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(8 May) A prominent legal-ethics professor has ignited a firestorm of controversy with his accusation that three equally prominent legal-ethics professors gave bad legal advice while serving as paid experts. Bob Ambrogi, editor of IMS ExpertServices' BullsEye Newsletter, where this article originally appeared, examines the controversy.
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(8 May) There are two kinds of people in the world, says finance expert Tom E. Greene: word people and number people. Most lawyers fall into the first group, which explains why they either panic or gloss over when faced with financial concepts in litigation.
Bob Ambrogi, editor of IMS ExpertServices' BullsEye Newsletter, where this article originally appeared, reports on how complexity in finance is often a smokescreen, "obscuring the straightforward narrative that lies just out of view."
(22 Feb) Entrepreneur Wendy Piersall draws attention to consumer conversations on Twitter. Do you know what your customers are saying about your brand?
Wendy: "In the past hour, the following brands were mentioned at least once by one of the 500+ people I 'follow' (these are the people whose updates I choose to read).... YouTube, Starbucks, Kinko's, Google, Nintendo, iTunes, NASCAR, Virgin Atlantic, Zappos and Target."
(6 May) Dosh Dosh advises information workers to prioritize their new information sources in order to get a handle on information overload. "In my feed reader there are two key folders, which stand out from the rest of the my feed subscriptions. The first folder is called 'Breaking News' and this contains the feeds of blogs, keyword alerts and news services on a range of topic categories. The second folder is called 'Must Reads' and these contain feeds of web sites that are non time-sensitive."
It's good advice on a par with the David Allen school of productivity.
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(8 May) Merlin Information Services now offers Warrants Research, "a search into an exclusive national database of outstanding wants and warrants." The database is used by federal, state and local law enforcement.
Please note: This is not an immediate-response database. Results are returned by e-mail, usually in two days. "To comply with federal law, your results will be restricted to the contact name, phone and jurisdiction where a warrant exists."
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(5 May) Yahoo this week introduced a new feature called SearchScan. Using McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology, SearchScan alerts searchers to potentially malicious search results. The filter is turned on by default for searchers in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Spain.
SEE: SearchScan: Search with confidence at Yahoo!
Yahoo, 5 May 2008
Maryland Attorney Disciplinary Actions: The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission provides summary information about disciplinary actions from 2006 to present. You may browse a list of names, in order by county, for each year. This is not a database. There is no search function. (et)
District of Columbia Attorney Information: The D.C. Bar lets you search for attorney status and public disciplinary information by lawyer name or law firm. Results include the name of the lawyer, his/her contact information, membership status, availability of disciplinary information, and the date s/he joined the Bar. (et)
Colorado Attorney Information Search: The Colorado Supreme Court provides a database for an attorney's status and disciplinary history in that state. Search by attorney registration number or name. Results include the lawyer's name, registration number and status. Status is an indicator of disciplinary action, but no details are provided. (et)
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