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RAIN 01/24: SearchPDF, Hack Attack, OSHA rules



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Business Week 01/05/01 (Thanks to Bruce White for the tip)
The Litigation Machine
http://www.businessweek.com/2001/01_05/b3717001.htm

by Mike France
Smoking-gun documents over the Internet. Lawsuit kits. Easy financing. The 
result: Plaintiffs' lawyers are having a field day. Here's an inside look. 

The ''Firestone Tire Tread Separation'' litigation packet is one legal 
bestseller you won't find in bookstores. Sold by the Association of Trial 
Lawyers of America (ATLA), the powerful Washington trade group that serves as 
the tort bar's central brain trust, the closely guarded 689-page document is 
distributed only to plaintiffs' attorneys. A step-by-step guide to suing 
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (BRDCY) and Ford Motor Co. (F), the litigation 
packet starts with a breezy synopsis of the tire debacle. It then proceeds to 
offer readers everything they need to get a lawsuit started: There are 59 
complaints from previously filed tread-separation cases that, with a few 
changes to reflect local law, can be recycled anywhere in the country. Also 
included are a list of documents to request from Firestone, a package of 
useful National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents, and a 
directory of several informative Web sites.



Cnet News.com 01/22/01
DOJ concerns shutter file-swapping service
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4565328-0.html?tag=unkn

by Lisa M. Bowman and John Borland
Citing Justice Department concerns, a popular Web site has shuttered a 
file-swapping service created for sharing personal files such as family 
photos but which instead became a haven for software pirates. 
Like other online storage services, FreeDrive was intended as a site where 
people could keep personal files such as office documents or baby photos. But 
some members began using it to trade illegally copied software and music 
files, eventually raising copyright concerns similar to those that have 
dogged services such as Napster and Scour. 



Auguast Chronicle 01/23/01
Sheriff;s office withholds records on man in Holt case
http://augustachronicle.com/stories/012301/met_021-6001.000.shtml

by Johnny Edwards
A former convict is in police custody in connection with the killing of Sam's 
Club Manager David Holt, but the Richmond County Sheriff's Office is refusing 
to produce the public document saying so. 
The former convict was ushered from his workplace about 6 p.m. Thursday by 
sheriff's investigators, according to the man's supervisor. The supervisor 
said the man told him police were questioning him about the slaying and that 
he had taken polygraph tests. 



BBC 01/23/01
Records expose diplomatic 'smuggling'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1132000/1132544.stm

by Sanchia Berg
An intriguing tale of how British officials used the diplomatic bag to 
smuggle gold out of Romania during the Cold War has been revealed for the 
first time. 
Documents from the 1950s, just released by the Public Record Office, show how 
officials broke both British and Romanian law by bringing gold and jewellery 
back to London. 
The valuables belonged to a number of rich Romanians who persuaded diplomats 
to take them for safe-keeping before they were arrested by the Communists. 



Sacramento Bee 01/23/01
Judge to revisit shield decision: Politician's name was blacked out of record
http://www.capitolalert.com/news/capalert04_20010123.html

by Claire Cooper
Bee Legal Affairs Writer
SAN FRANCISCO -- An appellate court Monday told a Sacramento federal judge to 
reconsider his decision to shield the name of a politician implicated by Mark 
L. Nathanson, the former state coastal commissioner who went to prison for 
demanding bribes. 



Casper Star-Tribune 01/23/01
Criminal records release bill out of committee
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/WYO/23CrimeRecords.html

by William Simonsen
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A bill allowing the state to release information on 
inmates in its prisons was sent to the full Senate Monday. 
Under current state law the Department of Corrections is not allowed to 
release any information on any inmate. 
"They won't even tell you if someone is in prison or not," said Jim Angell, 
executive director of the Wyoming Press Association. 



Charleston Gazette 01/23/01
Auditors scouring payroll records
http://www.wvgazette.com/news/News/2001012231/

by Phil Kabler
A legislative audit of bonus payments to senior aides in the Underwood 
administration got underway Monday afternoon, Legislative Auditor Aaron 
Allred said.
Auditors met with members of the governor's office operations section for 
what Allred called an "entry conference" to begin the review of more than 
$300,000 in payments made to 27 aides to Gov. Cecil Underwood in the final 
weeks before he left office. 



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 01/23/01
Hackers deface court Web site don't get records
http://www.ardemgaz.com/week/Tue/ark/B3_xhack_23.html

by Linda Satter
Someone with an apparent grudge against the federal government mounted a 
short-lived attack over the weekend against the Web site of the U.S. District 
Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Now, the person or persons responsible may have an even bigger reason to 
dislike the government: They are now the target of a federal investigation.
"We are pursuing it," U.S. Attorney Michael Johnson said Monday.



Toledo Blade 01/23/01
Police records of local ties to organized crime disappear
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Dato=20010123&Kategori=NEWS1

6&Lopenr=10123013&Ref=AR

by Michael D. Sallah
Toledo police spent years investigating the city's most infamous crime 
families and their ties to members of the Detroit Mafia.
But the public may never know the intriguing details.
The records of those police operations - thousands of reports and photographs 
- have ended up like the gangsters who were targeted: lost to the ages.



New Jersey Online 01/23/01
Adoption records to become public, N.J. lawmakers say
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/news/times/01-23-ALRCF1AC.html

Associated Press
TRENTON (AP) -- Original birth certificates should be made available to 
adoptees who are 18 or older, a state Senate committee said yesterday. 
The Senate Women's Issues, Children and Family Services Committee did not 
vote on a particular bill. But state Sen. James S. Cafiero, R-Cape May, said 
members will discuss various proposals before them and should have a measure 
ready for review when the committee meets next month. 



Asbury Park Press 01/23/01
Public access bill's foes fear for crime victims' privacy
http://www.app.com/news/app/story/0,2110,345654,00.html

by Lilo H. Stainton
Gannett State Bureau
TRENTON -- Edward Werner, the father of the 11-year-old Jackson boy who was 
sexually assaulted and strangled by a teen-age neighbor in 1997, fears he'll 
face that hell all over again. 
If criminal files on the murder, with gruesome photos of the body, ever 
became public, it would reopen painful wounds, Werner said. 



Palm Beach Post 01/23/01
Outdated records cause for mis-ID'd body
<http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/tuesday/local_news_5.htm

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by Brian D. Crecente
A Panhandle police chief said Monday his department provided outdated medical 
records that led the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office to 
misidentify skeletal remains found in a Boynton Beach canal. 
Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Flannagan said her department is 
now reviewing the Jan. 8 incident which forced Wilma Sanders to halt a 
funeral for her daughter a day before it was scheduled. 



Bergen Record 01/23/01
A key to past for adoptees
http://www.bergen.com/region/adoptnlp200101234.htm

by Nancy Parello
They say it's a long, painful journey, fighting through a system that denies 
a deep need to know about their biological past. 
But for people who have been adopted, a bill that has kicked around the State 
House for decades would provide a practical way to uncover that history. 
The measure, which would give adoptees over age 18 access to their birth 
certificates, got a show of support Monday from the Senate Committee on 
Women's Issues, Children, and Family Services. 



Daily Oklahoman 01/23/01
OU professor files suit to seeking records in dean search
<http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=627459&pic=none&TP=getartic
le>

Associated Press
NORMAN - An associate professor of journalism at the University of Oklahoma 
filed a lawsuit Monday asking to see records in the search for a dean for the 
new Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 
Professor Bill Loving filed the lawsuit in Cleveland County District Court 
and named OU President David Boren as the defendant. 



Sun-Sentinel 01/23/01
Attorney ordered to give up names of INS employees who destroyed Elian records
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000164752,00.html

by David Cazares
MIAMI -- A federal judge has ordered an attorney to divulge the names of the 
INS employees who claim they were ordered to destroy documents related to the 
Elián González case. 
U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno decided Tuesday that Coral Springs labor 
lawyer Donald Appignani must disclose the identities of his clients so that 
attorneys for Elián's great uncle Lázaro González may interview them. 



ECompany.com 01/23/01
White Paper Mecca
Adobe offers a search engine that tracks a slew of government documents and 
research reports.
http://www.ecompany.com/articles/web/0,1653,9249,00.html

By Colleen Bazdarich
Searching for an analyst report or government document? Chances are it's 
available as an Acrobat file somewhere on the Web. The problem is finding it. 
That's where Adobe's new online PDF search comes in. (PDF, by the way, stands 
for portable document format.) 
Adobe's site (http://searchpdf.adobe.com) allows users to search through 
summaries of more than 1 million Acrobat files on the Web. Type in your 
keyword and Adobe will produce a list of files matching your term. Choose one 
and the engine will tell you the size of the file, the approximate download 
time, date of publication, the number of pages and the URL where you can 
download the file. 


Hospital Network.com 01/23/01
Highlights of OSHA's recordkeeping rule
http://www.hospitalnetwork.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID={773D59A8-EEEC-1

1D4-A770-00D0B7694F32}&Bucket=HomeLatestHeadlines&VNETCOOKIE=NO

by Sandy Smith
The rule addressing the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and 
illnesses released by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
(OSHA) affects approximately 1.3 million workplaces. 



ABCNews.com  01/23/01
Doubleclick probe over
FTC closes investigation of Net ad company
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/doubleclick010123.html

Associated Press
N E W Y O R K, Jan. 23 - The Federal Trade Commission on Monday ended its 
investigation into the data collection practices of DoubleClick Inc., the 
nation's largest Internet advertising company.
The FTC began its investigation in February 2000, questioning whether 
DoubleClick improperly amassed personal information about Internet users. 



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com

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