The Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has come out with "Proposed Model Jury Instructions" on "The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case".  They follow: Before Trial: You, as jurors, must decide this case bas ...

My latest technology column for the ABA Journal is out. It's called "Going Mobile: Your future work platform is on the phone " and it takes a practical look at what is starting to seem like a smartphone revolution. My goal in this column was to provide a simple introduction and primer to what To ...

Justice Department Opposes New Google Book SettlementThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Despite the substantial progress reflected in the proposed amended settlement agreement in The Authors Guild Inc. et al. v. Google Inc., the U.S. Department of Jus ...

Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

And we have a new favourite politician : Meet Dr. "Goodluck Jonathan" Nigeria's new acting President who assumed powers today after President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ailing and out of the country for the last two months, called the BBC and said he was in Saudi Arabia recovering from a heart ...

Un site développé par le canadien James Hatton et pointant à des documents disponibles typiquement sur le site du SEC aux É-U. Voir le lien. Voir le blogue en licensing du même auteur qui pointe également à sa collection de documents de référence en licensing

Un site développé par le canadien James Hatton et pointant à des documents disponibles typiquement sur le site du SEC aux É-U. Voir le lien. Voir le blogue en licensing du même auteur qui pointe également à sa collection de documents de référence en licensing

An industry colleague ran into a situation today where a financial advisor is recommending that the plaintiffs take cash and purchase a SPIA in lieu of receiving a structured settlement and called to ask me for my thoughts. A Single Premium Annuity Contract or "SPIA" is a contract between a person ...

Opponents of the plaintiffs' bar stepped up their rhetoric today with the release of a report trying to detail the lawyers' influence in Washington. The report is part of a series called Trial Lawyers Inc., produced by the New York-based...

Investigations into the cause of the Kleen Energy plant explosion in Middletown, Connecticut, and the level of worker safety at the plant are beginning, according to a report by the Hartford Courant. Officials currently believe a welder's torch in the vicinity of the natural gas being purged from th ...