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May 22

Denver (Colorado) Internet Investigative Research MCLE Seminar
Denver (Colorado) Internet Investigative Research Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Seminar

May 29

Denver Colorado; MCLE - Live Seminar "The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet"

Friday, May 29, 2009
9:00 AM

CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver CO 80203
(303) 860-0608

MORNING SESSION: Super Search Engine Strategies for Legal Professionals: Mastering Google and Beyond

Attendees will learn how the Internet is changing the way they need to research in order to competently represent their clients – and to avoid ethical or malpractice issues! Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “google” the missing defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the defendant's claim of insufficient service of process. Effective Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer's due diligence routine. At this seminar, attendees will learn the best research strategies (including advanced search features at Google and other search engines) that will assist them in meeting their research obligations. “The standard of care imposing liability on lawyers for legal malpractice is changing owing to the increasing use of computers. Internet accessibility is about to profoundly change our research obligations…vast amounts of information are readily available to everyone, including courts and clients….” ABA GP Solo Newsletter
 

Mastering Google and Beyond:

  • Identify and Use the Best Search Engines
  • Sites, Secrets, and Shortcuts Revealed
  • Develop Super Search Strategies
  • Key into Google’s “Advanced Search” Menu
  • Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research
  • Learn About the "Visible" and "Invisible" Web
  • Uncover Ways to Find Deleted Web Pages
AFTERNOON SESSION: Investigative Research Strategies for the Legal Professional

A lawyer's research involves much more than just finding cases and statutes. Whether you're a transactional lawyer looking for information on a company, a consumer attorney tracking down a defective product, a matrimonial attorney searching for a spouse's assets, or a litigator looking for a missing witness, the Internet can be an indispensable source of information. The ABA's most recent technology survey found that while nearly 90% of attorneys used the Internet “to research news or current events,” less than half were using the public records or company background information, both of which are freely available on the Internet. The attorney who thinks they're “using the Internet in their practice” because they are reading the news or checking their stock portfolios online runs the risk of having cases dismissed, losing cases, or facing a malpractice suit…because of information they've missed.
 

Learn To:

  • Mine the Web for Missing People
  • Access Expensive Databases… For Free
  • Retrieve Full-text Newspaper & Magazine Articles, and Press Releases (for free)
  • Discover Quick and Easy Methods to Access Background Information and Public Records
  • Locate Real Property & Criminal Records
  • Learn Why Social Network Websites are Important Tools
  • Background Expert Witnesses & Potential Jurors



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April 14

Nashville (Tennessee) Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminar
April 16

Nashville, Tennessee; MCLE - Live Seminar
Boost Your Internet Investigative Research Skills

Thursday, April 16, 2009
9:00 AM

Tennessee State University
Downtown Avon Williams Campus
330 10th Street North
Room 353

MORNING SESSION: Super Search Engine Strategies for Legal Professionals

Attendees will learn how the Internet is changing the way they need to research in order to competently represent their clients - and avoid ethical or malpractice issues!

Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “Google” the missing defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the defendant’s claim of insufficient service of process. Effective Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer’s due diligence routine.

At this seminar, attendees will learn the best search engine research strategies that will assist them in meeting their research obligations.

Mastering Google and Beyond:

  • Identify and Use the Best Search Engines
  • Sites, Secrets, and Shortcuts Revealed
  • Develop Super Search Strategies
  • Key into Google’s “Advanced Search” Menu
  • Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research
  • Learn About the "Visible" and "Invisible" Web
  • Uncover Ways to Find Deleted Web Pages
AFTERNOON SESSION: The Cybersleuth's Guide to Investigative Research

A lawyer’s research involves much more than just finding cases and statutes. Whether you’re a transactional lawyer looking for information about a company, a consumer attorney tracking down a defective product, a matrimonial attorney searching for a spouse’s assets, or a litigator looking for a missing witness - THE INTERNET IS AN INDISPENSABLE SOURCE!

Discover why Social Networking sites (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace) can be the newest and best investigative tool and how the sites are being used by legal professionals to their advantage.

Nationally recognized Internet trainers and authors of The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet will show you how to find and use specific websites to unearth factual and investigative information for FREE (or very cheaply) on the Internet. Instead of first turning to experts, consultants, skip tracers, and private investigators, attendees will quickly learn how to be their own Cybersleuth.

Learn To:

  • Mine the Web for Missing People
  • Access Expensive Databases… For Free
  • Retrieve Full-text Newspaper & Magazine Articles, and Press Releases (for free)
  • Discover Quick and Easy Methods to Access Background Information and Public Records
  • Locate Real Property & Criminal Records
  • Learn Why Social Network Websites are Important Tools
  • Bacakground Expert Witnesses & Potential Jurors




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March 18

Chicago (IL) MCLE Seminar

Chicago, Illinois; MCLE - Live Seminar
Online Investigative Research For Legal Professionals

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
9:00 AM

DePaul University
Downtown Chicago

MORNING SESSION: Super Search Engine Strategies

Attendees will learn how the Internet is changing the way they need to research in order to competently represent their clients - and avoid ethical or malpractice issues!

Do lawyers have a duty to Google? In a recent decision, the court was incredulous that plaintiff failed to “Google” the missing defendant as part of his due diligence process and upheld the defendant’s claim of insufficient service of process. Effective Internet searching may now need to become part of every lawyer’s due diligence routine.

At this seminar, attendees will learn the best search engine research strategies that will assist them in meeting their research obligations.

Mastering Google and Beyond:

  • Identify and Use the Best Search Engines
  • Sites, Secrets, and Shortcuts Revealed
  • Develop Super Search Strategies
  • Key into Google’s “Advanced Search” Menu
  • Tips on Using Search Engines for Investigative Research
AFTERNOON SESSION: Becoming A “Cybersleuth”

A lawyer’s research involves much more than just finding cases and statutes. Whether you’re a transactional lawyer looking for information about a company, a consumer attorney tracking down a defective product, a matrimonial attorney searching for a spouse’s assets, or a litigator looking for a missing witness - THE INTERNET IS AN INDISPENSABLE SOURCE!

Nationally recognized Internet trainers and authors of The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet will show you how to find and use specific websites to unearth factual and investigative information for FREE (or very cheaply) on the Internet. Instead of first turning to experts, consultants, skip tracers, and private investigators, attendees will quickly learn how to be their own Cybersleuth.

Learn To:

  • Access Expensive Databases… For Free.
  • Discover Quick and Easy Methods to Access Background Information and Public Records.
  • Learn Why Social Network Websites are Important Tools.






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February 13

Oops! I Did it Again
A lot has been written about Quinn, Emanuel's latest marketing faux pas, but few seem to remember the firm's last major marketing blunder in the Fall of 2000.

Law.com has reported that one of the firm's marketing pieces spilled the beans on a high profile confidential settlement for one of its former clients.  According to the report, Quinn's business litigation newsletter trumpeted the firm's victory over Facebook in what (until then) had been a confidential settlement.

Back in September 2000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the marketing wizards at Quinn were convinced by a marketing consultant to mail 500-600 "paperweights shaped like hand grenades to hip Silicon Valley businesses...with the law firm's name attached jauntily to its pin." Apparently the paperweights were a little too realistic. Things were going great until the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Bomb Squad was called in to investigate two of them.  While the firm reportedly "cleared [the promotion] with postal officials in advance," the Chronicle quotes Postal Inspector Linda Joe as stating that, "she felt the mailing violated common sense."

File this under, "Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it."



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February 05

Laptop Seizures at Border Could End
Based on a new (draft) recommendation to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano from the Department's Data Privacy & Integrity Advisory Committee U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors may end the seizure of travelers' laptops as they enter/return to the United States. 

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) first exercised authority to investigate the contents of travelers' laptops (under 19 C.F.R. 162.6) in July 2008.  This policy has raised numerous privacy and security concerns since it was first instituted.

The draft recommendations suggest (in part) that:
While certain DHS components may have legal authority to conduct border searches, there is a significant difference between looking at paper documents and searching through the volume of digital information that can be carried by travelers.

and

The Privacy Act of 1974 has not kept pace with the evolution of technology and developments in how data is collected, used, shared and stored.  To the extent the Secretary is asked to submit recommendations to Congress for making the Act more relevant and effective, the Committee recommends that the Secretary seek guidance from the Privacy Office staff, who are experts in applying the Act’s provisions throughout the Department.

The DHS has reportedly declined to comment until the draft recommendations are officially transmitted to (and reviewed by) Secretary Napolitano.

Stay tuned.



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