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2010 AALL conference: Vendor Information: Fastcase

PLL-Fastcase Hospitality Suite at AALL

 

Fastcase is pleased to announce that at this year's conference there will be a PLL Hospitality Suite, sponsored by Fastcase®, winner of the 2010 AALL New Product of the Year Award!  The suite is at the headquarters hotel, the Hyatt Regency (room TBD) and is open for virtually the entire conference:

    Saturday from 4PM to 10PM

    Sunday from 7AM to 10PM

    Monday from 7AM to 10PM

    Tuesday from 7AM to 10PM

Snacks and beverages will be served all day.  Please come kick back and relax with your colleagues in their suite and enjoy some fun PLL networking!  Various games will be available for play and they may even arrange for a Scrabble or Boggle tournament if the mood strikes.  Kate Martin has agreed to lend selections from her famous game collection, so feel free to come and join in the good times.

Don’t forget to stop by our booth in the Exhibit Hall. We’re going to be showing our iPhone app, which has been very popular, and we’ll have a few new releases too.  Also, Ed Walters is going to be on a panel about user interface design for legal research with Westlaw and LexisNexis folks. He is planning to talk about why text-based search results are pretty much dead , which should be fun. www.fastcase.com

 

Fastcase Wins AALL Award: 2010 New Product of the Year

 

We are thrilled to announce that the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) awarded Fastcase its 2010 New Product of the Year award for our free legal research app for the iPhone.

2010 Annual Compensation Survey for Paralegals/Legal Assistants and Managers

2010 Annual Compensation Survey for Paralegals/Legal Assistants and Managers

 

This comprehensive compensation survey for law firms and law departments takes an in-depth look at salary, bonuses, billing rates, overtime and benefits data for exempt and non-exempt employees including paralegals, legal assistants and managers.

 

This valuable information is further refined by:

 

• National, Regional & Metropolitan Area Data
• Practice Area and Industry
• Organization Size
• Years of Experience

Order your copy today and have all the necessary tools to attract, motivate and retain the best paralegal staff at your fingertips. ($455) 

2010 In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies

Find your next Fortune 500® client. Use the 2010 In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies as a resource when prospecting new business ($960.00)

 

Updated for 2010, the best-selling guide includes information on:

• General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at the Fortune 500® including contact information
• Chief In-House Counsel for the following practice areas:
• Corporate Transactions
• Litigation
• Labor & Employment
• Intellectual Property
• Securities
• International
• Canada  
• Corporate Counsel’s Go-To Law Firms® for each practice area

 

AALL 2010 Programs - Competitive Intelligence

PLL-SIS Program: Competitive Intelligence - Understanding and Mining Financial Documents for Actionable Data

Date: Monday, July 12  

Time: 4:00 - 5:15 pm

Place: CCC Room 610

Financial documents are a gold mine of information for competitive intelligence and much of it is in public records. Learn how to locate and identify CI gems from annual statements, analysts' reports and prospectuses. Plus discover how these tools are used by lawyers and marketing departments to gain business for their firms.

 

 

PLL-SIS Competitive Intelligence Group Meeting

Date: Tuesday, July 13

Time: 12:00 - 1:15 pm

Place: CCC Room 602

 

You should plan on being there.  We'll be setting the professional development and support agendas for the group for the coming year.  Interested in being a speaker for our programs?  Drop me a line, we would love to add you to our list of top-notch speakers!

Please note that this is a brown bag session.

 

More information and a complete listing of programs are at www.aallnet.org

 

Ruth has started posting information on the American Association of Law Libraries 2010 conference. See conference info and vendor spotlights.

Research Off the Shelf - JUNE, 2010: Volume 11, No. 6 - Selections

COMPANY NEWS:  For only the third time since 1985, Ruth will not be going to the AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) conference, which is being held in Denver this year. However, just because she can’t be there in person doesn’t mean she’ll be missing out on all the interesting things happening in the exhibit hall. Watch our newsletter, blog and LinkedIn sites for information from the vendors and more as we put our own Trade Show Follow-up^TM plan to work

 

COOL SITE:  Old Magazine Articles is a free site that contains articles on popular culture, history, sports, cartoons. “It is a primary source website and is designed to serve as a reference for students, educators, authors, researchers, dabblers, dilettantes, hacks and the merely curious.” http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/

Have you ever wondered what Manhattan looked like before it was paved over?  The Mannahatta Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society has un-covered the original ecology of  Manhattan. http://themannahattaproject.org/

 

INTERNET:  New York Heritage is a web site for New York History. Browse collections by institution from libraries, museums and archives from across the state. http://www.newyorkheritage.org/.  See also http://www.wnylegacy.org/ for newspaper archives.

WHAT’S NEW:  From Edward Elgar: Governance for the environment (1 vol., $115); Twenty-first century macroeconomics (1 vol., paperback edition, $49) http://www.e-elgar.com/

 From Bernan: Health Care Reform: Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, Public Law 111-148 and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152 (1 vol., $35); OECD Factbook 2010: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics (1 vol., $70); Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs (Large Print Edition) 2010 (1 vol., $60) http://www.bernan.com/

New from Liberty Fund: The history of English law before the time of Edward I (2 vols., $72). For more interesting titles on history, law, economics, classical studies and more, see their website http://www.libertyfund.org/

SUBJECT SEARCHING: Health Care Legislation Resources

http://www.healthlawyers.org/Pages/Default.aspx - American Health Lawyers Association – links to print products, links to health law websites. Some content is members only.

http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/Health/tabid/160/Default.aspx  - The National Congress of State Legislatures  - a resource for state and federal legislation, they have up to date information on Health Care Reform on the Federal and State level. Includes Fact Sheets on key provisions and mp3 recordings on website.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR03590:@@@S – Link to H.R.3590 http://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/news-media/press/10news12.pdf - Links to the bills

 

2010 Am Law 200

Obtain benchmarking and networking data with the electronic Am Law 200 spreadsheet

When you purchase the Am Law 200, the definitive ranking of America's top revenue-grossing law firms, you’ll gain access to just-released figures for fiscal year 2009 including:

• Financials from the nation's most financially successful firms including gross revenues, net operating incomes, profitability indexes and rankings
• Firm headcount and compensation data including the rank by compensation average for all partners
• Firm contact information for recruitment and networking opportunities
• And, new for 2010, Percentage Change Year-Over-Year by Firm (A to Z)

Knowledge is power. Stay ahead of the game and your competitors. 

Click here to order to the Am Law 200 today.

Off the Shelf - JUNE, 2010: Vol. 25, No. 6 - Selections

COMPANY NEWS:  For only the third time since 1985, Ruth will not be going to the AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) conference, which is being held in Denver this year. However, just because she can’t be there in person doesn’t mean she’ll be missing out on all the interesting things happening in the exhibit hall. Watch our newsletter, blog and LinkedIn sites for information from the vendors and more as we put our own Trade Show Follow-up^TM plan to work.

 

WHAT’S NEW:  From Oxford University Press: Property and the law in energy and natural resources (1 vol., $160); The regulation of genetically modified organisms (1 vol., $150); Regulating health and environmental risks under WTO law (1 vol., $130); The law of investment treaties (1 vol., $190); US antitrust law and enforcement (1 vol., £110.00); Patent-Related Misconduct Issues in U.S. Litigation (1 vol., £110.00); Patent Ethics Litigation (1 vol., £135.00) http://www.us.oup.com/us/   

 

From Ashgate: Fair trade, corporate accountability and beyond – experiments in globalizing justice (1 vol., $134.95); China’s new enterprise bankruptcy law – context, interpretation and application (1 vol., $124.95);; A short guide to fraud risk – fraud resistance and detection (1 vol., $34.95); Business contracts handbook (1 vol., $134.95); http://www.ashgate.com/

 

From Carolina Academic Press: Law and magic – a collection of essays (1 vol., $40); Relationship-centered lawyering – social science theory for transforming legal practice (1 vol., $40); Law, literature, and therapeutic jurisprudence (1 vol., $45); The law and Harry Potter (1 vol., $35); Doyle’s practical guide to business law in emerging countries in Asia (1 vol., $35) http://www.caplaw.com/

 

INTERNET: Link to Government Tax Authorities for many different countries at International Tax Institute http://www.itinet.org/externallinks.htm

 

CD/CALR:  New on LLRX.com - Your Cheat Sheet for Local Rule Motion Practice - Part One: Southern District of New York “You know the Federal Rules backwards and forwards, but its compliance with the local rules that really makes a civil litigator look like a pro to colleagues and clients. This column ... provides professionals with the tools to navigate motion practice in these busy federal courts by outlining the key provisions and highlighting the pitfalls.” http://www.llrx.com/columns/localrules1.htm

2010 Report: Changes in the Staffing Structure of Law Firms

There is no question the economy has affected law firms. This report offers a qualitative analysis and explores how firms have dealt with cost pressures, staffing and outsourcing, as well as attorney and staff reactions to this new environment. Don’t miss this highly anticipated report that unveils how law firms plan to respond to changes in the economy and what their plans are for future generations of lawyers.

 

2010 Changes in the Staffing Structure of Law Firms Report ($495)

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