The Squib
Last week Counsel Connect launched its free electronic newsletter,
The Squib. The Squib includes announcements and info on upcoming
online seminars and events, hot legal documents and cases, new
discussion forums, clients seeking to retain lawyers, legal
websites (with reviews and weekly picks), lots more.
To subscribe to Counsel Connect's Squib, send an e-mail message to
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Or, stop by Counsel Connect Web, http://www.counsel.com
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You can't miss it.
And I may get flamed for this but I thought it may be helpful to
post here a copy of the premier issue.
(By the way, the next issue of the Squib (going out on Friday)
includes a review of Arent Fox's telemedicine law homepage--and
no, I didn't do this just to get Lew Rose to subscribe--it's a
great site!)
Hope to see you on the Squib.
Jesse Londin
Counsel Connect
Senior law editor
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Counsel Connect's SQUIB -- Vol. 1, issue 1
March 8, 1996
Counsel Connect's SQUIB is a short, weekly e-letter announcing
hot, new happenings on Counsel Connect, the largest online
service exclusively for lawyers. Also, the SQUIB keeps its eye
on the latest offerings on Counsel Connect Web. The SQUIB is for
lawyers and other cybercitizens.
If you're a lawyer and want to subscribe to Counsel Connect, call
1-800-455-4354, or send e-mail to cconnect@counsel.com
If you're a citizen of cyberland and want to keep up with legal
developments in the nonvirtual world as well as in the
datasphere, visit Counsel Connect Web, http://www.counsel.com
And if you'd like to comment on the SQUIB (praise is especially
welcome), send an e-mail message to Counsel Connect Senior Law
Editor Jesse Londin, buzz@counsel.com.
So much for the shameful marketing hype. (Relatively painless,
wasn't it?) Here's the SQUIB.
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ONLINE SEMINARS
(Now underway in Counsel Connect's Seminar auditorium; open to CC
members only.)
Securities Litigation: The Effects of Reform--Online Interview
with Harvey Pitt and Karl Groskaufmanis (March 4 - 15). . .
Week on the Web: Litigation Resources (March 4 - 17). . .
Sexual Harassment: The Second Generation (Feb. 21 - March 13)
EDITOR'S WEB PICKS
(Highlighted this week on Counsel Connect Web: Top legal
websites, hand-picked by Counsel Connect's diligent, webfaring
law editors.)
Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Links--
Visit a police lab, learn about bloodstain pattern analysis,
investigate a crime scene. From the American Academy of Forensic
Science to Zeno Rebozo's Shoeprint Identification, sneak into the
fascinating world of forensics, courtesy of the National Forensic
Science Technology Center.
http://www.shadow.net/~nfstc/links.html
National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys--
Looking for the "keys to wealth enhancement and preservation"?
Search the National Network databases for tips on estate,
investment, charitable and retirement planning, and business
continuity. Use the directories to locate estate planning
attorneys and financial planners.
Federal Election Commission--
Here's where the feds report on who's running for president and
Congress, how much they're spending, who's taking what PAC money,
and other golden nuggets of campaign finance. The site also
offers data and charts from past election cycles. The FEC
promises to update financial information as the '96 election
continues.
National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law--
Billing itself as "the first on-line journal in the country and
the second devoted exclusively to issues affecting lesbians, gay
men and bisexuals," this publication explores topics such as
recognition of domestic partnership and gay marriage, sexual
orientation discrimination and state anti-gay legislation. Browse
a recent symposium on sexual minorities in legal education.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaylaw/
Lawcopedia--
>From the folks at 'lectric law Library, here's the Web's answer
to a plain 'ol nonvirtual law dictionary. It's a hypertext index
of law terms and phrases, organized by topic--from ADR to
taxation. You can also use the alphabet bar to click on the first
letter of the word you want to look up. Res ipsa loquitur.
http://www.inter-law.com/ref.html
HOT DOCS
(A sampling of the latest sizzling additions to Counsel Connect's
law libraries. Some of these offerings also appear in the
SPOTLIGHT section of Counsel Connect Web.)
Grisham v. Garon-Brooke Associates--John Grisham's fraud
complaint against his entertainment lawyer . . . Compassion in
Dying v. Washington--the 9th Circuit held the right to die and
assisted suicide are protected by the due process clause . . .
Medical Imaging v. Lichenstein--one of the first injunctions
granted under the Securities Litigation Reform Act . . .
Department of Justice guide on Affirmative Action in Federal
Employment . . . Marisol v. Giuliani--for the first time since
1994 a federal district court judge ruled that Court TV may cover
a federal trial . . . U.S. v. Duboc motion papers and
opinion--the 11th Circuit denied F. Lee Bailey's motion to stay
his contempt incarceration pending appeal.
LAWYERS WANTED
(New legal business available through a new service, Quick
Request For Proposals [QRFP]. Each week on Counsel Connect,
lawyers respond to real business proposals from real clients. To
send in your QRFP's, visit Counsel Connect Web,
http://www.counsel.com, or call Todd Drucker at 1-800-955-5291.)
Corporate counsel member seeks local counsel in New York City to
handle a collections matter. . . An individual in Southern
California wants to bring a negligence suit against a local
health center. . . A corporate counsel member seeks local counsel
in southern California to handle a client's employment
discrimination claim. . . A corporate counsel member seeks local
counsel in Puerto Rico to handle a collections matter.
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: Department of Labor (and OSHA)
By Jesse Londin
No question, ours is a working life. But on the Web, labor is
easy. As so it is on the Department of Labor's website.
DOL's web offering is a well-organized, substantial forum that
conveniently links the homepages of more than a dozen DOL
agencies. You'll notice all these agencies' sites reflect a
uniform look and feel. The worker-bee webmasters at Labor have
been busy keeping everything up to digital snuff.
>From DOL's site, hit links to get to Pension and Welfare
Benefits Association, the Office of Small Business and Minority
Affairs, OSHA, the Employment Standards Administration, the
Bureau of International Labor Affairs, and many other DOL
agencies.
In addition to this maneuverability across the Department, at
DOL's homepage you get press releases, speeches and labor-related
data.
Under the section, "Statutory and Regulatory Information" review
summaries of labor laws and regs and technical assistance
services under the purview of DOL; study the text of some
statutes and executive orders administered and enforced by Labor
(more are on the way); review CFR sections pertaining to DOL; and
get compliance assistance information. And check back for
notices of proposed rulemaking, promised here.
At "What's New" read the latest DOL Federal Register notices, and
Department releases and announcements.
What else? Read a bio of Secretary Robert B. Reich and learn
about DOL history, mission and organization. Review
labor-related data, as well as grant and contract information.
Access information on DOL programs and activities, all keyword
searchable and identified as to overseeing agency.
And don't miss an opportunity to follow the DOL's link to OSHA's
site (http://www.osha.gov). One hundred million American working
people and their six and a half million employers are covered by
the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970.
The Act and much more come alive at OSHA's website.
Click on "OSHA Standards & Related Documents" for OSHA regs, the
OHS Act, standards interpretations, a link to the compliance
assistance page, OSHA Federal Register sections and more.
Under "Publications," check out a generous collections of pubs
and fact sheets on a good variety of workplace safety topics,
OSHA policies, procedures and programs, including "Employer
Guidelines and Responsibilities."
In addition to publications, OSHA's website offers news releases,
speeches, reports, congressional testimony, stats, compliance and
technical information, and links to related Net sites. I found a
catchy memo on "How to File a Complaint Against OSHA."
And back at Labor's main page, watch as the DOL's Web offerings
grow. The Department states that the primary objective of the
website over the next twelve months (and try to overlook the fact
that this notice isn't dated--lawyers are soo picky) is "to
increase the amount and usefulness of programmatic [whatever that
means] and regulatory information available to the public."
Believe it.
The Web works.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Don't miss the premier issue of AmLaw Tech, The American Lawyer's
technology magazine, which includes, tucked in its pages, Counsel
Connect's new quarterly newsletter, Counsel Connect Offline.
Read a complimentary copy of the new A.G. Grapevine, a monthly
newsletter by former Maine Attorney General and Counsel Connect
member Jim Tierney (in FYI/UPDATES).
DecisionPoint is here: A new Counsel Connect forum where members
participate in the regulatory process and tell the government
what to do. First topic: FCC Spectrum Policy.
Monday Trivia Challenge in now open (in DISCUSS).
This month, Counsel Connect's website celebrated its two year
anniversary by expanding and remodeling. Tell us what you think.
Welcome aboard new forum moderators: Trademarks--James M. Jordan
of Alston & Bird; Ethnic Diversity--Wanda M. Akin of Podvey,
Sachs; Medical Malpractice--Dr. Armand Leone Jr, J.D., M.D.
And remember: You have the right to remain silent. You have the
right to an attorney or to be an attorney. If you cannot afford
law school or don't want to be an attorney, someone else will
become an attorney for you.
As Franz Kafka said, "The law. . . should surely be accessible at
all times and to everyone."
See you next week.
-SQUIB ed.
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