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Addition of Space Connector Option

Currently the use of a space in Westlaw results in an 'OR' connector. To avoid any confusion we have added an option in Preferences to give you the ability to select whether the space in the query should be interpreted as a '+2' connector or an 'OR' connector. 

Internal Revenue Code Number

When the IRC section number is all you know, the RIA-IRC database is where to start. Here are some reasons why:

When you use the RIA-IRC search template, you do not need to fine-tune a query. Access the database by typing ria-irc in the Search these databases text box. Click the Template tab, type the section number in the IRC Section text box, and click Search Westlaw.

Also, it is not necessary to search for materials to help you interpret and apply the section. The below listed links are automatically displayed at the bottom of the Links tab:

• Treasury regulations
• United States Tax Reporter (USTR) explanations
• USTR annotations

• USTR committee reports
• Federal Tax Coordinator summaries

For example, if you are viewing IRC section 1245, you can click USTR Explanations to retrieve links to six explanations relating to depreciation recapture.

Furthermore the USTR explanations are easy to read. You can quickly skim the list of explanations for topics most relevant to your issue. In addition, lists of related explanations and the like are typically of a manageable size; eg section 501 has links to only 35 related regulations and 48 explanations as opposed to 4,800.

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Selected New Databases

Patent Disputes: Litigation Forms and Analysis (PDLFA)

Full text of the looseleaf publication entitled Patent Disputes: Litigation Forms and Analysis, by Gregory J. Battersby and Charles W. Grimes, published by Aspen Publishers, a Wolters Kluwer business. Includes over 60 full-length agreements with accompanying checklists and commentary, covering virtually every area of patent litigation in federal courts and before other administrative bodies.

Discovery Practice (DISCPR)

Full text of the looseleaf publication entitled Discovery Practice by Roger S. Haydock and David F. Herr, published by Aspen Publishers, a Wolters Kluwer business. Offers trial-tested guidance through all the intricacies of what to do, whether to do it, and how to do it - at every stage of the discovery process.

Guide to the International Sale of Goods Convention (INTSLGDS)

A comprehensive guide on the important contractual issues raised by the US adoption of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. It covers the terms of the Convention, when it applies, what contracts are covered, and whether usages and practices make a difference.

The guide reviews:

• The rules of contract formation
• Offer and acceptance
• Conclusion of the contract

• Sale of goods
• Obligations of the seller
• Obligations of the buyer

• Passing of risk
• Anticipatory breach
• Damages 
• Avoidance

Also includes executive legal summaries, analysis of the US Department of State, official comments on the draft convention and an annotated text of the Convention, including case abstracts from many different countries.

Journal of Business & Securities Law (JBSECL)

Full coverage begins with 2006 (vol 6).

EC Competition Law Reporter (ECCLRPT)

A comprehensive treatise providing analysis of the European Union competition rules as established by the European Commission. The treatise examines basic principles that apply to EC competition law, applies these principles to certain business practices and behaviour, and explains procedural rules governing the competition law process. Information on state aids and the relationship between EC competition law and the activities of EU member states is also covered.

International Trade and US Antitrust Law (ITUSA)

International Trade and US Antitrust (2nd ed) analyses when US law applies to foreign firms doing business in the US and to US firms abroad. It explores the effect of globalization on competition between domestic and foreign markets. Includes discussion on:    

• Current US statutes, regulations and case law
• Regulation of dominant firms
• Extraterritoriality
• Antitrust problems in export transactions
• Trans-national litigation issues
• International transfer of technology and intellectual property     
• Competition and fairly traded imports
• 'Unfair' international trade practices

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Recent Cases of Interest

Proctor & Gamble – global Satanists?             2007 WL 858689

Procter & Gamble has been awarded $19.25 million in a civil suit filed against four former Amway distributors accused of rumours linking P&G to Satanism.

This was one of several suits the company brought over allegations that the company's logo was a symbol of Satanism. The company's claim was based on the Lanham Act, which prohibits unfair competition and false advertising.

Viacom v. YouTube, Google                            2007 WL 775611

Google has been sued for 'massive copyright infringement', accused of putting books in the public domain for commercial use without permission. The lawsuit seeks to block Google from copying the books so that authors would not suffer irreparable harm by being unable to control reproduction of their works.

The Business Law Reports

We are pleased to announce that the Business Law Reports (BULR-RPTS), published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, are now available in full text on Westlaw UK. Coverage begins January 2007.

Designed to meet the needs of chancery and commercial lawyers and those working within the business community, the reports will focus on key areas including:

• Company and commercial law

• Insolvency 

• Intellectual property 

These law reports add a further 2,300 cases to Westlaw UK's current archive of over 200,000 cases and transcripts in full text.

A new checkbox for All Law Reports has been added to the Multiple Database Search screen on Westlaw UK Crime Practice Area Solution. The checkbox will search the CR-RPTS-ALL database.

  
UK News Quick Search Template

The Independent on Sunday cannot be searched with the other databases in the Quick Search list. As a result of this we have added a note to the bottom of the template explaining saying: This database can only be searched singularly and not in combination with other databases on this list.

With kind regards,

The Westlaw and Westlaw UK Team

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