Monthly Archives: October 2011

Another free source for conference calls audio

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

I added Earnings Cast to the collection of websites offering free recordings of company earnings calls at the end of the Conference Calls entry.

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U.S. Law Digests are history

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Last year Martindale-Hubbell announced that the U.S. Law Digests would not be updated after 2010, and it looks they’re sticking to their word.   I rewrote the Martindale-Hubbell entry to refer to the U.S. Digests in the past tense and removed … Continue reading →

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Federal Rules in eBook Format

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Another quickie:  I added the Legal Information Institute’s Federal Rules eBooks to the Federal Procedure Rules, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence entries.

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New Jersey Superior Court case information system

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

I added the New Jersey Courts Public Access system to the “Docket Sheets” section of the New Jersey entry.  The system provides case information for civil cases heard in the New Jersey Superior Courts.

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Was your doctor paid to promote that drug?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

I added ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database of payments made by  pharmaceutical companies to physicians to the resources you might want to check when doing background research on Doctors.   Especially relevant for background checks on medical researchers and expert witnesses.

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Flare Treaty Index gains weight

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

The FLARE Index to Treaties increased its coverage by about 500 treaties and 500 years, so I dutifully changed the description of the Index in the Treaties – Foreign entry.

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NY Law Journal cases go subscription-only

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

The New York Law Journal is the unofficial reporter for many downstate lower court opinions.   But last year the publisher decided to provide the full text of opinions only in the password-protected “Decisions” section of the paper’s web site; the print, microfilm and Lexis editions of … Continue reading →

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The status of citators

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

This evening I updated the Shepardizing entry, which used to be just about Shepard’s but now covers citators generally.  Among other things, I added a reference to BCite on Bloomberg Law, and a link to a recent NJLLA blog post comparing Shepard’s (very good), KeyCite (very good) and BCite (not so good).   I also … Continue reading →

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Databases for business valuation

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

Just for fun I updated the entry on Valuing a Business.   In addition to the materials explaining the various valuation methods, I added a new section with databases you can use to find values from comparable sales.

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NMB rules and arbitration awards

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

The National Mediation Board conducts arbitration and mediation to prevent strikes in the airline and railroad industries.  I added sources for NMB rules and arbitration awards to the Arbitration, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution entry.

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