Here’s a quick look at some of the interesting content recently added to Westlaw. It’s all on the High Profile page:
Civil
Barker-Homek v. Abu Dhabi Nat’l Energy Co. (E.D. Mich.) – Former Taka CEO claims he was forced out of the energy company after trying to stop “kickbacks, bribery, accounting fraud and corruption”
Estate of Justin M. Newman v. Squire (Ill. Cir.) – Wife, husband’s estate to pay $6M to estate for murder, conspiracy
Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc. (W.D. Wash.) – Microsoft co-founder claims AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix and others infringed upon four of his company’s patents
Criminal
U.S. v. McCluskey (D. N.M.) – Escaped convicts charged after allegedly murdering a couple so they could steal a camper
Each week, our colleagues at Westlaw feature interesting materials, documents and videos from high profile cases in the United States. The summaries of that content are available for viewing by clicking High Profile Cases, Courtroom Videos & Trial Docs.
Login is required on Westlaw.com after clicking on the links provided in the summary of each case.
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Today, technology has become more and more synonymous with productivity. Lawyers are turning to technology to not only get things done quicker, but also make their professional lives easier.
An article (registration is required) written by Lee Ann Enquist, vice president of Professional Development at West LegalEdcenter, addresses the emerging relationship between lawyers and the iPhone.
In Lawyers Enjoy New Level of Productivity with iPhone Technology, several attorneys shared their views on how the iPhone impact their professional lives. All believed that the iPhone allowed them to keep up-to-date with important information when they were on the go, but they also felt the CLE Mobile app was one of the most valuable assets of having their phones. (more…)
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Law enforcement officers and government investigators already know the importance of CLEAR, the powerful research platform from Thomson Reuters, Legal.
Now it’s time for the corporate world to see the benefit, too.
CLEAR is now available to the corporate market. So the same relied upon content, including access to live gateways, will now be available for corporate security and investigations professionals.
“The great thing about the last two years with Thomson Reuters is we have had the opportunity to really enhance the CLEAR product to meet any type of investigator’s needs,” said Steve Rubley, vice president and general manager, Risk, Fraud and Investigations for Thomson Reuters, Legal,
Customers agree, saying “CLEAR gave us a direct hit on the target,” and “one of our investigators was looking for an individual with a common name – he was able to locate a direct match thanks to CLEAR’s web analytics filter.”
Rubley also mentions the web analytics advantages of CLEAR over simple web searches in this audio clip.
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You can watch a demo about CLEAR and read more about it.
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A post on the Hildebrandt Baker Robbins LawVision blog explores the trepid relationship between law firm leaders and innovation.
In “The Innovation Paradox,” Lisa Rohrer explains that law firm leaders are apprehensive about innovation because of potential risks, despite their belief that innovation is extremely important to a firm’s strategic goals.
Rohrer asserts that this caution is quite common in law firms, due to the fundamental nature of the profession:
“I hear all the time from our law firm clients: ‘We do not tolerate mistakes.’ And that’s probably the right attitude when it comes to client work. Add to this that lawyers are trained to minimize legal risks and it’s understandable that law firms are more risk averse.”
She also considers whether the solution to apprehension is embracing mistakes:
“People trying new approaches to solving difficult problems are going to make mistakes. If they’re not making some mistakes, they’re probably either not being honest with themselves or they’re not trying hard enough. The prevailing view there is that you learn a lot more from failure than you do from success.”
Lisa Rohrer leads research on the changing management models and structures in law firms as Hildebrandt Baker Robbins’ director of research and is based in Washington, D.C.
You can read her full post on the LawVision blog.
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Are you an attorney, looking for a job?
Consider an alternative legal career in state or local government.
An article on AttorneyJobs.com titled “State and Local Government Careers for Attorneys,” written by Nancy Carver, discusses the many options of working as an attorney in state or local government, a career path that perhaps many have not thought of before. (more…)
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Do you think before you tweet or blog, or post those party photos to Facebook?
I mean, really think about it? As in, the implications of who will read your words or see you in potentially awkward situations?
The Web’s role in our personal and professional lives is a hot topic. One that we thought was worth exploring a bit in our latest interview edition of the Legal Current podcast.
We talked about the issues of online privacy with Jeffrey Rosen, law professor at George Washington University. Rosen also wrote an interesting article on the topic, “The End of Forgetting,” for The New York Times Magazine in July.
“There are just so many examples of the inability to escape our past, people being held accountable for stuff that they posted online to one audience and are being discomfited or embarrassed when it’s exposed to a very different audience,” said Rosen. “The right to privacy tends to cover only the outrageous or the untrue postings, things that are highly offensive to a reasonable person. But when you’re talking about embarrassing or truthful information, there’s not a clear legal right to escape it or to have people take it down.”
Please take a moment to listen to our podcast with Rosen in the player below, and offer your comments to this post:
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We wanted to highlight the latest Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, hosted by Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams on the Legal Talk Network, as it marks its 5th year, making it the longest continually running legal podcast.
Congratulations on the milestone, Bob and Craig.
They’ve got a good discussion in their latest episode, where they interviewed renowned criminal defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey – known for his defense in cases such as O.J. Simpson, Patti Hearst and the Boston Strangler.
Bailey, along with New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt, gave some perspective on the case of former major league baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, who was recently indicted on charges for allegedly lying to Congress in 2008 when he testified he never used steroids. (more…)
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Thomson Reuters, Legal, President & CEO Peter Warwick offered his perspective on the company’s approach to the current economic reality in a panel discussion, “Adapting and Thriving in a Challenging Economy”, at the Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
The launch of WestlawNext brings a significant advancement in the way professional legal research is done.
A discussion about online privacy and “The End of Forgetting,” with law professor Jeffrey Rosen.
Comments by trial judge… that lawyers wanted 40 minutes apiece and “it is too hot to listen to hot air in this hot air so we’ll recess until the morning and hopefully it will cool down by then,” were not improper… United States v. Morales, 868 F.2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1989)
1. The grounds for an indictment. 2. An indictment.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary
Our recap of the Gladwell, Sanders & Craig keynote at LegalTech, with photos http://bit.ly/9x8EDx #ltny 2010-02-04
