LLRX Update - Dec. 1, 2000

[Cindy Chick]

New on LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) for December 1, 2000:

**Coming Soon to Your State (But Not Ready for Prime Time): UCITA
http://www.llrx.com/features/ucita.htm

Jim Heller, Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library at William and
Mary, presents the pros and cons concerning the Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act, for which legislation has already passed in Virginia.  He
details his contention that UCITA is bad for consumers, and for libraries,
focusing much needed attention on the ramifications of this Act.


**Ten Key Legal Concerns in E-Commerce Ventures and Contracts
http://www.llrx.com/features/ecommerce.htm

Dennis Kennedy, tech expert, author and IP lawyer, highlights what you will
want to know, what to look for, and what to think about, when launching your
e-commerce venture. He covers domain names, developer contracts,
intellectual property ownership provisions, obtaining permissions for
content and applications, right to future use, hosting hassles, customer's
privacy, sales tax, click-through contracts and business method patents.


**Research Guide to Belgian Law
http://www.llrx.com/features/belgian.htm

Christoph Malliet, librarian at the Law Library of the Catholic  University
of Leuven in Belgium, reviews the Belgian legal system, legal documentation,
legislation, parliament, law reports, law reviews, encyclopedias, treatises,
and more. He provides links to Web resources, as well as bibliographic data
for hard copy materials.


**Web Critic: Search Engines, Second Verse, Same as the First
http://www.llrx.com/columns/webcritic5.htm

Kathy Biehl's topic for this column arose from a reader question: is there a
freestanding site capable of searching the contents of Web pages that had
neglected to include a search tool? Sites are still all too prevalent that
stock up on useful, pertinent information but somehow overlook the nicety of
a search engine. Kathy details the challenges inherent in trying to pull the
proverbial needle from the haystack when researchers encounter such
circumstances.


**Guide on the Side: Objectives - What to Tell and How to Tell It
http://www.llrx.com/columns/guide46.htm

Preparing for a presentation without determining your objectives is
like starting on a road trip without a map. Marie Wallace outlines how to
gather an audience profile, an essential step on your way to a effective
presentation.


**AZZ Card File - The Easy Organizer
http://www.llrx.com/extras/cardfile.htm

Looking for a simple, inexpensive program to create a quick database?  Mary
Lou Calvin a product that's ideal for organizing small notes and other
free-text information.


**Featured Book:  The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research

There's a new book out on Internet research by our own columnists, Kathy
Biehl and Tara Calishain!  Click below for more information, or visit the
LLRX Bookstore at http://www.llrx.com/bookstore.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810838850/lawlibraryresourA/


**Latest Links - (http://www.llrx.com/links/index.htm) Margaret  Berkland
reviews:

StreamSearch
SpeechBot
TrafficStation.com
qbSearch
Foreign Entry Requirements
International Addresses/Salutations


**Featured Site:  InvisibleWeb.com
http://www.invisibleweb.com

This site is a directory of over 10,000 databases, archives and search
engines that do not appear in response to queries using the popular search
engines. Voluminous amounts of information residing in specialized
databases, PDF documents, archives, discussion groups, etc., are bypassed by
the indexing process used by most search engines. Many of these 'invisible'
sites are accessible using InvisibleWeb.com's searchable subject directory.


**Newstand: (http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm)

New Role for the Supreme Court's Web Site
CIA Fires Employees for Secret Chat Room
Online Privacy Law Anticipated
Justice Dept. Probing Online Trading Competition
A Dog Fight Over Net Travel Info
Government Officials and Industry Representatives Clash Over
Enforcement of IP
Rights in Cyberspace
Wireless Westlaw: Moving at the Speed of Lawyers

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