New products in the legal field.ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. , FMLA--ASAP Find quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. (ADA) in the ADA Case Digest from James Publishing. Written by Michael Faillace, senior counsel at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , the digest contains summaries of over 1,200 ADA cases in 325 categories. Cases from every circuit are presented, including numerous decisions that were previously unpublished. Also featured are summaries of over 300 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 FMLA Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance ) cases. Price is $89, and updates are published annually. To order, go to www.jamespublishing.com on the Web, call (800) 440-4780, or fax the form on p. 122 to (714) 549-8835. Setting the scene Accidents involving tractor-trailers can be reconstructed more thoroughly with the help of new software from Engineering Dynamics Corp. EDSMAC4 (Engineering Dynamics Simulation Model of Automobile Collisions) was initially developed to simulate collisions involving passenger cars and light trucks. It has been expanded to include a model for collisions involving tractortrailers and multi-axle commercial vehicles and can be used to study real-world crashes or staged tests. The user enters initial position and velocity for each vehicle and may also enter driver controls, such as steering. The program then provides a detailed analysis of vehicle trajectories and damage profiles, which can be displayed numerically in a spreadsheet or visually in a 3-D viewer. For further details, see the company Web site at www.edccorp.com, send an e-mail to info@edccorp.com, call (503) 644-4500, or fax the form on p. 122 to (503) 526-0905. Appealing alternatives If your client has a money judgment on appeal or is awaiting payment from a settlement, Law Finance Group, Inc., can help make ends meet in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile . The company specializes in nonrecourse funding options for financially burdened plaintiffs and attorneys. Law Finance Group's charter program, AppealFinance, provides cash before the appellate decision in exchange for part of the money judgment when the plaintiff is paid. If the case is ultimately lost, nothing is owed to the company. The company also provides financing to law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
Stop! In the name of justice The latest CD from the Supremes is a hit collection, but it doesn't feature Diana Ross. The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits, from Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press is the university press of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1893, at first specializing in law. It is especially notable for its literature in translation publishing, especially by European writers. , contains digital recordings of oral arguments and opinions from 50 of the most significant cases since 1955. Included are United States v. Nixon
, Miranda v. Arizona Miranda v. Arizona, U.S. Supreme Court case (1966) in the area of due process of law (see Fourteenth Amendment). The decision reversed an Arizona court's conviction of Ernesto Miranda on kidnapping and rape charges. , and Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. . Decisions can be sorted and listed by name or by date. Users scroll down to the case they are seeking, then point and click to begin listening. Full-text opinions are also included, as well as biographical information and portraits of all justices who have served since 1957. Price is $29.95. To order, call (800) 621-2736, go to the American Association of University Professors American Association of University Professors (AAUP), organization of college and university teachers. It was founded (1915) for the purpose of defending faculty rights, most notably academic freedom and tenure (see tenure, in education). online catalog at aaup.uchicago.edu, or fax the form on p. 122 to (800) 621-8476. Playing by the rules Meeting court deadlines is easier with the latest version of ProLaw software. The case management software has been upgraded to include Legalex Rules, the calendaring application. The program contains rule sets for federal, state, appellate, and bankruptcy courts in hundreds of venues. When a user files a case electronically, specific court rules are applied with a single click. Timelines are generated automatically, and a private mail list is created so all parties in the case receive e-mail reminders. Each docket event allows up to 16 pages of notes for tracking related details, such as depositions or client meetings. In addition, rules can be customized with a firm's own wording, events, or documents. Pricing starts at $795. For more information about the software, visit the company Web site at www.prolaw.com, call (800) 977-6529, send an e-mail to info@prolaw.com, or fax the form on p. 122 to (505) 889-9538. Information for "Discoveries" is provided by the individual companies and does not reflect an endorsement of any product by TRIAL or ATLA ATLA Association of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA American Theological Library Association ATLA American Trial Lawyers Association ATLA Air Transport Licensing Authority (Hong Kong) ATLA Avatar: The Last Airbender . |
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