is organized by the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution and InternetBar.org. Here is the nutshell description:
…Cyberweek consists of many different kinds of activities
In a significant development for anyone who conducts historical research, the New York Times announced today that its online archive of news stories now includes all articles back to Sept. 18, 1851, the day the paper started publishing. Until now, the archives went back only to 1981. Searches for pre-1981 articles produce PDF files…
Since it emerged earlier this year that the backdating of stock options was widespread within the high-techology industry, the scandal has grown larger by the day. The SEC said last week that it has more than 100 active investigations into backdating practices, criminal charges have been filed against one company and the U.S. attorney in…
David Fish posts at Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Blog about a class action on behalf of restaurant owners to recover the cost of spinach they trashed in the wake of the recent e-coli outbreak. David has details and the complaint is here.
A quick search of Google News shows this is not the first…
My postings today at Legal Blog Watch:
Meyers Nave, a California law firm that concentrates in representing cities and towns, has launched California Public Law, a blog focused on public agency law in the state. The blog will track and analyze legal developments in areas such as eminent domain, land use, labor and employment, public contracts, environmental regulations, elections and…
I am on the faculty of a Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar, Public Records and Open Meeting Laws, which is tomorrow, Sept. 21, 9 a.m. to noon, at the MCLE conference center, 10 Winter Place, Boston.
Chair of the seminar is Kimberly Keyes, a lawyer at Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye. Other faculty…
I posted these today at Legal Blog Watch:…
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion, McCarthy v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., reinstating an NASD arbitration award. In what the court described as an “unusual circumstance,” it was the second time the district court had vacated and remanded the same arbitration proceeding. But the circuit court — noting…
Law Technology News has published the second in my three-part series on Web 2.0 sites of interest to legal professionals: Web Watch: The Web 2.0 Tour. (Free registration required.) The first part, published in August, was Web 2.0: The New Frontier.…
Google’s new News Archive Search is an amazing tool that lets you search 200 years worth of news articles. It includes both free and fee-based content from news organizations including Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post and many others. For a full review, see Google Debuts 200…
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