Elegus Corporation announced yesterday the launch of Elegus.com, a subscription-based tool designed to provide one-stop, simplified searching of virtually any U.S. federal or state government Web site or group of sites.
Users select searches from a list of government sites that includes nearly every domain and sub-domain within the federal system, as well as…
If you are ever invited into a local classroom to speak about the Supreme Court’s role in our nation’s history, you may first want to visit Landmark Supreme Court Cases, a site developed to support educators in teaching about landmark Supreme Court cases. Focusing on cases such as Marbury v. Madison,
Kevin J. Heller and Evan Schaeffer team up to bring you BlawgCast.com, a blog in which they will cover “the legal podcasting universe.”
If you don’t know what a podcast is, read my Law Technology News article, Podcasting: CLE’s New Wave?…
A new open-access e-journal, Open Government: A Journal on Freedom of Information, published its inaugural issue this week. Funded by the School of Business Information at Liverpool John Moores University, the journal aims to publish peer-reviewed articles related to freedom of information laws worldwide.
The inaugural issue contains articles on:…
That’s the question, as reported by New Hampshire’s Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client’s right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.…
The Federal Trade Commission has produced a Web page devoted to helping victims remedy the effects of identity theft. Called Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft, it describes immediate steps to take if one is a victim of identity theft, tells how to resolve specific types of identify theft, and outlines ways…
Offering “communication without the risk,” Anonymous Employee is a Web site created to provide employees with a way to convey their problems or concerns to their employers without revealing their identities. Employment lawyers and others might look to it as a form of informal dispute resolution for their clients.
The way it works,…
beSpacific reports on the new design and new features of Stateline.org, the 50-state politics and policy news site. Notably, the site now offers RSS feeds: three for top news, 12 for news relating to specific issues, and individual feeds for each state.…
That most ethical of esq.’s, David Giacalone, provides a pointer to Lexington, Ky., attorney Ben Cowgill’s newly hatched Legal Ethics Blog. Onetime Kentucky bar counsel, Cowgill now concentrates his practice in legal ethics, legal malpractice and the law governing lawyers.
He describes the project as a Web site and portal, as well as…
What might a law librarian achieve in a career? How about saving the life of someone who was suicidal and homeless? According to this Santa Cruz Sentinel profile, that is but one of Pat Pfremmer’s accomplishments during her 25-year career as librarian for the Santa Cruz County Law Library. She retired last week,…
In recognition of Sunshine Week, the Electronic Privacy Information Center today launched a new online publication designed to help bring attention to secrecy in the federal government. Called EPIC FOIA Notes, it will highlight important documents EPIC obtains under the Freedom of Information Act.
The first edition features documents recently obtained from…
If St. Patrick’s Day has you green with the urge to research Irish law, a good starting point is the aptly named site Irish Law and its companion blog Irish Law Updates. The main site, which is hosted by the law faculty at the University College, Cork, is a wide-ranging portal to…
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