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Monthly Archives: November 2010
An annotated links page for state court docket sheet databases
The National Center for State Courts’ Public Access to Court Records page links to online databases containing case information for state court cases. I added the NCSC page to the “State Courts” section of the Docket Sheets entry next to Legal Dockets … Continue reading
Posted in States - Judicial Branch
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Verdicts and Settlements: New Lexis tool for creating reports
I added the new LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer to the Verdicts and Settlements entry. The “Analyzer” is designed to tell you “how similar cases have resolved (and for how much).” I believe the Analyzer is Lexis’ response to the “Case … Continue reading
Posted in Litigation
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RIP: “Brooklyn History” is History
In the interest of keeping the Guide a manageable size, I deleted the “Brooklyn History” entry because it just didn’t seem part of the Guide’s core mission.
Posted in Miscellaneous, R.I.P.
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Subject-matter searching for state court docket sheets
Here’s a research tip for the holiday weekend: You can search state court docket sheets by “Nature of Suit” (NOS) on Courtlink, Court Express and Westlaw. Previously, NOS searching was available only for Federal courts, where plaintiffs choose a NOS code … Continue reading
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Three more resources discussing the law of receivers
In my never-ending battle to find useful sources on the law of receivers, I added American Jurisprudence, Corpus Juris Secundum and Chapter 66 of Moore’s Federal Practice to the Receivership entry.
Posted in Bankruptcy, Litigation, Miscellaneous, Real Estate
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American Law Reports: New Section on Predecessor Publications
An attorney asked me to find “the predecessors to the ALR,” and that turned out to be about seven sets published by the Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company and Bancroft-Witney covering 1878 to 1918. Print volumes are still available in a surprising … Continue reading
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Where to search for foreign and international patent applications
I added WIPO’s new-and-improved PatentScope database to the “Foreign Patent Research” section of the Patents – Foreign entry. PatentScope searches “1,806,918 published international patent applications (PCT) and in 5,292,508 when including patent documents from Regional and National collections,” such as the African Regional International Property Organization (ARIPO), Brazil, … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property
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More help with Bluebooking
I added Linda J. Barris’ Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook: A Guide For Students and Practitioners 2d to the Citations entry. I believe that is the only guide available so far that is based on the current (19th) edition of The … Continue reading
New sources for old Congressional Reports
The Congressional Reports entry contains every source I know for finding Congressional Reports, but there aren’t a lot of places to get old Congressional Reports online. I just added two more — the Serial Set archive on Lexis (covering 1777-1969, including materials that … Continue reading
On the search for a search engine
I tested some search engines this evening. It would be good if we could get a better search engine than the one we have on the Guide now.
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