Archive for March, 2007
I spend a fair amount of time with lawyers, law students, paralegals, and others involved in the legal profession. I used to think that the aversion to technology that is widespread throughout the law was an age thing, but I’ve come to realize that it runs deeper than that.
As someone who is fairly comfortable [...]
I was very sorry to read tonight about the demise of another great tool that I use as part of my research arsenal on a daily basis. The Israeli company Netsnippets announced on their website that they are going out of business, although apparently they will still be providing technical support via e-mail to current [...]
“Mr. Rakowski,
Please find your
admission decision below. Hardcopy is en route via US Mail but I urge you to
contact your graduate advisor who is noted in the How to get Started link
below. Please read this document carefully as it has instructions on what to do
next.
Congratulations and
welcome to Drexel University!”
Many legal professionals would agree that the day can’t come soon enough…..
Content Analyst, Public Sector – Mountain View or Washington D.C.
Google to Tighten Privacy – washingtonpost.com
Google said yesterday that it plans to alter its privacy policy and
strip certain identifying information from archived Internet searches.
The
change, which is to go into effect by the end of the year, was welcomed
by privacy advocates who have challenged Google to respect its users’
privacy as it pursues its goal of organizing [...]
The fine folks at Justia (my favorite legal website) yesterday announced a new free service that contains information on recently filed federal civil cases.
From the press release:
“The Federal District Court filings are categorized by State, Federal
District Court and Legal Practice Area, and include the presiding judge
[...]
Fox. Meet Hen house.
March 10, 2007 in Commentary, Lawyer Stuff
You have GOT to be kidding me………
I.R.S. Letting Tax Lawyers Write Rules – New York Times
“The Internal Revenue Service
is asking tax lawyers and accountants who create tax shelters and
exploit loopholes to take the lead in writing some of its new tax rules.
The
pilot project represents a further expansion of the increasingly common
federal government practice of asking [...]