State Bar Journals

Here's a link to a neat collection of state bar journals from Drake University Law Library:

http://libguides.law.drake.edu/content.php?pid=86467&sid=643483

NYT story on fracking in Cooperstown, N.Y.

For anyone who attending ALLUNY 2010 and heard about fracking, or for anyone who is interested this issue, I post the following story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/nyregion/in-cooperstowns-fight-over-gas-drilling-civility-is-fading.html

W. S. Hein & Co. in the news, helping teachers

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article599580.ece

Compilation of Cell Phone and Texting Laws

I'll never lose my love of state law compilations.

http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html

FLARE Index to Treaties Extended from Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

The FLARE Index to Treaties Extended

http://www.llrx.com/features/flareindexextended.htm

The FLARE Index to Treaties (FIT), launched in March 2009 on the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies web server has been extended to cover about a third more treaties and conventions. In the past two years the Index has established itself as a valuable finding tool for the international lawyer. It is a fully searchable database now indexing and listing over 2,000 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from 1353 onwards and a number of significant bilateral treaties signed between 1353 and 1815. This article, by Steven Whittle and Peter Clinch describes the background to the extension and technical aspects of the updated implementation employed to deliver new content and finding features.

New LLAGNY-PLI Research Briefing, October 6th, 2011

The next LLAGNY-PLI Research Briefing: Technology Licensing Basics: How to Research, Draft and Monitor a Technology License Agreement will be held on October 6th from 1-2 p.m. [EST]. For details, please see the flyer posted on LLAGNY’s website. To sign up for the program, go to: http://www.pli.edu/libraryaudiobriefings. The LLAGNY-PLI Research Briefings are free to all librarians. The program’s format is audio with web display. If you haven’t already participated, you will need to register with PLI to sign up for the program. In addition, this program will be archived at a later date and made available to view/listen for up to one year.

Program:
Technology Licensing Basics: How to Research, Draft and Monitor a Technology License Agreement
Date: October 6, 2011
Time: 1-2 p.m. [EST] / 12-1 p.m. [CST] / 10-11 a.m. [PST]
Speakers:
• Hope Porter, Head Librarian at Merchant & Gould
• Frank X. Curci, Esq., Shareholder at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

The one-hour session will:

• Highlight some of the major competing interests of licensors compared to licensees
• Identify some of the key legal research tools available to technology licensing attorneys
• Demonstrate the resources a law librarian can access to assist in drafting and monitoring a technology license agreement

Kindle Connects to Library E-Books

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/books/amazons-kindle-to-make-library-e-books-available.html?_r=1