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03/23/2012 9:58 pm

Free, current case law research has disappeared form LexisNexis Communities. LexisONE, originally launched in July 2000 as a free legal portal by Lexis, was re-launched in December 2008 as LexisONE Community, and relaunched again in September 2011 as LexisNexis (LN) Communities (http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal). According to Lexis, “LexisNexis Communities have replaced the ...

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03/17/2012 12:18 am

Google has further extended the social reach of its Google+ social experiment and its social search results. Now you can thank your Google+ connections for recommending pages that turn up in your search results. Share this artice:           Part of the "Google Plus Your World" search results incorporates pages ...

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03/16/2012 7:24 pm

On March 8, 2012, Google announced a change to the way it presented case law citations in its Google Scholar case law database.  "Today, we are changing how we present citations to legal opinions. Now, instead of sorting the citing documents by their prominence, we sort them by the extent ...

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03/06/2012 10:30 pm

In an email to users, Google has announced that it is closing Knol service. Existing content posted to Knol will be visible to the public through April 30, 2012. After that, content will no longer be visible to the public, but creators will have until October 1, 2012 to download ...

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01/15/2012 1:16 am

The MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) compliance deadline for California attorneys in Compliance Group 2 is January 31, 2011. Compliance Group 2 includes all licensed California attorneys whose names end with letters H through M. California attorneys are required to report their MCLE compliance by February 1 online via their ...

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12/31/2011 12:51 am

As early as 1996, many state bar associations began issuing opinions on Internet ethics, often focusing on law firm Web sites. Most of the rules and opinions relating to online communications apply the advertising rules that already exist for print advertising. In August 2010, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee ...

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12/22/2011 12:15 pm

Rootsweb has removed the searchable Social Security Death Index (SSDI) from its site. The search form for this database has been replaced with the notification below. Follow us:        Share this article:     Updated, searchable versions of the SSDI will apparently remain available at pay sites (like Ancestry.com). As of ...

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12/12/2011 9:36 am

Google has announced yet another redesign to its homepage. This one includes a drop-down menu to access various Google databases and services, as well as a new "Google bar" that will remain constant across all of Google's services. In its announcement, Google states that the, "new Google bar that will ...

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12/06/2011 9:29 pm

       Wolfram Alpha has announced its Lawyer's Professional Assistant app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The app is $4.99 in the Apple iTunes App Store. Features include:   A dictionary of legal terms; statutes of limitations for each US state; and information about visa types, including ...

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11/25/2011 9:25 am

       Internet For Lawyers is offering Black Friday pricing on its best-selling Internet research guide through the end of the month. Order "The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet" before November 30 to take 50% off the cover price - using the discount code available to Twitter followers. Much ...

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