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A-Z of Technology Law and Policy by M. Geist

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:06:37 +0000

Head over to Professor M. Geist’s blog for highlights of the year’s technology law and policy issues, arranged alphabetically (librarian style!).

Dutch Statutes and Regulations

Clearinghouse IWG — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:39:25 +0000

This post describes the development of a versioning legislative tool for The Netherlands that uses MetaLex XML. The developer of the tool is Dr. R. Hoekstra who was one of the initial developers of the MetaLex XML format for legal sources.

“In this post I describe the process and requirements that eventually led to the MetaLex Document Server, a server that hosts all versions of Dutch national statutes and regulations published since May 2011, both as CEN MetaLex, and as Linked Data.”

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)

CCCT-CCTJ — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:24:27 +0000

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII’s goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.

NCSC: Gavel to Gavel Volume 5, Issue 21

CCCT-CCTJ — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:56:46 +0000

NCSC: Gavel to Gavel Volume 5, Issue 21
This issue provides a focus on electronic filing legislation moving through the various states.

Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO): e-Government & Information Management

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:53:33 +0000

Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO): e-Government & Information Management
Provides guides and policies on open source software, e-filing and other topics.

LawTechcamp Roundup

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:42:48 +0000

lawTechcamp was an unconference that brought together individuals from a variety of background who had one thing in common which was an interest in technology and and law. The presentations from the session are here. Connie Crosby comments on the event were posted to Slaw located here. Omar Ha-Redeye comments on the Katz presentation are entitled Its the end of judges not the lawyers.

US Courts and Wireless Technology

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:55:51 +0000

The US Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, in consultation with the Information Technology Committee and the Judicial Security Committee have revised a statement to provide guidance to courts on wireless technologies: Considerations in Establishing A Court Policy Regarding the Use of Wireless Communication Devices (2010 Update). The policy was reported in the Third Branch news article Wireless Device Access Guidelines Strike Balance.