| New edition of CodeSearch U.S. Laws released EdTech
Associates, developers of CodeSearch, has released the 1999 edition of CodeSearch United
States Laws. The new edition contains all U.S. laws including those in effect as of Jan.
15, 1999.
CodeSearch is the definitive searchable CD-ROM edition of United States Law. It
alleviates the problem of the U.S. Code being three years out of date, forcing attorneys
to search in three different places to be sure of locating all pertinent law. The single
CodeSearch CD contains the entire U.S. Code, all later uncodified statutes, and the
chronological legislative history of every code section. CodeSearch puts all U.S. laws on
your desktop or laptop; there's no need to connect to online services.
CodeSearch United States Laws 1999 works on all versions of Windows and is available
for $119. For more information, contact EdTech Associates at 1-800/852-5977 or visit their
web site at www.codesearch.com.
Westlaw posts Microsoft trial transcripts
Did Microsoft have the right to add a web browser to its Windows operating system? What
will executives from Netscape, Apple, IBM, Sun Microsystems and American Online say about
Microsoft's competitive practices? Turn to Westlaw to read trial transcripts as Judge
Thomas Jackson hears U.S. v. Microsoft Corp. The Westlaw Microsoft Trial Transcripts
(MICROSOFT-TRANS) database provides transcripts of each day's proceedings.
Analysis and discussion of the case in newspapers and other publications also is
available through the ALLNEWS and ALLNEWS Plus databases.
New resource for ethics
California attorneys have an alternative resource to turn to when legal ethics issues
arise. The Rutter Group California Practice Guide - Professional Responsibility is the
legal industry's first practice guide to professional responsibility, giving practitioners
quick, dependable answers to the difficult questions posed in this rapidly evolving field.
The practice guide provides clear, concise explanations of all relevant provisions of
the California State Bar Act and the Rules of Professional Conduct. Included are citations
to relevant case law and State Bar Court and county bar ethics opinions as well as
practice pointers, legal forms and expert analysis of unresolved issues.
The guide is a thorough, practice-oriented treatment of legal ethics issues that
confront California lawyers on a daily basis, including advertising and solicitation,
conflicts of interest, attorney fees and fee agreements, confidentiality and
attorney-client privilege, handling entrusted funds and property, and disciplinary
proceedings.
Written by Paul Vapneck, Mark Tuft, Ellen Peck and Justice Howard Weiner, the guide is
available in two print volumes for $179 or on CD-ROM for $11 a month. To receive more
information or place an order, call West Group at 1-800/762-5272, or visit its web site at
www.westgroup.com.
O'Connor's Federal Forms interactive drafting system introduced
Matthew Bender & Co. Inc., a leading publisher of legal analysis and research
information, announced the release of Authority O'Connor's Federal Forms Interactive
Drafting System (IDS). This user-friendly, time-efficient automated document assembly
forms program includes more than 400 federal forms for use in all phases of litigation.
IDS allows attorneys and legal professionals to quickly and easily research, draft and
produce federal litigation forms. Preparing forms for all phases of litigation is
streamlined through the HotDocs 5.0 series, which engages quick and efficient document
drafting by reducing time spent cutting, pasting, retyping and proofreading.
The comprehensive selection of documents included in O'Connor's Federal Forms IDS will
provide users with forms for motions, orders, responses, defenses, answers, etc.
Suitable for network installation, the system is compatible with Windows applications
and contains HotDocs software.
For additional information, call Matthew Bender at 1-800/223-1940 or visit
www.bender.com.
New CD-ROM helps lawyers with evidence
Evidentiary Foundations: Proven Strategies and Techniques, Practising Law Institute's
new interactive, multimedia CD-ROM, provides attorneys with complete legal and technical
guidance on how to lay the proper foundation for the admission of various kinds of
evidence in evidentiary hearings and at trial.
Evidentiary Foundations, the latest program from The Interactive Courtroom training
series, was written by noted legal skills trainer Tim Hallahan, director of the Advocacy
Skills Program at Stanford Law School.
For more information, call PLI at 650/324-1827 or 1-800/373-1829, or e-mail to multimedia@pli.edu.
Contingency settlement calculations made easy
Attorneys who are paid on a contingent basis can now take advantage of ProLaw
Software's namesake matter management, billing and accounting program through an upgrade
to its Settlement Worksheet.
The upgrade gives plaintiff's lawyers the ability to calculate the true meaning of a
settlement offer immediately, thereby increasing the speed of settlement and decreasing
the amount of time spent in settlement negotiations.
When an attorney using ProLaw is offered a settlement and puts that dollar amount into
the Settlement Worksheet, ProLaw calculates all factors involved in order to give an
instant analysis of the net amount due to the client.
Factors that figure into contingent cases include all costs the law firm has incurred
in the case, the percentage of the contingency fee, whether costs are deducted before or
after fees, the amount of any co-counsel fees and any liens that might apply.
For more information, call 1-800/PROLAW, e-mail info@prolaw.com
or visit www.prolaw.com.
Custom index tabs offered
If you use index tabs to organize your files and the pre-packaged tabs don't suit your
needs, Bindertek has a solution: Custom Tabs.
Customers tell the company what they want the tabs to say and what colors and sizes
they want, and Bindertek will custom print tabs to those specifications.
For information and pricing, call 1-800/456-3453 or visit www.bindertek.com.
New video and data conferencing system from Sony
Sony Electronics has introduced a video and data conferencing system that integrates
the best features of a traditional group system with PC-based data sharing. The TriniCom
Digital Meeting System features high-quality videoconferencing and data collaboration in a
lightweight design that transforms a personal or notebook computer into a comprehensive
communication tool in minutes.
With a suggested retail price starting at less than $3,000, the Digital Meeting System
offers real-time, face-to-face communication as well as the ability to collaborate on
projects using all the applications and data on the user's existing computer.
The system is designed to run independently from the PC, so users do not have to
install or integrate additional hardware onto their computers.
The system will be available in June from authorized Sony videoconferencing resellers.
More information can be found at www.sony.com/professional
or by calling 1-800/686-SONY. |
