Search site AlltheWeb.com introduced a new design today that eliminates banner ads and offers a gallery of skins so users can customize its look.
Along with new new design comes a new tool, URL Investigator. Type a URL in the search box and obtain detailed information about the site — who owns the…
The most common type of securities controversy that comes to arbitration under the National Association of Securities Dealers is breach of fiduciary duty. Common stocks are the most common type of security in NASD arbitrations. The total amount arbitrators awarded in customer claims last year was $139 million, of which $23 million was in…
The Christian Science Monitor is providing RSS files of its content, so the paper can be read in news aggregators. Different sections — Top Stories, Commentary, Work & Money, Sci/Tech, etc. — each have their own feed, and there is one for the complete paper.…
March 1 was the day 22 federal agencies found a new home under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But try to use that site to figure out precisely where the duties these agencies performed now fall. It is a challenge. Take the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. It is no…
Anyone who believes tobacco got its bad name only in the latter part of the 20th century should visit Coffin Nails: The Tobacco Controversy in the 19th Century, a fascinating history of the tobacco controversy drawn from the pages of Harper’s Weekly from 1857 to 1912. It shows that, as early as 1862, tobacco…
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is single minded in its purpose – to study and review state law to determine which areas of law should be uniform, and then, having targeted a topic, to draft and propose specific statutes. The conference can only propose, of course – no uniform law…
Combine a blogger with a cell-phone camera and you get a camblogger. But is there a camblawger?…
A former Delaware trial lawyer is preparing to launch a Web-based service that will search trial transcripts the way other research sites search court opinions. Although not ready for full launch, the service, SocraticLaw, has opened a Web site and is expected to be ready for a partial launch soon.
SocraticLaw will use databases…
Do movies and television strengthen the public’s understanding of law and justice? Picturing Justice is a Web site devoted to discussing that question. It does so by publishing commentaries that focus on how law, lawyers and legal issues are treated in movies, on television and even in computer programs. Commentaries are written by staff…
Support Guidelines.com offers a vehicle for researching child support laws nationwide. Its highlight is access to the full text of the child-support guidelines for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It includes links to other Web resources for family law research, as well as to child support calculators available online. The site…
One of the best sources of legal ethics information on the Web is the American Legal Ethics Library, from Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute. This digital library contains the full text of or links to the professional-conduct codes of most U.S. states, as well as the ABA’s model code. In addition, major…
Crain’s Cleveland Business reports that auto insurer Progressive Corp. is issuing the first insurance policy for owners of Segway motorized scooters.
Progressive said owners of the Segway Human Transporter have a choice of three insurance packages: full coverage; liability only; or liability and comprehensive.…
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