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Law.com
Fla. Appeals Court Tosses $1.58 Billion Verdict Against Morgan Stanley
Jordana Mishory
Florida's 4th District Court of Appeal threw out one of the largest
verdicts in U.S. history Wednesday when it overturned a $1.58 billion
judgment against financial behemoth Morgan Stanley.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1174467825249>
Law.com
Woman's Search for Her Birth Mother Leads to Share of Jell-O Fortune
Mark Fass
In 1974, Elizabeth McNabb, a pregnant 19-year-old from Longview, Wash.,
began what would become a 14-year quest to find her birth mother.
Three decades and one legal action later, McNabb has established that
she is entitled to a multimillion-dollar share of the Jell-O fortune.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1174467824869>
Information Week
Stolen Data From T.J. Maxx Parent Company Surfaces In Florida Wal-Mart
Fraud
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1981006
36>
Growing Pressure for Data Classification
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
To avoid these penalties and reduce the cost of e-discovery, companies
arefinally starting to implement comprehensive data-retention policies
that...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9014071>
Record Keeping in the Digital Era
Texas Observer - Austin,TX,USA
Perry, Open Records. You can follow any responses to this entry through
the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own
site. ...<http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=192>
Protecting and recovering vital records from disaster
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
Gary Rossell of information protection firm Iron Mountain suggests a
plan for protecting a company's vital records against disaster, natural
or man-made. ...<http://www.out-law.com/page-7902>
Iron Mountain Launches Active Archiving for E-mail
SDA India Magazine - Singapore
Iron Mountain has launched Active Archiving Service for E-mail, a
solution for managing e-mail storage, retention and legal discovery. ...
<http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,new
s,16392,p,0.html>
State investigates leaks of Centinela prison employee data
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
On March 16, an inmate was found with documents in his work boot
listing 20 names of corrections staff and their Social Security
numbers. ... <http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5505816>
Abbott: Records bill falls short
Rosenberg Herald Coaster - Rosenberg,TX,USA
Recent state legislation concerning the publication of Social Security
numbers by Texas' county clerks fails to address the growing problem of
identity ...
<http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2007/03/23/news/top_story/topstor
y.txt>
Dusting off the Past
Daily Record - Ellensburg,WA,USA
Records Processor Lindsey Tucker works on filing items from various
Washington counties at the state archives. Photo by Joe Whiteside/
Daily Record ...
<http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/03/23/news/doc460421dc16531447072579
.txt>
Fellows records in Smithsonian archives
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
By Stephen Seitz Herald Staff. SPRINGFIELD — In Springfield, industry
is history, and thanks to an environmental engineer with an eye for
both, an important ...
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/NEWS04/
703230373/1003/NEWS02>
Valuable Channel 1 TV archive in danger of vanishing if not digitized
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Channel 1 Television archivist Billi Segal says the channel's entire
collection of broadcasts is in danger of fading and vanishing if it is
not transferred ...<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/841220.html>
County, WIPP records may share site
Carlsbad Current Argus - Carlsbad,NM,USA
office space, we could utilize the space in county facilities currently
used for records storage." Don George, Stoller vice president, said the
records ...<http://www.currentargus.com/ci_5500996>
Corporate Crime Epidemic Costs the Country Billions of Dollars ...
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
Corporate crime, technology and IP theft and corporate espionage is
rapidly growing. In an article published in Eye Spy Magazine
“Technology Warfare” Issue ...
<http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDet
ail&ID=15946>
Oracle hits SAP with accusations of corporate espionage
IT PRO - London,Greater London,UK
The legal wrangling mirrors previous examples of corporate espionage
suggestions involving the alleged dirty tricks libel case between
British Airways and ...
<http://www.itpro.co.uk/internet/news/108636/oracle-hits-sap-with-accusat
ions-of-corporate-espionage.html>
Local Man’s Tireless Fight to Bring Honor to the Tuskegee Airmen
Black Voice News - Riverside,CA,USA
University archivist Chuck Wilson says the hope is the public will come
away from the collection with a greater sense of history and social
responsibility. ...<http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/40620/4/>
A century spent winning a better deal
East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolk,England,UK
When the National Archives invited her to bolster its catalogue of
social history, she leapt at the chance. The Women's Century: A
celebration of changing ...
<http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/features/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&c
ategory=Features&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=features&itemid=IPED23%20Mar%
202007%2015%3A36%3A05%3A447>
PROFILE: Digging through the past
Niagara Gazette - Niagara Falls,NY,USA
For Ames, rolling through microfilm and digging through public records
is thrilling. He now does research for others and charges a small fee
to cover his
...<http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_082230249.html>
Bankers Are A Step Ahead With E-Discovery
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
The large banks I've spoken with have yet to connect records management
with e-discovery, which says to me that they're definitely not ready to
deal with ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19850010
6&subSection=All+Stories>
Wall St Journal
The Bounty Hunters
Soaring art prices have created a boom market in reclaiming stolen
works. Our reporter on the growing pack of lawyers who are getting rich
making life miserable for the world's museums
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117460804814046202-email.html?>
The Star Press, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 0:30 AM PDT
Archivist aims to keep local history alive
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS01/703190324
MUNCIE -- Keeping the past alive for the future is Nancy Turner's
passion. "Trying to preserve a common memory of a community," is how
the former head of Archives and Special Collections at Ball State
University worded her efforts."I'd be glad to have that as what I'm
remembered for."
Grand Traverse Herald, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 6:46 PM PDT
Archivist keeps historical perspective
http://www.gtherald.com/2006/jan/18arch.htm
The Grand Traverse Pioneer & Historical Society welcomed Peg Siciliano
this
month as its new archivist. Siciliano is taking over from a retiring
Steve
Harold, who has cared for and worked with the society's collection of
more than
20,000 items for decades.
Grand Traverse Herald, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 6:01 PM PDT
Historical society sheds light on vault updates
http://www.gtherald.com/2007/jan/24vault.htm
More than 15,000 photographs and documents illustrating the history of
the Grand
Traverse region are housed in the archival vault of the Grand Traverse
Pioneer
and Historical Society.
Grand Traverse Herald, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 6:30 PM PDT
Lautner receives historian honor
http://www.gtherald.com/2006/may/31historian.htm
An unsung hero, Mary Lautner has distinguished herself for decades by
her
tireless service to numerous causes and organizations. Quietly, behind
the
scenes, she would do whatever needed to be done to keep things running
smoothly.
Coshocton Tribune, Sun, 25 Mar 2007 5:04 AM PDT
Museum preserves Ohio history
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/LIFESTYLE/703250309
CHILLICOTHE - Visitors to the Ross County Heritage Center will find
artifacts from Ohio's rich history preserved in the museum and many
historical documents are stored in the McKell Library.
Historical find hysterical
Edmonton Sun - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
The mystery over what an antique safe found behind a historical
society's furnace might hold had this town abuzz until a locksmith got
it open.
...<http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/03/24/3821138-sun.html>
Brothers help feds in Civil War artifact bust
The Evening Sun - Hanover,PA,USA
A rare-book dealer was recently charged in US District Court with
selling Civil War documents and letters stolen from the National
Archives and Records ...<http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_5513103>
Four Bills tabled and debated in the Legislative Assembly
Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands
The National Archive and Public Records Bill, tabled by the Deputy
Chief Secretary Donvan Ebanks, seeks to provide for the design and
implementation of ...
<http://www.caymannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000130/01303
2.htm>
Couriers and postal services are less secure than encrypted emails
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
Businesses sending confidential documents by courier and postal
services are at greater risk of confidentiality threats such as theft,
damage and loss ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26574&CategoryID=1>
Buyer pays record amount for Declaration of Independence
Burlington Times News - Burlington,NC,USA
According to the US National Archives, the 1823 printing is the most
frequently reproduced version of the document, since the original —
stored in the
<http://www.thetimesnews.com/onset?id=144&template=article.html>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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