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• Regulation Room Beta Test at Cornell

  From November 9 through November 22, 2009, a beta test is being held of Regulation Room, “a pilot project,” sponsored by the Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative (CeRI) and hosted by Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), “that…

• Kaptein, Prakken & Verheij: Legal Evidence and Proof: Statistics, Stories, Logic

  Professor Hendrik Kaptein of Leiden University, and Professor Henry Prakken and Professor Bart Verheij, both of the University of Groningen, have published an article collection entitled Legal Evidence and Proof: Statistics, Stories, Logic (2009). Here…

• Olszewska & Baker, An Annotated Bibliography on Law Teaching

  Mary Olszewska, J.D., & Professor Thomas E. Baker of Florida International University College of Law, have published An Annotated Bibliography on Law Teaching, forthcoming in Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing. Here is the abstract:…

• Sloan on Informal En Banc Review & the Erosion of Stare Decisis in the Federal Courts of Appeals

  Professor Amy E. Sloan of University of Baltimore School of Law has published The Dog that Didn’t Bark: Stealth Procedures and the Erosion of Stare Decisis in the Federal Courts of Appeals, forthcoming in Fordham…

• New Blog on Developing Digital Law Collections: Hacked Librarian

  John Joergensen, Esq., the award-winning digital law library developer, and creator of the Rutgers University Camden Law Library Digital Collections, has launched a new blog, called Hacked Librarian, focused on the details of creating digital…

• Thoughts on Google & Legal Research

  The addition of case law and patent search functions to Google Scholar, and subsequent comments from Richard Nash, prompted the following thoughts, which are mine alone: In my view, the U.S. market for high-end computer-assisted…

• Papers Available for New Horizons for Civil Justice in Europe: Towards the “Stockholm Programme”

  Papers and outlines for the presentations given at the conference, New Horizons for Civil Justice in Europe: Towards the “Stockholm Programme”, held November 5-6, 2009, at the ERA Congress Centre, in Trier, are now available.…

• Google Scholar Now Indexes Judicial Decisions & Patents

  [NOTE: Updated on 17 November 2009 to link to Andrew Plumb-Larrick's post, Carole Levitt's post, and to Greg Lambert's post and list of links.] Google Scholar now indexes selected judicial decisions and patents, metadata for…

• Hedges et al. on Allowing Domestic Electronic Service of Process in the Federal Courts

  Ronald J. Hedges of Ronald J. Hedges LLC, Kenneth N. Rashbaum of Fios Inc., & Adam C. Losey have published Electronic Service of Process at Home and Abroad: Allowing Domestic Electronic Service of Process in…

• Facciola & Redgrave on Asserting and Challenging Privilege Claims in Modern Litigation

  The Honorable John M. Facciola, United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and Jonathan M. Redgrave, Esq., of Nixon Peabody LLP, have published Asserting and Challenging Privilege…