From Findlaw’s Tools of the Trade newsletter: FTC Attempts to Stop Spyware Operation In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation. The …
Month: October 2004
FDA Approves ID Worn Under Skin
According to the New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for a Florida company to market implantable chips that would provide easy access to individual medical records. See the full …
Hoaxes & Other Bad Information in the News
Genie Tyburski of The Virtual Chase has put together a nice page of articles about Hoaxes and Other Bad Information in the News. Tyburski offers “this listing as anecdotal evidence of what can happen when …
Reaching Out to Juries Rocked by Evidence
From Stark County Law Library Blawg: Reaching Out to Juries Rocked by Evidence In the news: A growing number of judges are recognizing the need to provide mental health ‘debriefing’ to jurors who may be …
Intranet Trends to Watch For
Line56.com, the E-Business Executive Daily, offers eight Intranet Trends to Watch For. They are: 1. Intranets return to the domain of the departments 2. The records management and the legal departments get involved 3. All …
Article: Fake Blogs, True Buzz
The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about marketers creating fake blogs about their products to create buzz. According to the article, Fake Blogs, True Buzz, results have been mixed.
Ghosts of the White House
Here’s a fun one just in time for Halloween – Ghosts of the White House – from the official White House Web site. Watch videos featuring “stories of strange noises in the White House, sightings …
15 Practical Tips for Managing Your E-mail
Law Practice Today has Fifteen Practical Tips for Managing Your E-mail. Tips are based on author, Reid Trautz’s session at the ABA TECHSHOW, “The Top Ten Legal Technologies—Are You Using Them?” The tips are: 1. …
Westlaw Introduces De-Duplication
In a press release last week, Westlaw announced a new de-duplication feature that automatically identifies, tags and sorts duplicate copies of news articles and business records in search results. This is particularly useful for removing …
Article: In Google We Trust? Judges & the Internet
The October issue of the ABA Journal has a short article about judges practicing fact finding via the Internet. Entitled In Google We Trust?, the full text of the article is available in Wisconsin via …