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Digital Public Library of America Offers Free Access to Millions of Digital Resources
05/28/2013 - 12:51The Digital Public Library of America offers access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, and moving images from hundreds of libraries, archives, museums, and other "knowledge institutions" across the country. Access to the site is free. A free account is required to save searches for future retrieval. While the...
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Sunlight Foundation Offers Directory of Congressional Staffers
05/25/2013 - 18:23The Sunlight Foundation has created a searchable database of Congressional Staffers. The database, listing current members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their current and past staff, is searchable by a variety of criteria, including: First Name Last Name Title Year/Quarter (back to the 3rd quarter of 2009) State Party Committee Offices The database can also be browsed by...
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Google Retires Cloud Connect for Google Apps
05/25/2013 - 16:39In 2011 Google introduced the Cloud Connect plug-in for Windows as an interim step for Google Apps users who wanted to store their documents in the cloud but still use the familiar tools in the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel). Since then, Google has expanded the features of its Apps products. One of those newer features is the Google Drive application for Windows and Mac OS...
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New Google Gmail and Calendar in One Hour for Lawyers Book Helps Lawyers (from Solos to Large Firms) Use the Business Version of These Google Apps to Transform Their Practice
04/29/2013 - 14:15The new book Google Gmail and Calendar in One Hour for Lawyers will help lawyers easily and quickly learn how to leverage the powerful collaboration tools of Google Apps for Business to transform their law practices. Written by nationally acclaimed authors and speakers Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch, Google Gmail and Calendar in One Hour for Lawyers...
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Fastcase Launches Bad Law Bot to Flag Negative Treatment in Case Law
04/25/2013 - 06:06Today Fastcase announced a free enhancement to their case law identification algorithm that identifies overturned or reversed cases in its Authority Check system. Called "Bad Law Bot," the system uses "new algorithms to identify court cases that are cited with negative treatment and to alert researchers of a case’s negative citation history," according to the company...
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Manage Your Gmail From the Grave | Google's Inactive Account manager
04/12/2013 - 16:50Google has created a new account management tool that allows you to dictate who has access to your account if it becomes inactive - like in the event you die. The new Inactive Account Manager gives you the ability to decide what happens to your photos, emails, and documents after you stop using your account for a pre-determined length of time. You can opt to share access to your...
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Are All Caselaw Citators Created Equal? A comparison of Google Scholar, Fastcase, Casemaker, LexisNexis, WestlawNext, and Bloomberg
04/10/2013 - 21:47During our live continuing legal education seminars we discuss how to use the information found in social media profiles for evidence and how to get profiles admitted into evidence. If a profile owner assumes a pseudonym, authenticating the owner of the profile has proven to be a challenge. Some courts admit the profile into evidence and some do not. For that reason, we’ve been following...
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Google No Longer Automatically Recognizes USPS Tracking Numbers
02/13/2013 - 13:54NOTE: Google Once Again Recognizes USPS Tracking Numbers Google no longer automatically recognizes US Postal Service (USPS) Delivery Confirmation tracking numbers entered into its Web search box. Previously, entering a USPS tracking number into the search box would return a results page with a link to retrieve updated tracking information for the shipment associated with the tracking number....
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New California MCLE Exercise Focuses on Locating Congressional Legislative Materials at Thomas and FDSys
01/27/2013 - 22:26Internet For Lawyers has launched a new California MCLE exercise online focusing on using the searchable databases of legislative/congressional materials such as public laws, bills, resolutions, hearings, congressional reports, and committee reports found at The Library of Congress’s Thomas site and the Federal Digital System site (FDsys) that replaced the Government Printing Office's...
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Expanded California MCLE Audit of Attorney Continuing Education Compliance Planned by California Bar Association
01/25/2013 - 12:58In recent years, the California State Bar Association has stepped up its enforcement of California's Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirement for lawyers by auditing the compliance of more of its lawyer-members. In 2013, the Bar has announced plans to audit 10% of Compliance Group 1 (comprised of attorneys with names ending in the letters A-G). Attorneys in MCLE Compliance Group...