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Get Smart: NY & CA Advanced Internet & Social Network Investigative Training

A full day seminar on the use of Advanced Internet Research and Social Network Investigations.

As investigators, are you: Perplexed as to what to do after Google?  Thinking that getting into Facebook is a total mystery?

Course Highlights include:

1. Class workbook, 8 hour certificate for C.E.U.'S, applicable case training that is immediately useable. 2. We will expose fraudulent people and enterprises, locate assets and uncover intelligence. 3. Learn the benefits of using eBay and other online auction sites for investigations. 4. Learn free resources found on the Internet for conducting due diligence and background investigations. 5. Hunt down online social network profiles and work behind the scenes to get into closed accounts. 6. Connect the associations between users of Linkedin, Facebook and Myspace type Web 2.0 services. 7. Prevent exposing yourselves and your families online.

Currently Scheduled

- October 15th, Thomson Reuters Building, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007

- October 28th, Beverly Heritage Hotel - Milpitas, CA

Cost: $249.00 per attendee, $199 per law enforcement or government employee. Groups of 3 or more get 10% off your registration.

Details and registration: http://www.hetheringtongroup.com/smart

LEO's, Gov't employees or groups, please email or call Kim @ [email protected] - 973-706-7525 to register.

Hope to see you there!

Cynthia Hetherington, MLS, MSM, Hetherington Group, 1501 Hamburg Turnpike, Suite 302, Wayne, New Jersey 07470  tel: 973.706.7525 *  fax:  973.706.7526 *  email: [email protected]

- President-Elect of the Association of Independent Information Professionals; - Past President of the New Jersey Licensed Private Investigator's Association; - Author of Business Background Investigations (2007) & The Manual to Online Public Records (2008); - Publisher of the Data2know.com: Internet & Online Intelligence Newsletter

 

 

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

September 25−October 2, 2010

Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.  Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.

Info on ALA site:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

This event focuses on the United States. But other countries have also banned books.

See a List of books banned by governments:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

 

2010 Survey of Law Firm Economics

In this challenging economic climate, Law firms --like corporations-- struggle to maintain and grow revenues, control costs and retain a high-quality staff.  To stay competitive, you need an unbiased evaluation of your firm's operations. 

Now in its 38th year, the National Law Journal’s 2010 Survey of Law Firm Economics is one of the most complete, accurate and up-to date set of economic statistics and financial data available about the legal profession. This survey is designed to provide the information necessary for firms to measure their own performance and evaluate the competition. 

The 2010 Survey of Law Firm Economics has everything a firm needs to know about:

• Financials: income, expenses, receivables, and realization
• Billing rates: by years of experience, practice and location
• Billable hours: nationally, regionally, and by firm size
• Compensation: for equity/non-equity partners, associates and staff
• Staffing ratios: for associates, paralegals, finance, IT and other administrative staff
• Information useful in evaluating potential M&A targets 

For more information or to purchase the 2010 Survey of Law Firm Economics. ($1,065):

http://www.lawcatalog.com/product_detail.cfm?affil=2512263&productID=14630

AALL 2010: Vendor news - Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters (West and Westlaw): Here are some of the services and products that were highlighted at the conference:

WEST PRINT RESOURCES: Talk to us about predictable pricing programs, browse our worldwide coverage of legal content, see how print is going mobile.

GLOBAL LEGAL PRINT AND ONLINE RESOURCES: Global Legal information both in print and online from Thomson Reuters, Legal publishers from around the world including Sweet & Maxwell, Carswell, Lawbook Co., and others.

WESTLAW NEXT: PRICING & COST RECOVERY Get your pricing and cost recovery questions answered here.

WESTLAW NEXT MOBILE: View WestlawNext on mobile devices, including the iPhone®, Droid, BlackBerry®, iPad™ and Kindle™.

WEST E-BOOKS AND MOBILE APPS: Visit our mobile counter to demo a variety of e-books

and mobile apps on multiple devices.

HUBBARD ONE® SOLUTIONS: • MONITOR SUITE: Competitive intelligence solutions – helping law firms with client planning, cross-selling and prioritizing client acquisitions. •CONTACTNET: Enterprise Relationship Management solution – helping law firms leverage

relationships and turn them into opportunities. • NEW! XMLAW:Helping law firms tackle

information overload with effective uses of portals, search and integration technology through

SharePoint®. See http://west.thomson.com/librarian or contact your representative for more information.