Category «United States Law»

Features – Thinking About Linking, Part I: Can Law Accommodate the

Thinking About Linking Part I Can Law Accommodate the Power of the Internet to Share Information? By Bradley J. Hillis

Bradley J. Hillis is a member of the Washington state bar, and the author of “Internet Experiments in Electronic CourtFiling,” “Considerations When Placing Court Opinions on the Internet,” and “Legal Research on the Internet: A Simple, How To Guide.” He lives in Bellevue, Washington, and is a legal analyst for the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.

Subjects: Cyberlaw, Features, Web Management

Features – Navigating the Maze of Criminal Records Retrieval

Navigating the Maze of Criminal Records Retrieval By Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is president of PFC Information Services, Inc. , a public records research firm located in Oakland, California. Lynn has been quoted on public records research in a variety of sources including The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, and The Information Broker’s Handbook. PFC Information Services provides public records research for law firms, corporations, lenders, venture capitalists, employers, the media, and other information research firms.

Subjects: Criminal Law, Features, Public Records

Extras – The PACER U.S. Party/Case Index: What it does and doesn’t (quite) do

The PACER U.S. Party/Case Index: What it does and doesn’t (quite) do By Roger Vicarius Skalbeck

Roger Vicarius Skalbeck is currently the Library Systems Specialist at the Washington, DC firm of Williams and Connolly. Roger worked previously in Minneapolis as a patent and trademark researcher, and he has also worked at general practice firms in Minneapolis and Chicago. Current activities include attempts to come up with creative solutions to technology-based legal research problems, from a librarians point of view.

Subjects: Court Resources, Extras

CongressLine – FDA Reform – Prototype for a Partisan Congress

Return to Library CongressLine FDA Reform – Prototype for a Partisan Congress

by Carol M. Morrissey

Carol M. Morrissey has been the Legislative Specialist for the Washington, D. C. office of Chicago’s Sidley & Austin for 11 years. She is a lawyer and legislative expert who has also authored a Congressional update column for the last 4 years.

(Posted December 1, 1997; Archived January 1, 1998)

Subjects: CongressLine, Food & Drug Law

ResearchWire – Litigator’s Internet Resource Guide: Points in Dispute

Return to Library ResearchWire Litigator’s Internet Resource Guide: Points In Dispute By Genie Tyburski

Genie Tyburski is the Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the editor of The Virtual Chase:TM A Research Site for Legal Professionals.

(Posted December 1, 1997; Archived January 1, 1998) Then came pleas and rejoinders, rebutters, demurrers, Such as Chitty would plough into Richard Roe’s furrows; — Cross questions, and very cross answers, to suit — So the gist of the case was the point in dispute.

— John Brainard, “Scire Facias” in Poems of John Brainard (1841)

Subjects: Court Resources, ResearchWire