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New York Senate Mobile App

A mobile app has been released by the New York State Legislature which provides access to the latest news, legislation, meeting agendas, calendars, votes and more.  It's available for iPhone and Android devices.

Read more here. 

Posed by Jon Lutz

Disconnect Between Legal and IT Getting Worse

The disconnect between IT and Legal is getting worse according to a recent survey.  Here's an excerpt from Legal IT Professionals:

Recommind, the leader in search-powered information risk management (IRM) software, today released results from its second annual survey that examines the working relationship between corporate IT and legal departments. While the inaugural survey revealed that a lack of collaboration between both teams was greatly hindering eDiscovery efforts, the 2010 installation demonstrates that this disconnect has dramatically worsened. The survey of senior IT managers at enterprises averaging 13,000 employees reveals that IT and legal teams aren’t collaborating on buying decisions and question each other’s commitment to and understanding of eDiscovery and regulatory compliance. This further endangers effective eDiscovery and regulatory responses at the exact time such activities are skyrocketing. 

Read the article here. 

Posted by Jon Lutz

iPhone 4 First Take

iPhone 4 first take from cnet reviews:

Even from the outside, you'll see that the iPhone 4 marks the biggest upgrade since the iPhone 3G (the 3GS didn't add much beyond a compass). The profile is thinner and you'll notice a new front-facing camera (more on that later). The iPhone 4 also serves as the debut device for the newly named iOS 4 operating system, which brings such much-needed features as multitasking, a unified e-mail in-box, and app folders for the home screen. 

Read the whole article here. 

Posted by Jon Lutz

Google Scholar

Google Scholar now includes US Federal district, tax and bankruptcy, US State Appellate and Supreme Court cases.  From the Google Scholar site:

Currently, Google Scholar allows you to search and read opinions for US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950, US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and US Supreme Court cases since 1791 (please check back periodically for updates to coverage information). In addition, it includes citations for cases cited by indexed opinions or journal articles which allows you to find influential cases (usually older or international) which are not yet online or publicly available.

Posted by Jon Lutz