ALI-ABA launches newsletter on Internet research.ALI-ABA (Philadelphia, PA) and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the for Lawyers (Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , CA), a legal publishing The production of texts that report laws or discuss the Practice of Law. Originally limited to printed materials, legal publishing now encompasses electronic media as well, with most legal publications becoming available online or in CD-ROM format. and CLE Cle total elimination clearance. seminar firm, have teamed to publish the first issue of "Internet Fact Finding for Lawyers," a newsletter dedicated to "helping lawyers locate the information they need on the Internet." It will be published six times a year and a charter annual subscription (seven issues) costs $99 while a regular subscription will cost $149. The new title high lights free and low-cost resources available on the Internet where legal professionals can find information pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. to their cases and practices. The newsletter includes information on sites and resources that may be useful for investigators, depositions, and trial preparation, as well as company financial data and medical research, gathering competitive intelligence, finding expert witnesses, and fact checking. The four-color newsletter also carries information on legal technology Web sites, legal research Web sites, search engines, local, state and federal public records, and related sites. Each site covered is presented in a template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the that allows readers to determine the information a site contains, the best way to access that information, site idiosyncrasies, and whether a site is free, requires registration, or is fee-based, authored by Internet for Lawyers principles Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch. Initial content includes information on resources and Web sites for the fields of real estate law, entertainment law, company research, private portals, public records, high tech resources, and docket research. Rosch said the goal of the newsletter is to "help readers learn how to get the accurate information they need on the Internet, fast, and to save money by avoiding unnecessary sites. We specifically choose sites for their usefulness to legal professionals." |
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