Articles Posted in August, 2007

Reverse Look-up, And More

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Sullr is a new reverse telephone directory that — like other reverse look-up tools — allows you to enter a phone number and find the name and address of its owner. But this one adds an extra ingredient: a Google map showing the location of the phone number. So far, it covers five countries…

Manage Contracts Throughout Their Life Cycle

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A new Web service, still in beta testing, promises to help users manage contracts throughout their life cycle, from negotiation and execution all the way to dispute resolution. Called Tractis, the site is being developed by a Spanish company Negonation. It provides a library of contract templates that parties to a negotiation can…

Federal Courts Post Audio Online

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Two federal courts began posting audio recordings of courtroom proceedings online earlier this month and three others will soon follow suit, according to an announcement from the Administrative Office of the Courts. Audio recordings of proceedings in the U.S. District Court in Nebraska and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of North…

Mass. Publishes Proposed Evidence Rules

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Unlike the federal courts and most states, Massachusetts state courts have no rules of evidence. Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court appointed an advisory committee to draft a guide to evidence law, directing the committee “to assemble the current law in one easily usable document, along the lines of the Federal Rules of Evidence.”…