LLRX Update - October 15, 2002

[Cindy L. Chick]

New on LLRX.com for October 15, 2002: 
http:/www.llrx.com 
Sabrina I. Pacifici, Principal Editor & Publisher and 
Cindy L. Chick, Co-Editor, Co-Publisher

**"Show Me the Money" - Measuring the Return on Knowledge Management 
http://www.llrx.com/features/kmroi.htm

For those firms that are considering undertaking the challenge 
implementing a KM solution, law office technology expert Kingsley 
Martin proposes a framework for measuring the return on investment 
(ROI), the cost of information (COI), and proposes tools to evaluate 
alternative knowledge-sharing strategies.


**A Review of TRACFed: Lawyers Strike Gold Mining Government Data 
http://www.llrx.com/features/tracfed.htm

Patricia Hassett and Linda Roberge introduce the legal community to a 
powerful and innovative web-based data warehouse/data mining 
application to obtain transactional data from the federal government 
concerning its enforcement and prosecution activities.  Their guide 
includes three examples of cases, accompanied by screen shots, 
documenting TracFed's capabilities.


**E-Managing a Crisis of Trust 
http://www.llrx.com/features/emanaging.htm

E-mail is a ubiquitous and essential business tool. Consultant Robert 
Eisenberg reviews the reasons why all companies should implement an e-
mail management system not only for the sake of efficieny, but also 
for its defensive and preventative applications.


**European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print 
Research http://www.llrx.com/features/eulaw.htm

Marylin J. Raisch's extensive guide includes: treaties establishing 
the European Union, legislation, case law, periodical literature and 
other sources, implementing legislation at the national level, the 
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, citation issues, 
and "a guide to the guides."


**Legal Research - Past, Present and Future 
http://www.llrx.com/features/nationalreporter.htm

Shelly Albaum recounts significant developments in legal research that 
have emerged in the 125 years since the advent of the National 
Reporter System.


**LexisNexis Litigation Support by DolphinSearch 
http://www.llrx.com/features/dolphinsearch.htm

Greg Osinoff and Lynn Frances document the functionality of this 
litigation support application that is distinguished by full-text 
concept search capabilities for electronically assisted subjective 
coding (issue, relevance, privilege coding).


**The Big Picture: Limiting Information Access 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes56.htm

Cindy Carlson provides her perspective on the controversy surrounding 
public access limitations to content on the Web, both in the context 
of homeland security and the copyright extension case under review by 
the Supreme Court.


**Finding Legal Treatises http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference42.htm

Every legal researcher dreams of finding a source that covers their 
research topic in detail, and nothing else.  Jan Bisset and Margi 
Heinen's column focuses on the task of identifying and locating legal 
treatises.



**The Internet Roundtable #33: Is It Time to Redesign Your Firm's Web 
Site? http://www.llrx.com/extras/ir33.htm

Jerry Lawson, Brenda Howard and Dennis Kennedy discuss why and when it 
is appropriate to redesign your firm's website, and how best to plan 
and implement changes so as to maximize the site's marketing and 
usability value.


**Latest Links http://www.llrx.com/links/101502.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: e-book publisher Hidden Knowledge, Quick 
Screen Capture Software 1.15b, SeatGuru.com, Statistics Canada, and 
the U.S. Courts - Library.


**Editor's Featured Site:  Opposing Copyright Extension 
http://www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Karjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/

Law Prof. Dennis S. Karjala of Arizona State University maintains a 
timely and focused site that provides documentation and sources 
supporting opposition to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. 
The site includes links to: the Supreme Court briefs in Eldred v. 
Ashcroft, media coverage, law review articles and other scholarly 
papers, legislative materials, statutes and treaties, public domain 
resources, and links to advocacy groups (Editor, Sabrina I. Pacifici).


**LLRXBuzz October 14, 2002 http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz130.htm Tara 
Calishain reviews: -City Web Site Study Released; -"Digital Media Law 
& Policy Weekly"; -Politics1.com; -Center for E-Commerce; -Burke's 
Peerage And Gentry Books Now Online

**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 News and Legal Resources http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm 
Compiled and edited by Sabrina I. Pacifici, and updated continuously.

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