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  • State's witness says white voters made difference in Davis' 2008 election

    Jan 27 -- By Maria Recio Editor's note: This report has been corrected to reflect that John Alford, an expert witness for Texas in its redistricting case, believes that the Legislature-approved Texas Senate map was not drawn to reduce minority voting strength ... Fort Worth Star Telegram

  • Expert witness concludes testimony

    Jan 27 -- An expert on serial killers, who just wrapped up his testimony at the Missing Women Inquiry, says he hopes his evidence was helpful. Former Vancouver Police Inspector Kim Rossmo says dozens of murdered drug addicts and sex trade workers were victimized .. CKNW News Talk 980

  • New expert witness testifies in Deputy PM's favour

    Jan 26 -- The new expert witness testimony has concluded that Deputy Prime Minister Radimir Cacic had been driving only five kilometres over the speed limit when the fatal accident ocurred and two people died as a consequence. The defence called an additional ... Croatian Times

  • State's witness concedes point in hearing on Texas districts

    Jan 25 -- The state's expert witness, John Alford of Rice University, was on the stand to defend the districts drawn by the Texas Legislature for the Texas House, Texas Senate and US House under the Voting Rights Act. Alford surprised Davis' attorney during ... Fort Worth Star Telegram

  • Czech 'expert witness' system under scrutiny over intimidation by extremists

    Jan 25 -- Czech judicial expert on extremism Michal Mazel decided to quit his role earlier this month after a lawyer for an activist with the far-right Workers' Party for Social Justice (DSSS) challenged his neutrality, on the grounds of Mazel's 'Jewish origins. Czech Position

  • Toledo wants expert in inmate's death lawsuit

    Jan 24 -- On Tuesday, lawyers with the city asked council to approve funding to hire an expert witness for the case. The coroner ruled Turner died from a heart condition, along with being tasered. City leaders say they want to secure an expert to challenge the ... 13abc News, Weather and

  • Amended Expert Discovery: One Year Later, Has Anything Changed?

    Jan 24 -- Cautious practitioners may well hold the view that because any communications with a testifying expert witness might be discoverable, there should be an assumption that all such communications will be discoverable. Those courts that have contemplated ... Corporate Counsel

Clipped from Google -- Feb 2012
UK allows injunction to be served by tweeting
Oct 26 2009 -- The UK High Court has allowed an injunction to be served on an anonymous person posting messages (tweeting) on the Twitter service. This follows a recent Australian case in which the court allowed the service of an injunction via the Facebook service.
Web browser plug-in for free US federal court records
Aug 17 2009 -- A new web browser plug-in has been released that is designed to make the documents of the US Federal courts' official depository not only free but also provide greater functionality, albeit gradually. The repository already has over one million docume
Google to the (E-Discovery) Rescue?
Jul 11 2009 -- Although Google's search technology may be primarily designed for Intra/Extranet implementations, GSA (Google Search Appliance) could also serve to reduce litigation costs by helping lawyers cull through exabytes of electronically stored information. -- E-DiscBytes
nFlow supports digital dictation from iPhones in UK
Apr 22 2009 -- nFlow users can now send their digital dictation recordings to their offices, for integration into their company's nFlow dictation system, through their iPhone, the company has announced, claiming to be the first dictation system to fully support iPho
Aussie lawyers serve notices on Facebook
Dec 17 2008 -- An Australian Supreme Court judge has granted lawyers the right to serve legally binding documents by posting them on defendant's Facebook sites. The Canberra attorneys claim it as a world first.
VersusLaw unveils free US case law search
Oct 23 2008 -- VersusLaw has launched a free version of its US federal and state case law research service, FindACase. It provides the same federal and state cases as VersusLaw's paid service, but has several features removed, limiting its usefullness for attorneys
LexisNexis Quality Control [sic]
Oct 21 2008 -- When Time Matters SR3 was released, a major problem was immediately discovered: SR3 broke TM Connect. A “fixed” dll was immediately posted, but anybody who updated via the “approved” method didn’t know that. Other problems were also noticed. -- DoesItComp
Tight deadlines and Excel madness
Oct 16 2008 -- Filing under a tight deadline, Barclays Capital's attorneys apparently made an error converting an Excel spreadsheet to PDF, leaving Barclays with 179 contracts involving collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers than it never meant to acquire. -- OrangeRag
Socha-Gelbman electronic data discovery survey
Aug 5 2008 -- Various US (and UK) firms are starting to crow about their rankings in the Socha-Gelbmann electronic data discovery (EDD) survey, but what is it, and does it have any relevance to the UK marketplace? -- OrangeRag
Virtual world Second Life Conducts First CLE program
Jul 21 2008 -- The Second Life Bar Association held the first-ever continuing legal education session July 15. The speaker, David Naylor, partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, gave a general introduction to virtual worlds legal issues -- SLBA
India's encryption laws put a spanner in the works
Jul 9 2008 -- Disallowing the electronic transfer of encrypted data from firms unless the encryption key is provided to the Indian government is creating headaches for many, like the British High Commission which cannot comply because it would violate British laws -- IndiaTimes

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