FindLaw Launches LegalMinds: One-Stop Access to Legal Community Discussions.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997--What's happening on the most important Internet legal mailing lists An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new ? Legal minds want to know! FindLaw, Inc., today announced the launch of LegalMinds, an integrated searchable archive of well over 100 Internet discussion lists of interest to the legal community. LegalMinds is coordinated by FindLaw and developed in partnership with FindMail Communications, Inc. LegalMinds provides an easy-to-use interface, enabling visitors to search legal mailing list archives and browse by author, date and discussion thread See threaded discussion. . The site is organized into intuitive categories, including legal subject lists, attorney lists, legal librarian lists, legal newsletters and legal classifieds, so that legal professionals can quickly locate archives of interest. The archives include subscription information as well as calendars to track the number of messages that are posted on each list. LegalMinds includes archives of some of the most lively and highly trafficked legal lists on the Internet. Visitors can check out Cyberia and NetLawyers with their discussions of cutting edge Internet legal issues or follow academic oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. discussions on lists such as EconLaw, which covers theory and application of economics on the law. Other lists range from Antitrust Law antitrust law Any law restricting business practices that are considered unfair or monopolistic. Among U.S. laws, the best known is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which declared illegal “every contract, combination…or conspiracy in restraint of trade or , Copyright Law, the Death Penalty, Family Law, Health Law to Securities Law, and more. "Legal professionals use mailing lists for both research and networking purposes," notes Stacy Stern, Esq., President of FindLaw, Inc. "We are very happy to be working with FindMail and the numerous list owners in making it easy to search the archives of these valuable resources." "We have taken special precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory. in the design of the archiving software so that list users' privacy is protected," said Scott Hassan, founder of FindMail Communications, Inc. In particular, e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address in the archive are specifically mangled to prevent Web spiders from using the archives to collect addresses. FindLaw, Inc., is dedicated to making legal information on the Internet easy to find. The popular FindLaw Web site, which is intuitively designed for legal professionals, includes a comprehensive guide to legal resources on the Internet, legal search tools, such as LawCrawler and full-text law review searching, case law, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893, online continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. , legal community spaces and legal specialty guides. FindMail Communications is a software development company designed to archive public mailing lists for the Internet community. The URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. for LegalMinds is http://www.legalminds.org/ The URL for FindLaw is http://www.findlaw.com/ The URL for FindMail is http://www.findmail.com/ CONTACT: FindLaw, Inc. Tim Stanley, 650/322-2783 650/322-0115 fax tstanley@findlaw.com http://www.findlaw.com/ http://www.legalminds.org/ |
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