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Archive: January 2012 (21 Posts)

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“Bills To Be Considered on the House Floor” Repository

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Kimberly Ferguson, Specialist in Legislative Information Systems Management in the Library of Congress. You can now access “Bills To Be Considered on the House Floor” – a new digital repository from the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. “Bills To Be Considered on the House Floor” provides access …

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Impact of Class Actions on Pharmaceutical Oversight: US, Israeli and French Perspectives

Posted by: Ruth Levush

A colleague recently drew my attention to the proposition that “in the United States, the specter of class-action lawsuits imposes a higher level of precaution on the part of drug makers.”  This statement was made in a newspaper article that discussed the scandal that erupted in France in connection with the prescription drug Mediator, which was …

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The Perils of Widowhood

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

As part of my daily duties on the Global Legal Research team at the Law Library of Congress, I recently had to look into the issue of gender-based violence in Kenya and South Africa.  In the course of this exercise, I noticed that despite various law reform initiatives to strengthen laws designed to prevent certain …

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An Interview with Ken Sigmund, Library Technician

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

This week’s interview is with Richard “Ken” Sigmund, a Library Technician for Inventory and Physical Control in our Collection Services Division. Describe your background. I am a native Marylander.  Baltimore is my hometown and I have also lived in Silver Spring, Lexington Park, and Prince George’s County.  I recently moved into Washington, DC but I …

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December Retrospective

Posted by: Andrew Weber

We love it when other bloggers talk about In Custodia Legis.  A few of our posts were discussed across the legal blogosphere this month.  The Tools for My Trade? post was mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog.  Nathan’s Laws in a Crusader State was highlighted on Dum Spiro Spero.  Hanibal’s post, Congratulations to the People Behind …

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Global Legal Monitor: December Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

It is the time of the month again when I tell you what the hot topics were on the Law Library‘s Global Legal Monitor (GLM).  We debuted this series in December 2011 with highlights of the top ten most viewed GLM articles from November. Below is a list of ten Global Legal Monitor articles with …

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Happy Seventeenth Birthday THOMAS!

Posted by: Christine Sellers

Our little website is seventeen years old today!  Just like most teenagers it can be a little temperamental at times, but we still love our baby.  I find its history quite interesting.  Andrew’s Time Capsule and Starting Point posts provided a unique view of THOMAS when it launched on January 5, 1995.  But what happened before then? In …