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Reported security breaches, which have compromised personal information about individuals, reached the 100 million records mark on December 12, after disclosures that hackers had gained access to a database at UCLA and the theft of a Boeing laptop. The UCLA database contained personal information on approximately 800,000 present and former students, parents, faculty and staff. The laptop, stolen from a Boeing employee’s car, contained personal information on 382,000 current and former employees. The Privacy Rights Clearing House has maintained a Chronology of these breaches, which now shows records on over 100 million persons exposed, starting with the ChoicePoint data breach in February, 2005. More...

This practice-oriented book brings together the expertise of practicing attorneys, both corporate and ouside counsel, who focus on the litigation of toxic torts cases. Toxic Tort Litigation covers the specific elements of trying a toxic torts case and addresses the distinctive demands of toxic tort litigation, including theory of strategy and tactics of toxic tort cases.

People v. Guy Lucero, Sr./Guy Lucero, Jr., Denver, CO -- Use of photographs of a crime scene: The DA just went through the trouble of admitting 73 photographs of the scene of a drive-by shooting. He also admitted a diagram of the crime scene, with various markers (showing pieces of evidence) identified on the diagram. He is now going through each photograph on a large-screen, in numerical order. More ...

Start or grow your practice with The Lawyer's Toolkit. This package, valued at over $425, includes four essential, comprehensive resources for managing your practice and developing your clients. It contains: Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law, Second Edition; Letters for Lawyers: Essential Communications for Clients, Prospects, and Others, Second Edition; How to Capture and Keep Clients: Marketing Strategies for Lawyers (audio CDs); Exercise Your Options: Evaluating, Selecting and Budgeting Case Management Software (audio CD and course materials)

Natural Resource Damage (NRD) represents a significant environmental liability concern to all parties involved in the generation, transportation, and disposal of oil or hazardous substances. Energy, mining, transportation, manufacturing and disposal companies increasingly find themselves concerned with liabilities for restoration of the environment to "background" or "but for the release" conditions. This presentation will help orient attorneys to some of the technical and scientific issues associated with the following key NRD activities: injury assessment, economic valuation, and restoration.

The Honorable Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will give the ABA TECHSHOW 2007 Keynote Presentation on Thursday, March 22. Judge Scheindlin is renowned for a series of landmark decisions in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg. More...