Legal Marketing

Research Off the Shelf - NOVEMBER, 2009: Vol. 10, No. 10 - Selections

WHAT’S NEW: From Oxford University Press: The Oxford international encyclopedia of legal history (6 vols., $895); Government as entrepreneur (1 vol., $35); The role of science in law (1 vol., $75); The Fourth amendment – origins and original meaning 602-1791 (the story of the...amendment’s lineage, including its roots in England.; 1 vol., $150) Family Business: Litigation and the political economies of daily life in early modern France (1 vol., $125)(www.oup.com/us) (I know most of you don’t care about this, but it sounds interesting to me and it’s my newsletter so I can put in whatever I want!)

 

From Delta Alpha Publishing: Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms (Third & ONLINE Editions) (1 vol., € 93.50; also on CD-ROM; http://www.deltaalpha.com)

 

INTERNET:   Free ebook: Pay now or pay later: exposing the cost of "free" information. Published by Dow Jones, this ebook gives you great ideas of how to use information and where to find it.

http://solutions.dowjones.com/ebook/2009/PDF/PNPL_ebook.pdf

 

New from Leadership Directories: Leadership® Congress Basic is the perfect online reference for anyone working with people and organizations on Capitol Hill. Search over 15,000 listings of Members and staff, including individuals in D.C. and state offices and full caucus, task force, and other member organization listings. ($515/year on line subscription)(www.leadershipdirectories.com)

SUBJECT SEARCHING:  Government Information: The Government Printing Office (GPO) recently announced the release of 8 new collections into the Federal Digital System (FDsys). This provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. (http://www.fdsys.gov/) .

NLJ 250 Survey

The United States' largest law firms this year suffered the deepest cuts in their attorney numbers since The National Law Journal began tracking their census figures more than 30 years ago. The total number of attorneys working at the top 250 law firms plunged by 5,259 lawyers.

2009 Worst Year for Lawyer Headcount in 3 Decades, Says 'NLJ 250' Survey: 'NLJ 250' Survey Tracks Steep Decline in Attorney Numbers by Leigh Jones, The National Law Journal, November 9, 2009

Am Law Tech Survey 2009

Technology directors reported that their capital budgets were down more than 10 percent this year. Staffing levels and salaries have taken hits, and equipment purchases and software upgrades have been put off. Access all the charts in their survey from the links on the page. (Free registration required).

Am Law Tech Survey 2009: CIOs are trying to persuade their reluctant bosses to consider more cost-efficient, cutting-edge tools by Alan Cohen, The American Lawyer, November 04, 2009.

Off the Shelf - NOVEMBER, 2009: Vol. 24, No. 10 - Selections

WHAT’S NEW: From Oxford University Press: The Corporate Insider's Guide to U.S. Patent Practice (1 vol., $49.50); The Law of Institutional Investment Management (1 vol., £155.00 ); Intellectual Property Law and Practice of the United Arab Emirates (1 vol., $225); Private lawyers and the public interest: the evolving role of pro bono in the legal profession (1 vol., $75) ; An associate’s guide to the practice of copyright law(1 vol. with CD-ROM with forms, $150); U.S. patent opinions and evaluations (1 vol., $295); The end of lawyers?: Rethinking the nature of legal services (1 vol., $50); The implementation game: The TRIPS agreement and the global politics of intellectual property reform in developing countries (1 vol., $80); Salt water neighbors: International ocean law relations between the United States and Canada (1 vol., $95); Environmental protection – European law and governance (1 vol., $110); Broken landscape –  Indians, Indian tribes and the constitution (1 vol., $35); http://www.us.oup.com/

 

From International Tax Institute: Engaging with High Net Worth Individuals on Tax Compliance (1 vol., $32); Building Transparent Tax Compliance by Banks (1 vol., $32)(www.itinet.org)

 

From NITA: Trial prep for paralegals: effective case management and support to attorneys in preparation for trial (1 vol., $35);  Professionalism in the real world: lessons for the effective advocate (1 vol., $35); Effective courtroom advocacy (1 vol., $45)(http://www.nita.org/)

 

From Ashgate: Computer crime (1 vol., $275); Crime and deviance in cyberspace (1 vol., $325); Sustainability (1 vol., $275); The library of corporate responsibilities (5 vols., $1200); Corporate business responsibility (1 vol., $275); Corporate governance (1 vol., $275); Corporate environmental responsibility (1 vol., $275); Free speech and the new media (1 vol., $275); Freedom of the press (1 vol., $250)(www.ashgate.com)

 

COMPANY NEWS:   Ruth recently reviewed the database ReferenceLegal, an InfoUSA product. It is useful for competitive intelligence, conflict checking, and marketing. See the new vendor spotlight section on our blog.

Research Off the Shelf - OCTOBER, 2009: Vol. 24, No. 9 - Selections

WHAT’S NEW: From Information Today: Library mashups – exploring new ways to deliver library data (1 vol., $39.50); Annual register of grant support – a directory of funding sources (1 vol., 2010 ed., $259); Digital inclusion: measuring the impact of information and community technology (1 vol., $59.50); The mobile marketing handbook: a step-by-step guide to creating dynamic mobile marketing campaigns (1 vol., $29.95) (www.infotoday.com). (Doesn’t this one sound good!)

 

SUBJECT SEARCHING: Medical: PubMed has approximately 19,000,000 citations going back to the year 1865. It’s a free search engine maintained by the National Library of Medicine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations, abstracts and some full text articles on life sciences and biomedical topics. See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html for information on the site redesign. For searching go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/