LLRX.com update for July 2, 2001

Tue Jul 3 00:17:27 EDT 2001

New on LLRX.com for July 2, 2001:
http://www.llrx.com

**The Internet and Company Research
http://www.llrx.com/features/co_research.htm

Gloria Miccioli reviews and compares the resources provided by a range of
free and fee-based sites providing company profiles, IPOs, public record
information, global company data and SEC filings. She also covers meta-sites
that serve as a gateway to public, private and international company data.

**Reed Elsevier Sues TheLaw.Net
http://www.llrx.com/features/reed.htm

T.R. Halvorson discusses how the complaint arose, details of the complaint,
the response of TheLaw.net to the time of writing, settlement negotiations,
a preliminary injunction that has been entered, discovery proceedings that
are under way, and the clashing views the parties have of the purpose of the
litigation.

**Legal Research in Germany at the Crossroads
http://www.llrx.com/features/germanlaw.htm

Rita Exter and Martina Kammer look at legal research from a practitioner's
point of view and provide an overview of the major sources for German law
research, including the emerging Web resources.

**Doing Legal Research in Canada
http://www.llrx.com/features/ca.htm

Ted Tjaden has updated his comprehensive, multi-part online guide to
Canadian legal research. The guide provides information and links to print
and online resources and is aimed primarily at researchers outside of
Canada.

**Web Critic: New Search Engine at FindLaw; New Guidelines for Federal Web
Sites
http://www.llrx.com/columns/webcritic10.htm

Kathy Biehl's reviews FindLaw's new and improved version of LawCrawler, now
powered by none other than Google. She also addresses the new federal
accessibility guidelines.

**Guide on the Side: Keys to a Keynote
http://www.llrx.com/columns/guide53.htm

Marie Wallace tells us how a keynote address differs from other types of
speeches and provides tips on profiling the audience, occasion and
sponsoring organization.

**A Welcome Guide Through the Legal Technology Landscape
http://www.llrx.com/extras/arkfeld.htm

Dennis Kennedy reviews Michael R. Arkfeld's new book, The Digital Practice
of Law: A Practical Reference for Applying Technology Concepts to the
Practice of Law, Fifth Edition.

**Latest Links
http://www.llrx.com/links/index.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: Researchville.com; Probe of Election Practices
During the 2000 Presidential Election; Voting Irregularities During the 2000
Election in Florida - USCRR

**LLRX Buzz
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz63.htm

-Voice of America Pronunciation Guide
-The Policy Library Publicizes Public Policy
-Canadian Lawyer Referral Service
-National Hazard Statistics Site
-Google Adds Image Search Beta
-Pumatech Releases New Mind-It Version

**Featured Site: PrivacyRightsNow - This site proclaims right up front that
it is a work of non-profit organizations, has no commercial agenda, nor does
it collect information on users. Its 'agenda' is to assist consumers to
'opt-out' of programs that allow organizations, such as banks, credit card
companies and insurance companies, to share your personal data for the
purposes of internal and external marketing and other data collection
objectives. Generic form letters are provided so that you may inform any
relevant organization of your intention to 'opt-out,' regardless of whether
they have sent you a form or not. In addition, the site provides news, info
on how to disable cookies, and audio/video of relevant press conferences.
(Editor - Sabrina I. Pacifici)

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

-Porn Sneaks Past Filters
-Judge Will Settle the Dispute Over Iomega's 'Click of Death'
-Publishers, Writers Face Off Over Landmark Ruling
-All Eyes on New Antitrust Chief
-Napster Deploys Upgrade; Irritates Users
-Microsoft Rules Out Settlement
-Web Firms Scramble to Obey Privacy Law
-Cyberstalking Being Taken Seriously
-Microsoft Aims for Web Dominance
-Lawyers Ask for Exemption from Law That Requires Churning Out "Privacy
Notices"

**CongressLine News:
http://www.llrx.com/newstand/#CongressLine

-Tech execs fear legal reform in California could force them to forfeit
their intellectual property
-Bill Would Require ICANN to Create '.Kids' Domain
-New York Cell Phone Ban Not the End of Communication in Cars
-House Leader Attacks Agency Information Sharing
-The Jurisdictional Certainty Over Digital Commerce Act

Tech Trends
http://www.llrx.com/newstand/#TechTrends

-Search On for New Search Engine
-New Ads Unpopular, But Foot Online Bill
-Look Ma, No Hands!
-Planting the Seeds: Microsoft Aims for Web Dominance
-Monster.com Buys Rival HotJobs.com
-The Land of Monopolies
-The Search for the Family Tree Moves to the Web
-Invisible Publishing Sparks a Lawsuit
-Lawyers Ask for Exemption from Law That Requires Churning Out "Privacy
Notices"

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