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RAIN 3/25: Weekend Update Part 1



ABANET.ORG 03/20/01
When not to go public
Documents given to PR firms may not be privileged
http://www.abanet.org/journal/apr01/npress.html

by Jeffrey Ghannam
Fashion icons Calvin Klein and Linda Wachner settled before trial, but their
case led to a District Court ruling that should make lawyers think twice
before they hand documents to public relations firms.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled on Dec. 5 that only documents relating
to Klein's litigation strategy were protected from discovery under the
work-product doctrine. That is because public relations advice, even if it
bears on anticipated litigation, generally is not protected by the doctrine,
he said.



Denver Post 03/20/01
Volume celebrates high-flying collection
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0320g.htm

by Erin Emery
AIR FORCE ACADEMY - After Charles Lindbergh saw what he thought was the
finest collection of aeronautical documents and memorabilia in the world, he
called his buddy at the Air Force Academy.
Lindbergh told Lt. Gen. H.R. Harmon, the academy's first superintendent, in a
phone call on April 11, 1955, that he had seen Lt. Col. Richard Gimbel's
aeronautical history collection and that he thought the academy ought to try
to get it.
Before long, the academy's first librarian, Brig. Gen. George Fagan, had
become friends with Gimbel, the son of a founder of the Gimbel's Department
Store and a pilot in the Army Air Forces in England in World War II.




Editor & Publisher online 03/19/01
Sentinel is wrong on Earnhardt photos
E&P shoptalk: one editor agrees with fans
http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/031901n12.htm

by Wayne Robins
This just in from central Florida: "Fury of Fans' Protests Surprises
Sentinel." It's about time.
Ever since the Orlando Sentinel filed suit to have its own medical expert
peek at the autopsy photographs of racing great Dale Earnhardt, I've been
wondering when the paper might begin to grasp the severity of its
miscalculation.





Eubusiness.com 03/19/01
EU Council pledges to be more open
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Many EU Council documents are to be printed automatically on the Internet in
a new drive to become more open, the Swedish presidency has announced.