LLRX Update - August 15, 2002

[Cindy L. Chick]

New on LLRX.com for August 15, 2002
Edited and Published by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Cindy L. Chick 
http://www.llrx.com


**Fighting Corporate and Government Wrongdoing: A Research Guide to 
International and U.S. Federal Laws on White-Collar Crime and 
Corruption 
http://www.llrx.com/features/whitecollarcrime.htm

Kumar Percy's extensively documented and timely guide focuses on major 
sources of information about white-collar crimes and anti-corruption 
efforts, including online and print resources.


**Benchmarking Knowledge Management in U.S. and UK Law Firms 
http://www.llrx.com/features/benchmarkingkm.htm

Knowledge Manager Stuart Kay surveyed 12 U.S. firms and 6 UK firms to 
identify best practice in knowledge management in the respective 
organizations. He includes a useful chart that summarizes the 
substantive differences between the U.S. and the UK approaches in this 
area.


**Review of AmphetaDesk Syndicated News Aggregator 
http://www.llrx.com/features/amphetadesk.htm

AmphetaDesk is a popular, customizable, free, open-source syndicated 
news aggregator that helps you stay current with the latest news in 
categories of your choice. Steven M. Cohen recommends it for its ease 
of use and incredible tech support.


**CaseMap at 4: The Best Litigation Software Gets Even Better 
http://www.llrx.com/features/casemap.htm

According to Dennis Kennedy, CaseMap can help you create chronologies 
and timelines, organize and analyze your case and develop strategies. 
In short, it is a "litigation knowledge management tool."


**Creative Intranets 
http://www.llrx.com/features/creativeintranets.htm

Susan DiMattia interviews librarians Cindy Chick, Nina Platt and 
Robert Sullivan about the challenges of creating and maintaining law 
firm intranets.


**An Overview of the Legal System of the Republic of Moldova 
http://www.llrx.com/features/moldova.htm

Mariana Harjevschi and Svetlana Andritchi's guide includes a review of 
the Moldovan legal system, executive, judicial and legislative powers, 
the country's new civil code, related legal institutions and many 
useful web resources.


**Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System:  Web-Based 
Publicly Accessible Sources 
http://www.llrx.com/features/us_fed2.htm

Gretchen Fletes' updated guide is a valuable teaching tool, and an 
excellent resource for researchers who want a concise overview of 
major topical resources available free through government, academic 
and corporate sponsored Web sites.


**Vehicle Prices On the Web 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference40.htm

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen discuss a range of web resources that 
researchers can use to determine used and new car values.


**Emergency! Computer Tips to Help You When IT is Not Available! 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/computertips.htm

Barbara Fullerton, Brian Neale and Roger Skalbeck present common 
hardware and software problems and practical solutions to help users 
pro-actively respond when help may not be readily or quickly 
available.


**Slip Opinion Listservers - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup27.htm

Kathy Biehl's guide identifies if a slip opinion listserver or 
notification service is available for the jurisdictions you follow, 
including free and fee-based services.


**Latest Links 
http://www.llrx.com/links/081502.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: ALA - FBI in Your Library, eBook 
Locator.com, Freedominfo.org, Insight Into a World of Religions, The 
People's Network and Stanford Law School: Lawrence Lessig.


**Editor's Featured Site: The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse 
http://securities.stanford.edu/

Sponsored by Stanford Law School, and updated every business day, this 
site is a one-stop resource for filings, news, press releases, 
decisions, and settlements involving federal class action securities 
fraud litigation. Users can subscribe to a once a week email update on 
recently filed cases. (Editor, Sabrina I. Pacifici).


**LLRXBuzz August 12, 2002 
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz121.htm 

Tara Calishain reviews: -News From the SBA; -New Web Site for Volunteer 
Opportunities; -Survey Favors E-Government; -Internal Memos; -Lawyers 
Blog on Civil Litigation; -"Power Utilities on the Internet" Updated; 
-Medical Research for Non-Medical Librarians; -ABC News Launches "News 
On Demand" Premium Service

**LLRX Newstand http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm Updated daily: 
the latest news on legal-tech issues, legislation, web resources, 
search engines, online research and more. (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

**9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources, Updated 
Daily http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

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