2007-07-31 13:18:23
Michael Tigar's new book examines the responses of governments throughout history to terrorist threats, including those in our own nation's history. Tigar focuses specifically on the effects of governmental action on the liberties and constitutional protections enjoyed by the people. Tigar creates a framework for analyzing our own government's responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11--the now familiar litany of Guantanamo, extraordinary rendition, telephone and e-mail spying, and the like--and for balancing these responses with rights guaranteed under the Constitution, such as the right to be free of searches and seizures and the right to privacy.
2007-07-30 15:05:04
An authoritative resource for in-house counsel who need quick access, but detailed analyses, on a broad array of topics faced by in-house counsel everyday. The Toolkit provides forms, policies, and practice tips in seven broad practice areas that may not be within counsels' particular area of expertise. It also serves as a guide to in-house counsel who are new to a business entity, or whose budget for outside expertise may be limited. Available as 7 individual volumes in a boxed set with accompanying CD-ROM, which includes the related forms and policies, ready for tailoring to your transaction.
2007-07-27 11:57:13
Busy, experienced deal lawyers do not always have the time to teach new deal lawyers the basics. This Guide is a head start on those lessons, speeding the learning of everyone who uses it. New corporate lawyers are assigned a number of tasks for which law school provides no preparation.
2007-07-27 11:07:33
The July 2007 issue of the ABA Journal contains an article entitled "Law Hacks: 101 Tips, Tricks and Tools to Make You a More Productive, Less Stressed-Out Lawyer" written by Jason Krause. Jason scoured such sites as the ABA TECHSHOW 60 Sites Hall of Fame, ABA Site-tation, and LifeHack.org, as well as interviewed experts from 2008 ABA TECHSHOW Chair Tom Mighell to Gina Trapani, author of Lifehacker. Tips are categorized and cover everything from email to time management to phones to your money. This issue is a keeper!
2007-07-25 15:29:17
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides needed security protections for vital and sensitive health information. The Security Rule specifically, however, can be challenging for people charged with implementing it, or advising those who implement it. This comprehensive guide will bridge the gap between the law and information security practices. The book clearly and concisely discusses the Security Rule's role in the broader context of HIPAA, and provides useful guidance for implementing HIPAA security.
2007-07-19 17:36:01
If you couldn't make it to ABA TECHSHOW this year, despair not: we're now making much of the fantastic content available to you for purchase and/or download online. Visit the ABA TECHSHOW Products Page , where you can purchase a copy of the TECHSHOW 2007 CD, with over 50 terrific articles and handouts from this year's conference. In addition, you'll find links to audio recordings of sessions from both 2007 (eight topics) and 2006 (ten sessions) for purchase through ABA CLE. And two of our great 2007 sessions are available for free download -- the Keynote address by Judge Shira Sheindlin, and "Approaching the Edge: Is the World Flat for Legal Technology?" Check it out now!
2007-07-18 10:22:57
Written by leading industry practitioners, the Intellectual Property Deskbook is intended to serve as the business lawyer's starting point for issue identification, perspective, and resources in dealing with intellectual property issues and assets, whether in the context of structuring and consummating transactions or in the day-to-day counseling of clients. It is specifically designed to become the "go-to" reference for beginning the analysis, refreshing the memory, or seeking direction for in depth research on the wide range of IP-related issues that are regularly confronted by today's business lawyer, whether in house or in private practice.
2007-07-13 10:42:03
A new podcast about lawyer's use of technology has been released by two past ABA TECHSHOW chairs. The first edition of The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology is titled “Electronic Marketing: Harnessing the Web's Whizbang” and is scheduled to be a monthly feature of the ABA Law Practice Management Section’s e-zine, Law Technology Today.
Sharon Nelson (Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2006) and Jim Calloway (Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2005) are the co-hosts. Sharon Nelson is president of Sensei Enterprises, a Fairfax, Va., computer forensics and legal technology company. Jim Calloway is Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance program and publisher of the weblog Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips. Both are frequent speakers and writers on various legal technology and practice management topics and both have co-authored books for the ABA Law Practice Management Section.
This initial podcast is about 33 minutes in length. It is intended that a wide variety of legal technology topics will be covered in future editions, from specialized law office software to the lawyer's use of the Internet.
An iPod or MP3 player is not required to listen to a podcast. It may be played on a personal computer on the link listed above. The link about also includes a link to various other resources and several different ways to subscribe to the podcast so one will be notified when each new program is released.
2007-07-13 00:00:00
Switching from adult to juvenile pacemaking reduces neuron death in a Parkinson?s disease model.
2007-07-13 00:00:00
Researchers selectively inhibit neurons with targeted drug sensitivity.
2007-07-12 15:12:31
This book provides specific guidance on pre-trial criminal procedure of all sorts, and explains in understandable terms "what you can do and what you cannot do" under 4th Amendment search and seizure law. From traffic checkpoints and forceful felony arrest, from Miranda warnings to inmate and cell searches, it is all covered in this concise reference. Search warrants, electronic surveillance, and use of canine search and seizure are also covered in great detail.
2007-07-12 00:00:00
Over the past 50 years, the Supreme Court has looked repeatedly at whether and how schools could consider race in admissions and school assignment. In the recent case of 'Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District,' a group of parents who organized themselves as a corporation, challenged a Seattle school district's high school assignment system.
2007-07-12 00:00:00
Tackle some of the tricky ethical questions that arise from dealing with juries in an age when the Internet and other media give both lawyers and jurors access to much instant information about each other. From the Litigation podcast.
2007-07-12 00:00:00
The modern trial lawyer has tremendous access to technology and information, but knowing how to harness this can provide great advantage when trying a case and communicating with a jury.
2007-07-09 15:14:34
This book presents a comprehensive approach to analyzing inventions and capturing them in a sophisticated set of patent claims. A central theme is the importance of using the problem-solution paradigm to identify the "inventive concept" before the claim-drafting begins. The book's teachings are grounded in "old school" principles of patent practice that, before now, have been learned only on the job from supervisors and mentors.