RAIN 061119 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Washington Post Williams Friend's Contract Is One for the Books by Yolanda Woodlee Mayor Anthony A. Williams wants to make sure that his story -- the city's history under his administration -- is written his way. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR200611 1701674.html?referrer=emailarticle> Legal Technology Amended Rule 45: Will Nonparties Pay the Price of EDD? John F. Baughman and H. Christopher Boehning Thursday, November 9, 2006 Case law on nonparty cost shifting has been slow to develop, but a few lessons are available. Take, for example, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction, which led to a half-century of uneasy standoff between the United States and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. The doctrine also has a moderating influence on the scope of parties' electronic discovery -- at least in cases between large corporate entities. <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=116298031872 6> Legal Technology Foley & Lardner Strives for Secure Exchange of Mega-Files Daniel G. Rhodes Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Foley & Lardner LLP is a full-service national law firm that provides legal services to clients, from growing companies to large multinational concerns. Much of this work involves the time-critical exchange of large documents and data with attorneys and clients both inside and outside the firm. <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=116289391923 3> Legal Technology Well-Cooked Hash Makes Finger-Licking E-Discovery Craig Ball Monday, November 13, 2006 I love a good hash. Not the homey mix of minced meat and potato Mom used to make. I mean hash values, the results of mathematical calculations that serve as reliable digital "fingerprints" of electronically stored information. <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=116319411918 4> Legal Technology Mining Matrimonial E-Data By Scott James Andino The Matrimonial Strategist September 28, 2006 Few technological advancements or social movements have impacted matrimonial law as profoundly as the computer/electronic age. Today, litigants have a virtual Pandora's box of incredibly vast yet retrievable information at their fingertips, which all too often remains underutilized or undiscovered. <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1159347930960 > Legal Technology Digging Deeply Into Matrimonial Data Mining Scott Andino Friday, November 10, 2006 The first part of this article discussed the importance and focus of data retrieval in matrimonial actions and the parameters of data mining. The conclusion herein addresses privacy concerns, the impact of e-mail and the costs of data retrieval. PRIVACY CONCERNS REGARDING DATA MINING Some privacy advocates have attacked data mining during the pendency of matrimonial actions as an inherent invasion of the privacy of one party. <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=116306671988 7> Title: A Practical Guide To Disaster Recovery Agreements by Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Date: 10 November 2006 Written By: Barlow Lyde & Gilbert from United Kingdom <http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=44192&product_id=9&company_i d=2196&friend=1> Title: Named And Shamed - Will Your Data Security Breach Make The Headlines? by Bristows Date: 16 November 2006 Written By: Bristows from United Kingdom <http://www.mondaq.com/friend.asp?ef=27836> Title: The Rise Of Electronic Evidence by Duane Morris LLP Date: 09 November 2006 Written By: Duane Morris LLP from United States <http://www.mondaq.com/friend.asp?ef=27838> The myth of the paperless office buried by the technology that was ... ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada ... its users electronically to snag, store, display, manipulate and send documents — giddy prophets ... And the voice of the paper-shredding truck is heard in our ... <http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/541916.html> Prison no obstacle for cunning ID thief Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA ... Court Clerk Sherry L. Eckman said Bristow could have requested the records through a simple public-records request without question because officials are not ... <http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/19 /20061119-A3-01.html> 'Vintage Grand Rapids' shows life in simpler times The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA ... from the 1800s to 1950s made it into "Vintage," with some photos provided by The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids Public Library and Grand Rapids City archives ... <http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-0/11639213311 39630.xml&co Pa. records first all-electronic real estate deal Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA ... As Korman explained, the traditional paper transaction can take several days until documents are delivered to the Recorder of Deeds and recorded there. ... <http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/16053698.htm> Lawyers Win Document Case eWeek - New York, NY ... which is now available) offers a significant advantage over Version 8.5 in that it saves documents as PDFs by default. In Version 8.5, files were automatically ... <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2061304,00.asp> More people back up files in virtual vaults USA Today - USA ... Work files, financial records. Documents, spreadsheets and presentations are popular files to back up. It's also a good idea ... <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-11-19-virtual-va ults_x.htm> EXCLUSIVE Secret files wiped out by blunder at council Sunday People - UK ... computers used by Greenwich council, south London, meant confidential files would also ... toiled through their lunch hours to rewrite deleted documents by hand. ... <http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=glitch-exposes-sex-abuse-kids-& method=full&objectid=18119791&siteid=93463-name_page.html> Culture of data theft 'flourishing in UK' Scotsman - United Kingdom According to software company Prefix IT, around 60 per cent of workers admitted to the theft of confidential documents, customer databases, business contacts ... <http://business.scotsman.com/technology.cfm?id=1715382006> Peter Kurilecz Richmond, Va ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. 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