Can Foreign Nationals Work In The United States?

The H-1b Cap Has Been Met; What Is Left For The Foreign National Who Wants To Work Legally In The United States?

Elise Schwarz (www.SchrefflerSchwarz.com) comments on the recent introduction of the yearly cap on the number of H-1B visas granted to foreign nationals in specialty occupations and why it has been effectively withdrawn, at least until April 2008.

(PRWEB) May 31, 2007 -- New York Immigration attorney Elise Schwarz comments on the recent introduction of the yearly cap on the number of H-1B visas granted to foreign nationals in specialty occupations and why it has been effectively withdrawn, at least until April 2008.

The first day to file the application for the visa this year (to become eligible to work in October 2007) was April 1, 2007. "The cap was pretty much reached on the very first day," states Schwarz. Foreign nationals holding a Masters degree or higher from a U.S. University had the advantage of an additional 21,000 chances to get the visa. But that cap was reached in the first month. While nationals of certain countries and employees of certain organizations receive more welcoming conditions and exemptions in this visa category, for the most part, the H-1B has had its day, at least for this year.

"All is not lost, however, for many foreign nationals who want to work in the United States in a non-immigrant capacity," continues Schwarz. "There might still be a visa that fits."

Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canadians and Mexicans whose occupations are one of 64 listed under the NAFTA schedule can come in to the United States to work under the TN-1 and TN-2 visas, respectively. Like every other non-immigrant visa, the individual must show that he or she does not have intent to remain in the United States permanently.

Other treaty based visas fall under the "E" category. If a national is from a country with which the United States has signed a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation E-1 and E-2 visas are available for the purposes of trade and investment. The E-1 treaty trader must be coming to the United States to carry on substantial trade between the United States and his or her country of nationality.

The E-2 treaty investor must be coming to the United States to develop and direct an operation or enterprise in which he or she has invested, or is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital. Executives and specialized employees may also qualify for this visa.

The E-3 visa, also treaty based, is available to Australian professionals who come to the United States to perform a professional specialty occupation. The qualifying Australian must have a Bachelor's degree and the position that person will fill must typically require a related bachelor's degree for entry-level employment.

For those from countries other than those with which the United States has signed a treaty, or for whom, for whatever reason, a treaty-based visa is not appropriate, other visas are available. Individuals employed by, or owners of, businesses abroad, can qualify for a B-1 visa to come to the United States and perform services here which benefit their foreign employer or business. Although they cannot accept local employment in the United States and must not render productive services here, this is, nonetheless, an extremely useful visa for those who, for example, need to attend numerous business meetings or negotiate a cross-border deal. Indeed it is used by a range of individuals in a range of circumstances, including foreign corporate personnel who come to the US to set up a subsidiary; individuals exploring the possibility of investing in the U.S.; those attending an executive seminar or those participating in scientific, educational, professional, religious or business conventions, to name a few. The visa can be issued for "as long as is reasonable for the business to be performed" although it is typically issued for an initial six months to one year, it can then be extended in six month increments so long as the purpose for the visa remains.

Plenty of visas are available that do allow for gainful employment in the U.S. Managers, executives, and those in a position requiring specialized knowledge, who work for U.S. firms, corporations, or other legal entities or their affiliates or subsidiaries of a company abroad, and have done so for one year out of the last three, can come to the U.S. on an L visa for intra-company transfers.

Those coming to the US to do on-the job training have two main options. The H-3 visa is available to individuals coming to the United States to complete training which is not available in their home country. This visa, however, can be issued for a maximum of 24 months only. If the individual requires an extended period of stay, a more suitable visa is likely to be the J-1. The J-1 is an ideal visa for students and professors, au pairs and nannies, as well as industrial trainees and specialists, although it does require a sponsoring entity. The J-1 is initially valid for eighteen months, but various waivers and extensions are available.

And there's more. The O category of visa is available to those foreign nationals who can prove their extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, business, education or athletics, or extraordinary achievement in film or television. There is even a related visa for their accompanying essential support personnel. Internationally recognized entertainment groups and sports teams can work in the United States under the P visa. Religious workers may come to the United States to work in their religious professions or vocations under the R visa. Foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign media personnel can use the I visa. And for the culturally curious, the Q visa is available for cultural exchange programs which have been designated for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and the sharing of history, culture and traditions of the country of aliens nationality.

There are other visas available, including some which are not based on the recipient's own employment but allow that individual to work nonetheless.

While none of these visas fully substitutes the general applicability and availability of the H-1B visa across the board for professional specialty occupations, it is clear that, perhaps with some further probing of a foreign national's specific circumstances, oftentimes, there is another option which will make it possible for that individual to come and work legally, prosperously, and, hopefully, mutually beneficially, in the United States.

This article is intended for general immigration purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, nor is it intended to serve in place of legal advice. You should consult with an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.

Elise Schwarz is a partner at the New York, NY Law Firm of Schreffler Schwarz. Her practice areas include immigration law and business litigation. Neil Schreffler is also a partner at the Manhattan based Law Firm. His practice areas include Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and neglect cases and Matrimonial matters. Their website is SchrefflerSchwarz.com
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Intelective Communications, Inc. Merges with West Point Capital

West Point Capital Merges with Intelective Communications, Inc.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- West Point Capital, Inc (Pink Sheets:WPNC) is announcing today a merger with Intelective Communications, an established online advertising agency that owns an ad network of web sites.

"We have been providing very sophisticated online marketing consulting services, with emphasis on search engine positioning in excess of seven years and have a network of 50 revenue producing web sites that are focused on the automotive vertical," said Lee Traupel, CEO of Intelective Communications, Inc. "The online advertising market is growing rapidly at a rate of approximately 28% per annum, generating over $4.2 Billion in revenue in Q-4 of 2006 and global search revenue is projected to increase from $4.5 billion in 2005 to $13B by the year 2010 - we want to leverage this tremendous growth through acquisitions and investment in the build out of our advertising network to drive incremental revenue."

"Clearly the online advertising market is extremely dynamic and larger media companies are aggressively acquiring smaller firms in order to shorten time to market and grab market share - we've seen three large deals in the online advertising space in the last few weeks: Google's acquisition of Double Click for $3.1 Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion - New York Times, Yahoo's acquisition of Right Media for $680 million and Microsoft's buy out of aQauntive for $6 billion. We have no assurances that we would ever command this type of a premium in the marketplace, but we do want to aggressively position ourselves for future growth."

About Intelective Communications, Inc.

Intelective Communications, Inc. (http://www.intelective.com) is a leading provider of online advertising services including: domain selection and development, pay per click campaign management, search engine optimization, online media buying and planning, web site design and search engine targeted text and multimedia content development. The company has an ad network of 50 web sites that are targeted for the automotive vertical but is also building out a network of sites to address the Travel, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Medical and general purpose Consumer vertical markets.

Founded in 1999, Intelective Communications, Inc. is headquartered in the Sacramento, California area and is managed by an experienced team of executives. The company has partnered with market leaders in pay per click campaign management, technology providers and has strategic relationships with a number of outsourcing firms in the US and Asia. For further information: http://www.intelective.com, investor@intelective.com, 800.804.5007

Statements contained in this news release, other than those identifying historical facts, constitute 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings, technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe harbors protection. Actual company results and performance may be materially different from any future results, performance, strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Intelective Communications, Inc.

CONTACT:          Intelective Communications, Inc.
Lee Traupel, 800-804-5007

Inventors Have New Tool to Avoid Scams and Cons

InventorSpot.com Relaunched: Inventors Have New Tool In Their Toolbox to Avoid Scams and Cons

Invention Website AmericanInventorSpot.com announces change of its name to InventorSpot.com and launch of free new service for inventors.

Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) May 30, 2007 -- Leading invention portal website AmericanInventorSpot.com today announced the change of its name to InventorSpot.com (www.inventorspot.com) to more accurately reflect its focus on inventions and the inventor. It also announced major site upgrades, including the launch of the Inventor Pages - a service provider resource directory to help source and review companies and businesses providing services to independent inventors and entrepreneurs.

Roger Simmons, the chief technical officer of InventorSpot.com, says, "At InventorSpot.com, we filter the world through the lens of the inventor. Before InventorSpot.com, there were few places on the web where creative thinkers could go to get informed, inspired and entertained about new inventions and innovations on a daily basis. Now they do. We wanted to make sure that our site name better reflects our focus on inventions and inventors."

InventorSpot.com was originally launched as AmericanInventorSpot.com by a lone inventor blogging about the American Inventor reality television show. Since its launch in March 2006, it has quickly become a leading source on the web for information on noteworthy inventions and innovations.

Over the past month, InventorSpot.com has gone through major site upgrades to better service its inventor community. Today, it announced their newest feature, the Inventor Pages. The Inventor Pages is a service provider resource directory to both source and review invention related companies and businesses. The Inventor Pages are at http://inventorspot.com/inventor_pages.

Roger Simmons says, "In a market saturated with scams and cons, inventors want to avoid the companies that provide questionable value and to find the companies that offer high quality services to inventors. Our Inventor Pages offer inventors a useful way for them to easily find the resources they need and to share information with each other about the businesses that offer services to inventors."

InventorSpot.com is packed with information and resources for independent inventors. In addition to the newly launched Inventor Pages, InventorSpot.com also provides an Invention Gallery, where inventors can promote their inventions for free.

With a team of almost two dozen writers, InventorSpot.com provides informative and entertaining articles daily on the latest inventions, innovations and interesting ideas. It also has a regular stream of guest bloggers providing expert advice to inventors and entrepreneurs. With the launch of Season Two of American Inventor, InventorSpot.com will continue to provide comprehensive coverage of the American Inventor television show, with episode guides, show summaries and live blog events featuring current and former judges and finalists.

With its new name and new features, InventorSpot.com is committed to becoming the leading source for information on inventions, innovations and interesting ideas on the web.

For additional information on the invention website InventorSpot.com, contact Michelle Blu or visit http://InventorSpot.com.

About InventorSpot.Com

InventorSpot.com (http://InventorSpot.com) is a leading source on the web for information on noteworthy inventions and innovations. It is also one of the most popular websites for independent inventors, innovators and other creative thinkers. It regularly appears in the top 5,000 most referenced websites (Technorati.com) and the top 75,000 most popular websites (Alexa.com) in the world.

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Press Contact: Michelle Blu
Company Name: InventorSpot.com
Phone: 702-866-9528
Website: http://inventorspot.com

Thousands Failed the Bar Examination

Thousands Learn they Failed the California Bar Examination over Memorial Day Weekend

The human side of lawyers is revealed by California's passive-aggressive way of dealing with people who want to get a license to practice law. On the one hand, California allows graduates of on-line and local law schools to take the bar examination. On the other hand, the California Bar Examination is a brutal three-day marathon. Every year, a significant majority of the people who take the California Bar Examination fail to make the grade.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 27, 2007 -- Over Memorial Day Weekend, thousands will learn they failed the California Bar Exam. Last time around, only 39% of the people who took the bar passed. Why do people fail the bar examination? They study too much! They obviously need to spend more time at the beach, according to one well-known bar exam expert.

"The most common mistake people make on the bar exam is to study too much and not practice enough," says Scott Pearce of http://www.calbarexam.com, a California lawyer who has helped students pass the bar exam since 1988. "You can study the law until you memorize whole chapters of textbooks, and you'll still fail the bar exam if you can't write a coherent explanation about why some character in a bar exam essay question is entitled to remedies for breach of contract, or whatever legal issue is involved. The best way to learn the law is to understand how it is tested, then develop the knowledge and skills you need to pass. I see people work far too hard and end up staggering into the exam in a state of physical and emotional collapse"

Does that mean the secret to success is not taking the bar exam too seriously? "Not at all. Of course you've got to take it seriously. It's a three-day long marathon. Maybe you've got a hundred grand in student loans, and your professional future is at stake. You'd have to be nuts not to take it seriously. What I'm saying is that the secret to success on the bar exam is balance. You're not going to do your best if you spend two months being totally miserable every waking moment of the day until you go in and take the test. If you're smart, you'll think about your health, and you'll be in better physical shape on the first day of the exam than you are on the day you begin to prepare for the exam. Sometimes the smart thing is to go for a swim, or spend a few hours dancing."

Pearce notes that, "California has a passive-aggressive way of dealing with people who want to become lawyers. On the one hand, California is very generous. It allows graduates of on-line and small, local law schools to take the California Bar Examination. This approach encourages many more people to get a legal education than would do so otherwise. On the other hand, the bar exam in California is the most cruel and unpleasant in the nation. Every year, a significant majority of those who take the California Bar Exam fail it." Some, like Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, give up on practicing law after failing the bar exam repeatedly, yet find productive ways to make use of their legal education. Compton attorney Maxcy Filer, Esq., passed the California Bar Exam on his 47th attempt - 25 years after his first try.

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Press Contact: Scott F. Pearce, Esq.
Company Name: Law Offices of Scott Pearce
Phone: 310-699-6891
Website: http://www.calbarexam.com

Court Reporting Service Launches Enhanced Website

Court Reporting Service, Todd Olivas & Associates, Launches Enhanced Website

California court reporting service, Todd Olivas & Associates, has implemented a website overhaul campaign for use by its law firm clients. This upgraded website will enable Todd Olivas & Associates to improve court reporting coverage for its clients in California and nationwide.

Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2007 -- California court reporting service, Todd Olivas & Associates, has implemented a website overhaul campaign for use by its law firm clients. This upgraded website will enable Todd Olivas & Associates to improve court reporting coverage for its clients in California and nationwide.

"Court reporting services are not merely about sending a court reporter," says CEO, Todd Olivas. "We also provide an excellent database of conference suites available to our clients in many out-of-the way areas. Our new court reporting website is geared to quickly and easily find a client's nearest deposition suite."

With this latest offering, Todd Olivas & Associates hopes to rise to the forefront of court reporting services in California. The following California areas are covered by the firm's court reporting conference suite locator: Bakersfield; Barstow; Beverly Hills; Big Bear Lake; Burbank; Burlingame; Campbell; Campbell; Carlsbad; Carlsbad; Century City; Cerrritos; Chico; Claremont; Concord; Costa Mesa; Costa Mesa; Del Mar; Diamond Bar; El Segundo; Encino; Folsom; Fresno; Fullerton; Glendale; Glendale; Gold River; Grover Beach; Hemet; Huntington Beach; Irvine; Irvine; Irvine; La Mirada; Laguna Hills; Lake Forest; Lancaster; Long Beach; Los Angeles; Los Angeles; Los Angeles; Los Angeles; Manhattan Beach; Marina del Rey; Mendocino; Merced; Mission Viejo; Monterey; Mountain View; Newport Beach; Newport Beach; Newport Beach; Ontario; Orange; Oxnard; Palm Springs; Palo Alto; Panorama City; Pasadena; Pleasanton; Pleasanton; Point Richmond; Rancho Cucamonga; Rancho Santa Margarita; Redding; Redwood City; Riverside; Rolling Hills Estates; Roseville; Roseville; Sacramento; Sacramento; Sacramento; San Bernardino; San Bruno; San Diego; San Diego; San Diego; San Diego; San Diego; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Santa Ana; Santa Barbara; Santa Clara; Santa Cruz; Santa Monica; Scotts Valley; Seal Beach; Sherman Oaks; Sonoma; Stockton; Temecula; Torrance; Valencia; Victorville; Walnut Creek; Walnut Creek; Woodland Hills; Woodland Hills.

"Our mission in life," says Mr. Olivas, "is to provide the largest network of conference suites of any court reporting agency. I truly feel the time and money saved by our clients as a result of not having to struggle to find a court reporting service in their area is what sets us apart from other court reporting services."

Based in Newport Beach, California, Todd Olivas & Associates Inc. is a certified court reporting service agency with services throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and the United States. Todd Olivas & Associates maintains strong court reporting coverage in California. They offer excellent client support services as well as superb court reporting, interpreting, videography and litigation services. They offer 127 convenient conference suites in California, Nevada and Arizona for depositions.

Todd Olivas & Associates, Court Reporting, is a member of the National Court Reporting Association.

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Press Contact: Todd Olivas
Company Name: Todd Olivas & Associates
Phone: 888-566-0253
Website: http://www.toddolivas.com

New Law Firm Business Marketing Opportunity

Unique New Law Firm Marketing Opportunity from Lawline.com

A leading provider of online continuing legal education now offers a distinctive marketing opportunity for individual law firms looking to generate interest in their practices.

(PRWEB) May 16, 2007 -- Lawline.com, one of the leading providers of online continuing legal education, is offering a unique marketing opportunity for law firms looking to get the word out about their practice. By partnering with law firms across the country, Lawline.com is creating high-quality online seminars, featuring expert attorneys and specific areas of practice, at their online course center.

Participating law firms benefit by delivering seminars via streaming video or mp3/podcasting format to an expanding user-base of over 10,000 members. Lawline.com is allowing firms to showcase their expertise to both clients and other attorneys interested in continuing legal education. In the interest of brand recognition each online course is displayed with a bio of the presenting attorney and a link to their firm's individual website.

"The major differentiator is the ease and ability of taking a seminar twenty-four seven, and being able to bookmark and return to that point at anytime," said David Schnurman, President of Lawline.com. "In this day and age people are used to instant information, getting what they want, when they want it, and now you can do that with your continuing legal education."

Schnurman also extolled the streamlined way in which Lawline.com is encouraging marketing partnerships with law firms: "If a firm is interested in participating and has already written or spoken in a CLE seminar, we can easily develop an online course based on their existing materials."

Some of the benefits of being on the Lawline.com faculty include receiving local and national recognition, attorneys establishing themselves as experts in their field, developing a referral base, becoming featured in newsletters and marketing campaigns, leveraging Lawline's search engine rankings in Google, Yahoo, and MSN and using lectures as a marketing tool to send to potential clients.

Lawline.com's management team has the experience to produce and maintain high-quality and informative online New York CLE programs, as well as offering their services throughout the United States. A family business since its inception, with 60+ years of experience in the practice of law, and 25 years of experience in producing legal programming, Lawline.com has been utilizing streaming video technology and the Internet as a medium since the early 1990s.

About Lawline.com
Started in 1999 and having expanded from Lawline, a well regarded legal television program in the New York Metropolitan area, Lawline.com was one of the first websites to offer online CLE in New York State. Since then, Lawline.com has expanded to 20 states and currently offers hundreds of hours of CLE programming in all practice areas.

Lawline.com has been approved as an accredited Online CLE Provider in New York & California. In addition, their courses are accredited on an individual basis in 18 other states.

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Press Contact: David Schnurman
Company Name: Law Line Continuing Legal Education
Phone: (212) 432-9111
Website: http://www.lawline.com

COMPETITION IN THE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INDUSTRY

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUE REPORT ON COMPETITION IN THE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INDUSTRY

Agencies Make Recommendations to Maintain Competition and Protect Consumers From Anticompetitive Conduct

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007 - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today issued a joint report, "Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry." The purpose of the report is to inform consumers and others involved in the industry about important competition issues involving residential real estate, including the impact of the Internet, the competitive structure of the real estate brokerage industry, and obstacles to a more competitive environment.

"The Antitrust Division seeks to educate industry participants and bring enforcement actions where necessary to ensure that consumers benefit from competition in this crucial sector of our economy," said Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. "This report will help inform Americans about their real estate brokerage options and alert state legislatures and real estate commissions about the danger of enacting laws and regulations that harm competition."

The report follows a workshop conducted by the agencies in October 2005, entitled "Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry." The workshop focused on issues related to the competitiveness of the residential real estate industry and covered topics such as multiple listing services, online "virtual office Web sites," discount and fee-for-service brokers, and minimum service requirements. Panelists at the workshop included real estate brokers, state regulators, and academics. In addition, nearly 400 public comments were filed in response to the agencies' request for public comment in connection with the workshop.

"Home ownership is the American dream, and real estate brokers have helped to achieve that dream for many," said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. "But when anticompetitive practices stand in the way, consumers lose. The FTC is committed to working with the industry and policymakers to ensure that competition is not inhibited and that consumers are well-informed about this important marketplace."

As discussed in the report, the review by the Department and the FTC suggests that, although the real estate industry has undergone a number of substantial changes in recent years - particularly as a result of technological advances such as the Internet - competition in the industry has been hindered as a result of actions taken by some real estate brokers acting through multiple listing services and the National Association of Realtors, state legislatures, and state real estate commissions. In addition, consumers likely would benefit significantly from additional knowledge about the range of options available in brokerage services and fees. Based on their review, the Department and the FTC recommend the following to help maintain competition and protect consumers in the real estate brokerage industry:

    * The Department and the FTC should continue to monitor the cooperative conduct of private associations of real estate brokers and bring enforcement actions in appropriate circumstances. While cooperation among brokers through a multiple listing service can provide consumers with important efficiencies, cooperation used to adopt rules that hinder rivals can be anticompetitive and, as recent agency actions indicate, may violate the antitrust laws.

    * The Department and FTC should continue to provide state legislators and industry regulators with information concerning the competitive consequences of state legislation and regulations that threaten to or already do restrict competition and consumer choice in the real estate brokerage industry, and take enforcement action in appropriate circumstances.

    * State legislators and industry regulators should consider repealing existing laws, rules and regulations, such as minimum-service and anti-rebate provisions, that limit choice and reduce the ability of new brokerage models (e.g., fee-for-service brokers, discount full-service brokers, virtual office Web site brokers, and broker referral networks) to compete and that do not appear to provide any consumer benefits that would justify such restrictions. They should also avoid enacting such laws, rules and regulations in the future.

    * The Department, FTC, and industry regulators should promote consumer understanding of marketplace options. Some consumers may not be aware of the range of alternatives available to them when hiring a real estate broker, including the types of business models available and the negotiability of fees, for both home buyers and sellers, or may not understand the duties owed by their broker. Competition in the real estate brokerage industry would likely be enhanced if consumers had better access to such information.

    * The Department, FTC, and industry regulators should assess the feasibility of an empirical study of the real estate brokerage industry. Transaction-level data on commission rates and fees are not publicly available, but broad national aggregate data suggest that commission rates and fees move in tandem with housing prices. Just as a 1983 FTC study provided valuable information about how real estate brokers competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a new study examining how transaction-level commission rates and fees vary based on such factors as market conditions, housing prices, and regulation would provide a better understanding of the current state of competition in the real estate brokerage industry.

Copies of the report can be found on the Department of Justice's Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/reports/223094.pdf. Transcripts and written submissions from the workshop are available at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/workshops/reworkshop.htm. Individuals seeking more information on the report should contact the Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.

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Real Estate Search Engine Launched

New Internet Real Estate Company Launches The Search Engine For Easy To Buy Real Estate - Forsalebyweb.com

Forsalebyweb.com, A New Internet-Based Real Estate Company, Enables Sellers to Save on Commission and Buyers to Receive 100% Rebates on the Commission the Company Receives from Other Companies

May 15, 2007 - SAINT PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just one week after the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released their report on competition in the real estate industry, Forsalebyweb.com launches The Search Engine For Easy To Buy Real Estate.

The company enables consumers to search all properties for sale and makes it easy to buy, sell, and save. Sellers can save on commission and buyers can receive 100% rebates on the commission the company receives from other companies.

Forsalebyweb.com doesn't limit searches to properties in the multiple listings service (MLS). Consumers can search all the major real estate companies, for sale by owner websites, newspapers, independent brokers, including national brands and popular websites. Additionally, the company provides a discussion forum and links consumers to all the major home valuation websites, neighborhood research tools, forms, contracts, and financial calculators through a password-protected website.

"The report by the Justice Department and FTC confirms our business model. The consumers are ready. The market is ready. The timing is now," says Founder and President, Sol P. Sek.

Forsalebyweb.com automates time-consuming tasks to simplify the buying process. A seller or agent simply directs buyers to Forsalebyweb.com and the company's proprietary marketing system provides real-time selling and offer comparison.

"We don't want to disrupt anyone; we're not set in our ways; we just want to make it easy to buy properties," says Sek.

About Forsalebyweb.com

Based in St. Paul, MN, Forsalebyweb.com is a privately held company that has created The Search Engine For Easy To Buy Real Estate. Using Forsalebyweb.com proprietary marketing process, copyrights and registered trademarks, sellers can save on commission and buyers can receive 100% rebates on the commission the company receives from other companies. Forsalebyweb.com differs from traditional full service, discount brokers, and fee-for-service companies by offering the first full service performance based business model.
Contacts

Forsalebyweb.com
Thomas Burke, 866-765-7355
Director of Public Relations
http://www.forsalebyweb.com

Pharmacy Verification Network Launched

ChainDrugStore.net Launches the Pharmacy Verification Network

The Pharmacy Verification Network is now available to pharmacy owners and operators who wish to begin creating and managing pharmacy profiles online.

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) May 14, 2007 -- ChainDrugStore.net has launched the Pharmacy Verification Network (http://www.pharmacyverification.com) to provide an online single-source, secure database of pharmacy-managed profiles required for verification and credentialing by healthcare partners.

For pharmacy owners and operators, the Pharmacy Verification Network provides an easy and secure way to share pharmacy profiles with pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations and health plans that credential their pharmacies. In addition, the network alerts pharmacy owners and operators when industry data sources report information that differs from their pharmacy profile on the network.

Pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations and health plans will be able to query the Pharmacy Verification Network by pharmacy type, location, services offered and more. Custom reports and data downloads will be delivered in multiple formats, including ad-hoc downloads to meet specific data needs.

"We have heard from both our pharmacy and healthcare members that pharmacy credentialing is a major pain point. It is costly and time consuming to all involved," said Todd Grover, ChainDrugStore.net's president. "The Pharmacy Verification Network" is intended to simplify the sharing of credentialed pharmacy information and provide the most accurate collection of pharmacy profiles in the industry."

The Pharmacy Verification Network is now available to pharmacy owners and operators who wish to begin creating and managing pharmacy profiles online. In August 2007, the network will be available to pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations and health plans.

About ChainDrugStore.net Inc.
ChainDrugStore.net is the link to pharmacy – an online communications network manufacturers, managed care organizations, pharmacies and regulatory agencies use to communicate and aggregate pharmacy critical product information.

Learn more about the benefits associated with being part of the ChainDrugStore.net network. Visit http://www.chaindrugstore.net

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Press Contact: Pam Burkhardt
Company Name: ChainDrugStore.net
Phone: 703-837-8311
Website: www.chaindrugstore.net

Business Book Gets the Conversation Going

New Business Book Gets the Conversation Going

Lois Kelly's "Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word of Mouth Marketing" is released and has people talking.

Marblehead, MA (PRWEB) May 11, 2007 -- We all know that to become relevant, you need to engage your customers. But are you ready to have a real conversation and tell a good story? As Lois Kelly says, "Enough with the marketing blah blah blah -- let's talk about something interesting."

Beyond Buzz: the Next Generation of Word of Mouth Marketing, is Kelly's actionable and engaging guide on how to transform traditional marketing and communications practices into two-way conversations.

The first book to focus on the message -- not just the mechanics -- of conversational marketing, Beyond Buzz provides practical advice, tools, and techniques for listening in new ways, creating fresh ideas to talk about, and re-designing marketing roles and functions.

Author Lois Kelly also shares real-world stories of companies who are succeeding with conversational marketing, like Sun Microsystems, Unilever's Dove Brand and Women and Infants Hospital, as well as some organizations and executives who have been less successful.

Beyond Buzz shows how to:

• Uncover amazingly interesting "talk-worthy" ideas that exist in every organization.
• Create a fresh point of view that lights up conversations and gets people to say, "That's interesting. Tell me more."
• Develop word of mouth messages based on the nine things that people like to talk about the most
• Overcome the most common obstacles to succeeding in a word of mouth world.
• Listen in new ways, making customers feel heard and gleaning valuable business insights.
• Tap into nine fundamental themes that always get people talking.
• Rethink how the marketing organization, showing how to evolve the eight marketing functions most important to conversational marketing.

The bottom line is that marketing today involves engaging in conversation, and with Beyond Buzz, the author has boldly defined the best methodology for igniting the conversations, and making long-lasting meaning, not just buzz.

The book's web site is here - http://foghound.com/BeyondBuzz/ .

About the Author:

Lois Kelly, co-founder of strategic communications firm Foghound, believes the root cause of most business and marketing problems is communications. She's dedicated her career to helping companies talk about their companies and issues in ways that get people to buy, believe and change, no matter how complex the topic or how competitive the market. Clients have included SAP, Sun Microsystems, Sapient, FedEx, The Business Innovation Factory, Communispace, eRoom, Copernicus, Orange, and SAS Institute.

Previously, Lois was fo-founder and president of Thunder House, a pioneering digital marketing agency, senior vice president of The Weber Group, a high-tech public relations agency, and an executive speechwriter and issus management and crisis communications specialist.

Lois' articles have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Brandweek, Advertising Age, and Adweek, and she frequently speaks at conferences on marketing and communications throughout the world. She blogs at http://blog.foghound.com.

Lois is a board member of the Tony-award winning theater, Trinity Repertory Company, and is an advisor to Northeastern University's fast-growing Communications Studies program.,She's a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Harvard University.

Contact:
For review copies or interviews with Ms. Kelly:
Nettie Hartsock, Hartsock Communications
512-396-1067

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Press Contact: NETTIE HARTSOCK
Company Name: Hartsock Communications
Phone: 512-644-6471
Website: http://foghound.com/BeyondBuzz/

People Search Service to Help Consumers Find People

 

PeopleFinderPages.com Launches People Search Service to Help Consumers Find People

PeopleFinderPages.com announces the launch of its extensive public records and relational database search web site to help consumers find people online instantly.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 11, 2007 -- A new Seattle-based web site, PeopleFinderPages.com, lets online visitors search the largest and most extensive public records relational database. Offering the capacity to search dozens of databases and billions of records, PeopleFinderPages.com is the easy way to find friends you've lost touch with, former classmates and distant family members or loved ones. This database is ideal for anyone seeking to reconnect with those people most important to them. Especially now, when most people lead hectic lives and don't have much free time, this site offers a quick search method for getting in touch with long-lost friends.

Brian Rauschenbach, the Chief Marketing Officer of Don't Blink Media, says, "PeopleFinderPages.com will enable consumers to find, connect with, and research people online using one unique aggregated interface. And they can do all this on a site that both saves time and provides multiple possibilities for finding useful information in one place."

"With PeopleFinderPages.com," Brian says, "both consumers and our advertising partners come out ahead. We live in a world where people are more Web-savvy than ever, and they want one-stop sites that will provide them with fast answers to their online queries."

In addition to the people search service, visitors to the Web site have the capability of running thorough state-and-nationwide criminal background checks. Users of this site can also search birth, marriage and death notices, bankruptcies and liens against property, and also unclaimed funds and real property records.

PeopleFinderPages utilizes an extensive search of public record databases to locate and deliver each report, and searches the Reunion.com database to help online visitors find an e-mail address as a point of contact. Additionally, PeopleFinderPages offers Ancestry and online singles search features.

About PeopleFinderPages.com:
PeopleFinderPages.com offers multiple search choices, allowing users to search via the largest and most extensive public records database for relational data. PeopleFinderPages utilizes a public records database to provide reports and uses the Reunion.com database for visitors seeking an e-mail address as a form of contact. Ancestry and singles search features are also available at PeopleFinderPages.

About Don't Blink Media:
Don't Blink Media is a premier Internet performance marketing company, specializing in leveraging extensive experience in search engine, online display, and affiliated advertising methods. Don't Blink Media provides measurable and profitable Web results for our clients and our partners. Two primary sets of services are offered. Agency services include management of entire media buying, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and creative advertising services. Content and publishing market partnerships include performance-based market partnerships for unique content, and Web-based publishers with a targeted focus on consumer products and service companies. Don't Blink Media creates and delivers customers for our clients and partners by using a uniquely talented team of online marketing experts, and leveraging this combination of great minds and the most current technology solutions and resources.

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Press Contact: Amaya Lansing
Company Name: Don't Blink Media, Inc.
Phone: 206-447-1905
Website: http://www.peoplefinderpages.com

Daily Data Updates to Increase Accuracy of Information

 

ZoomInfo Moves to Daily Data Updates to Increase Freshness and Accuracy of Information on Nearly 36 Million Professionals

Business Information Search Engine Continues to Improve PowerSearch 2007

Las Vegas (PRWEB) May 10, 2007 -- At this week's Recruiting 2007 Conference and Expo, ZoomInfo™ announced it will update the business information search engine's data on a daily basis beginning at the end of the month to provide ZoomInfo customers with the freshest data possible.

ZoomInfo continually crawls the Business Web, and then aggregates and organizes the information into easy-to-read profiles on people and companies. Until now, the legacy architecture resulted in ZoomInfo's information being updated every five to six weeks. With this new architecture in place, ZoomInfo will have the ability and capacity to crawl hundreds of millions of pages daily, and present the new information to ZoomInfo users each day.

"The Internet is the largest and most up-to-date source for business information, and in May ZoomInfo will parallel that real-time freshness of data," said Bryan Burdick, ZoomInfo's COO. "While our customers see great value in our in-depth information on companies, people and industries, a common request has been decreasing the lag time in updating the information. We listened and are thrilled that we can now provide the industry's freshest information to the people who rely on it the most. At the same time, we're getting a lot smarter about how we crawl the web, and believe our customers will also see improvements in the quality of our data in the coming months."

ZoomInfo also announced enhancements to its flagship product, ZoomInfo PowerSearch 2007. Based on customer feedback throughout the first months of 2007, ZoomInfo released the following updates to PowerSearch:

• Customized Data Management: PowerSearch users can now configure how data is exported from PowerSearch, such as what pieces of information to include, and in what order. ZoomInfo also made minor adjustments throughout PowerSearch to help simplify navigation and account customization.

• More Powerful Workflow: Customers can now search using multiple fields in saved projects, and can now quickly identify people who have worked at the same companies as a specific person. Additionally, recruiters using ZoomInfo's JobCast email campaign tool can now track email delivery rates to better track each campaign's ROI.

• More Company Information: ZoomInfo company profiles now include M&A activity for that company, as well as displaying ranking on prominent lists, such as the Fortune 100, Russell 3000, etc.

"We're constantly soliciting customer feedback to ensure that our customers are getting the most value possible out of PowerSearch," said Michael Souza, vice president of sales. "We understand that our recruiting customers are looking to streamline their efforts to target, communicate with and qualify potential candidates. ZoomInfo's PowerSearch 2007 is designed to enable our customers to more quickly and easily find useful information about people and organizations on the Web. We believe the recent improvements to PowerSearch, combined with daily updates for the freshest information possible, will give recruiters further competitive advantages in their passive candidate sourcing strategies."

ZoomInfo PowerSearch's customers include 35 percent of the Fortune 100, 20 percent of the Fortune 500 and all of the top 20 executive recruiting companies - all searching for fresh and comprehensive information about companies and people. The updated version of ZoomInfo PowerSearch is available now. Subscription-based pricing starts at $5,950 per user per year. For more information, or to try ZoomInfo PowerSearch, visit http://www.zoominfo.com/trial.

About ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo is a business information search engine used to quickly find information about industries, companies, people, products and services. ZoomInfo is used by sales and marketing professionals to identify business opportunities, by recruiters to locate talent, and by anyone conducting in-depth research about products, services and businesses. ZoomInfo's semantic search engine continually crawls the Business Web - the millions of company Websites, news feeds and other online sources - to identify company and people information which is then organized into fresh, comprehensive and objective profiles. ZoomInfo currently has profiles on 35 million people and over 3.5 million companies, and its search engine adds more than 20,000 new profiles every day.

More than 4 million people search www.ZoomInfo.com every month. In addition, over 1,700 customers, including Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Oracle, PepsiCo and 20% of the Fortune 500, use ZoomInfo's patented search tools. Zoom Information™, Inc. is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Media Contacts:
Kari Hanson, Director of Corporate Communications
ZoomInfo
781-693-7537

Rachel Labas, Senior Account Representative
Lois Paul & Partners
781-782-5000

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Press Contact: Kari Hanson
Company Name: ZoomInfo
Phone: 781-693-7537
Website: http://www.zoominfo.com

One-Page Bankruptcy Due Diligence & Compliance Summary

CIN Legal Data Services Releases Industry's First One-Page Bankruptcy Due Diligence & Compliance Summary

Continuing to develop new & innovative product features, CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc., has announced the release of its one-page Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary. Combining data elements from all products available within the CIN Legal Data Services product line, the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary provides attorneys with a real-time, one-page review of data delivered from credit, asset, valuation, counseling and tax transcript products.

Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) May 10, 2007 -- CIN Legal Data Services, a division of Credit Infonet Inc. and the recognized leader in using technology and business innovation to help bankruptcy attorneys streamline the review of key reasonable investigation data elements, today announced the release of the industry's first one-page Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary report. CIN Legal Data Services' one-page Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary presents data acquired from credit, asset, valuation, counseling & tax transcript products in one easy-to-read format. CIN Legal Data Service's Due Diligence Summary is updated in real-time as each respective product ordered is completed.

Through the release of the industry's first comprehensive cross-product summary, attorneys ordering due diligence products via CIN Legal Data Services can quickly review information ranging from summary credit liability data to credit counseling completion dates and year-specific income information. Updated in real-time, the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary creates greater office efficiency by providing a quick review of all client information in one report. Applying its expertise in data management, all key data elements are now aggregated into a single comprehensive report while attorneys still maintain access to each comprehensive, full content report competed and delivered by the company.

"CIN's line of due diligence products is currently being utilized to save our clients' support staff valuable time," commented Lee Midkiff, CIN Legal Data Services Chief Operating Officer. "Providing our attorneys with this streamlined report will make it even that much easier to quickly review and analyze a client's status during each attorney's reasonable investigation process. We are very proud and pleased to provide clients with the industry's first cross-product bankruptcy due diligence summary."

To learn more about the services of CIN Legal Data Services, or to learn more about the Bankruptcy Due Diligence Summary, please contact a sales associate at 866-218-1003 or visit www.cinlegal.com.

About CIN Legal Data Services:

An operating division of Dayton, Ohio-based Credit Infonet Inc., CIN Legal Data Services is the country's largest provider of consumer bankruptcy due diligence services. Serving over 6,000 clients in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, CIN Legal Data Services specializes in assisting consumer bankruptcy law firms with meeting their reasonable investigation requirements as outlined in the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005. CIN Legal Data Services provides a mix of technologically integrated products and services that includes liability data, property valuations, title information, auto values, tax transcripts and counseling & education courses.

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Press Contact: Russ Russell
Company Name: CIN Legal Data Services
Phone: 937-235-8907
Website: www.cinlegal.com

Bar Coding and Pharmacy Robot Patient Safety

Pharmacy Robot and Bar Coding at the Nebraska Medical Center Ensures Patient Safety

A new automated drug management system in the newly remodeled inpatient pharmacy at the Nebraska Medical Center is drawing a lot of attention as it minimizes the potential for medication errors and improves patient safety.

Omaha, Neb. (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 -- The newest employee in the newly remodeled inpatient pharmacy at The Nebraska Medical Center is drawing a lot of attention. This worker stands 8 feet tall, spans a width of 36 feet and holds the key to ensuring greater patient safety, reducing medication errors and increasing productivity - giving pharmacists more time to spend consulting with physicians and nurses about patient care and medication safety.

It's the Swisslog PillPick system, an automated drug management unit, designed to package, store and dispense medications in bar coded, unit-dose form. It has the capability of storing 44,000 medication unit doses. The Nebraska Medical Center dispenses more than 6,000 unit doses daily.
   
"Less than 1% of acute care hospitals in North America have this technology," said Mike Powell, executive director of pharmacy and pathology services at The Nebraska Medical Center. "The Nebraska Medical Center is fortunate to have such state-of-the-art technology. This system will definitely help eliminate possible medication errors."

Automated packaging and dispensing systems for filling patient orders are becoming more common in U.S. hospitals as a result of increased public knowledge related to medication errors. The Institute of Medicine reports that more than 7,000 deaths result from medication errors in our country alone. While some of the medication errors result from incorrect orders and transcriptions, almost half of the medication errors occur because of dispensing errors or administration errors.

Bar coding has the potential to dramatically reduce medication errors during dispensing and administration. "Accurate dispensing is key to patient safety and automatic picking based on bar code recognition assures us of that. The robot also offers compact and efficient storage," said Powell. "Additionally, bar codes will help our hospital make sure that the doctors and nurses are administering the right drugs at the appropriate dosages," said Powell.

According to a VA-authored article published in the Journal of Healthcare Information Management (Volume 16-1, Winter 2002), the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, KS reported bar code implementation decreased the following error types:
•    Wrong medication by 75%
•    Wrong dose by 62%
•    Wrong patient by 93%
•    Wrong administration time by 87%
•    Missed doses by 70%

"The reduction of medication errors has an obvious patient impact and has a financial
benefit too," said Powell. "As a general rule, each adverse drug event due to medication errors can add more than $5,800 to the hospital bill of a single patient." Powell said the cost stems from factors including increased hospital stays, drugs used to counteract incorrect dosages, and extra nursing and physician costs.

A critical component to bar code implementation happens at a patient's bedside. In a typical administration cycle utilizing bedside verification, a nurse will scan the bar code on the unit dose and scan the patient's wristband in order to ensure that the "five rights" are met: right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time. The nurse also will scan the bar code on her hospital identification badge to record who administered the drug.

Dawn Straub, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC, director of nursing resources and development at The Nebraska Medical Center says it is vitally important that pharmacy and nursing work closely together. "Nurses are at the sharp end of patient care delivery - that point where all preceding work and actions of others culminate into actual intervention to the patient. Bar coding will help provide patient safety at this point of interaction, and give the nurse a safety net."
Another safety feature of the PillPick system is full automation. After a Pillbox is filled and verified by the pharmacist, the doses dispensed are not touched by human hands until they are given to the patient. A PillBox contains up to a three-month supply of commonly dispensed pharmaceutical drugs.

"Simply put, the more human intervention, the greater the probability for error. This automated system minimizes handling by pharmacy staff, reducing the potential for human error," said Powell. The 'robot' has been operational at The Nebraska Medical Center for a month now. "Already, the pharmacy staff is seeing amazing results," said Chris Shaffer, director of pharmaceutical and nutrition care at The Nebraska Medical Center. "One big difference is the phones aren't constantly ringing in the pharmacy anymore because nurses aren't calling about missing medication doses. We estimate the PillPick system will eliminate about 17,000 phone calls a year."

Shaffer adds the system also eliminates the tedious and time-consuming task of handling and packaging unit dose medications. This frees up pharmacists to spend more time consulting with physicians and nurses about patient care. "Research shows that when pharmacists round with physicians, medication errors are reduced by up to two-thirds," said Shaffer.

Pharmacy Quick Facts
•    The hospital inpatient pharmacy fills around 2,000 new medication orders each day.
•    The hospital inpatient pharmacy dispensed more than 2.2 million unit doses of medications last year.

With a reputation for excellence, innovation and extraordinary patient care, The Nebraska Medical Center has earned the J.D. Power & Associates highest healthcare honor - Hospital of Distinction. It has also been recognized with the 2006 Consumer Choice Award, a mark of patient satisfaction as selected by healthcare consumers. As the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, this 689 licensed bed facility has an international reputation for providing solid organ and bone marrow transplantation services and is well known nationally and regionally for its oncology, neurology and cardiology programs. The Nebraska Medical Center can be found online at www.nebraskamed.com.

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Press Contact: Andrea McMaster
Company Name: Nebraska Medical Center
Phone: 402-559-7037
Website: http://www.nebraskamed.com/

Lawyer-Client Dual Directory Launched

 

Internet's First Lawyer-Client Dual Directory Launched at FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com

Anyone who has ever searched for an attorney knows the countless hours one wastes calling law firms one-by-one, leaving message after message, with no rescuer in sight... In comes FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com.

Glendale, CA (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 -- Almost every attorney knows what it's like blowing thousands of dollars a month on phone book directory advertising, and having to wait for the right client to come along. Imagine if the attorney had the opportunity to swift through a directory in advance and choose the type of clients he wished to deal with and at far lower advertising rates!

By the same token, anyone who has ever searched for an attorney knows the countless hours one wastes calling law firms one-by-one, leaving message after message, with no rescuer in sight... In comes FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com.

FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com offers attorneys, whether they are a Tax Attorney , Real Estate Attorney , Personal Injury Attorney or a Criminal Defense Attorney , the opportunity to choose the type of potential clients they wish to represent. They no longer have to waste time on callers they do not wish to deal with. The FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com system will free up plenty of time for attorneys to work on growing their practices instead of fishing for clients. In the FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com system, potential clients are delivered to the attorney based on the attorney's selection of the types of clients they wish to help. Attorney marketing has never been easier.

People looking for attorneys stand to benefit greatly from FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com as well. They do not have to spend days calling attorneys, leaving messages and stating their case over and over again. Instead, potential clients can include their contact information, the field of law they need a lawyer in, and their request is automatically submitted to attorneys in the dual directory that have requested to receive their information. The attorneys will contact them!

FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com accomplishes the meeting of the minds between potential client and attorney in a wholly automated process. FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com is not a law firm, nor a referral agency. FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com is free to all that are seeking an attorney. However, all those searching for an attorney should verify the qualification and experience of any attorney they wish to hire.

About FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com
FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com is the first lawyer-client dual directory of its kind. FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com accepts advertising requests from licensed attorneys in all fields of law in its dual directory, except divorce.

Contact:
Raffi Sosikian, MBA – President
http://www.findattorneyorlawyer.com
818.246.8200

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Press Contact: Raffi Sosikian
Company Name: FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com
Phone: 818-246-8200
Website: www.FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com

Debt Collector to Pay Consumer $100,000.00 for Unfair Debt Collection and False Credit Reporting

Federal Jury in Los Angeles Orders Debt Collector Arrow Financial Services to Pay Consumer $100,000.00 for Unfair Debt Collection and False Credit Reporting

On May 4, 2007, a unanimous federal jury in Los Angeles, California ordered debt collector Arrow Financial Services to pay Laura Nelson $100,000.00 for a multi-year pattern of unfair debt collection and false credit reporting practices. Laura Nelson v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, United States District Court Case No. CV06-1568 RGK (PLAx).

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 -- Following a three-day civil jury trial, a Los Angeles jury unanimously ordered debt collector Arrow Financial Services to pay Laura Nelson a total sum of $100,000.00 for false credit reporting and unfair debt collection practices. The jury awarded Ms. Nelson $85,000.00 for her emotional distress and mental anguish, and also added a $15,000.00 penalty against Arrow for its repeated violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Laura Nelson v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, United States District Court Case No. CV06-1568 RGK (PLAx).

Ms. Nelson was represented in the case by Robert F. Brennan, Esq. of Brennan, Wiener & Associates in La Crescenta, Ca.

The account reported to Ms. Nelson's credit reports was false from the start, as Ms. Nelson never owed the alleged debt. The false reporting of the account began in 2001 and Ms. Nelson had previously disputed the account numerous times to Arrow, to the three major credit bureaus and also to Direct Merchants, the supposed original creditor on the account. Direct Merchants even wrote to Arrow to advise them not to report the account.

Ms. Nelson previously sued Arrow in 2003 over the account, and part of the settlement of that case included a permanent removal from her credit reports. However, literally as she was signing the settlement agreement from the previous lawsuit, Arrow began re-reporting the account to Equifax, one of the "big three" credit bureaus, using a different account number. When Ms. Nelson later disputed the account's re-appearance to Equifax, Equifax could not locate the account because it had been re-reported with a different account number. Ms. Nelson then brought the lawsuit.

"Arrow subjected Ms. Nelson to five years of false credit reporting, and insisted until the very end that it had done nothing wrong," stated Brennan. "What was most upsetting was the fact that Arrow had kept the account in its system, adding interest to it and continuing to credit-report it, all the while knowing it was a completely fraudulent account. I certainly hope Arrow re-evaluates some of its business practices in the wake of this verdict."

Mr. Brennan also expressed his characteristic dismay at the way in which the debt collectors and large creditors are becoming the new slave masters in our culture. "America no longer creates any new products. All it creates any more is debt. The key product of our economy is debt, plain and simple, and the debt collectors and major banks use debt to control, and destroy, our entire lives. I'm picking up more and more discontent from consumers because of this debt-driven economy and how we're all hamsters in hamster-wheels working our tails off just to pay interest to debt collectors and big banks. One day, it's all gonna break and it just might be a good thing when it does."

Contact Information: Robert F. Brennan, Brennan, Wiener & Associates, 3150 Montrose Ave., La Crescenta, Ca. 91214, (818) 249-5291. Mr. Brennan and his firm are the leading consumer protection and credit damage attorneys in Southern California. Mr. Brennan has been selected as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" for two years running, for both 2006 and 2007.

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Press Contact: ROBERT BRENNAN
Company Name: Brennan, Wiener & Assoc.
Phone: (818) 249-5291
Website: www.socalcreditdamage.com

Find a Lawyer at Lawyer Referral Directory

American Lawyer Referral Directory: Find a Lawyer in Less Than 30 Seconds

The fastest way to find a lawyer online is now freely available to the public.

Kings Park, NY (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 - The American Lawyer Referral Directory has gone live at http://www.americanlawyerreferral.com. This new Web site offers users a fast, free and easy way to find a lawyer -- without having to reveal any personal information.

In response to growing privacy concerns, the American Lawyer Referral online legal directory permits users to browse anonymously for lawyers without having to pay fees, register, complete forms or reveal their e-mail address. Lawyers are categorized by state, county and practice type in more than 400,000 "white pages" style directory listings.

Utilizing Microsoft's ASP.NET technology, AJAX programming, an MS SQL database and encompassing more than 50,000 dynamic pages, the American Lawyer Referral Directory was designed with speed and ease of use as primary considerations. The site is free of extraneous distractions, animated banners and pop-up ads. From the home page users may quickly locate lawyers by practice type in any U.S. county and state -- using only three clicks.

Additional considerations in the development of the site included search engine optimization (SEO) features such as a proprietary system of generating search-engine-friendly file names as well as unique title and header tags for each page. These enhancements allow Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask and other search engines to crawl the site unimpeded and accurately index its extensive lawyer listings.

So whether you require a personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, CA; a divorce lawyer in New York, NY; or a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, FL -- the American Lawyer Referral Directory is a fast, free and easy way to begin and end your search for legal services.

In addition to providing free information to the public, the American Lawyer Referral Directory offers free and paid advertising opportunities to qualified attorneys. Please visit http://www.americanlawyerreferral.com/free-advertising-for-your-law-firm.aspx for additional details.

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Press Contact: A.M. D'Elia
Company Name: American Lawyer Referral
Phone: 631-326-6094
Website: http://www.americanlawyerreferral.com

Elucidation of Drug Metabolites So Easy A Caveman Could Do It

 

Related Fragment Screening: Swift and Easy Elucidation of Drug Metabolites

Software assigns, interprets and organizes LC/MS data, making it easier to visualize structural relationships between parent drugs and metabolites. Related fragment screening will be highlighted at an ACD/Labs MS Seminar (register) held in advance of the 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry on Sunday, June 3rd, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, IN.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) May 4, 2007 -- Researchers in the field of drug metabolism take note of a new method for quickly and easily identifying and elucidating the structures of related compounds by LC/MS with related fragment screening and ACD/IntelliXtract.

Related fragment screening takes advantage of the fact that related compounds, such as drug metabolites or degradants, will have some chemical structure similarities to the parent drug. The mass spectra will therefore be similar, as common substructures will yield common fragment ions. Mass spectral relationships can then be used to identify potential metabolites. Furthermore, the relationship between chemical structure and mass spectrum may be used to elucidate the structure of potential metabolites by identifying the sites of modification on the parent drug. Conceptually, this seems simple; however, in practice, interpreting complex LC/MS data can be very challenging.

Software can interpret, label and organize mass spectral data, making it easier to extract common and related fragment information. Mass spectrum interpretation tools help chemists visualize the relationships between the parent drug and related compounds. ACD/IntelliXtract has the capability to extract chromatographic components, and interpret the pure-component spectrum for each, automatically assigning MH+ or MH- adducts, multimers and fragment ions. This helps mass spectrometrists quickly glean the relevant information from LC/MS data sets, easing the burden of spectrum interpretation, so that analysts spend less time on routine identification and confirmation, and can focus on solving more challenging problems.

An illustration of how to use ACD/IntelliXtract for related fragment screening in an example of forced degradation was recently presented in a talk at Pittcon 2007 entitled 'Identification of Impurities Using Liquid Chromatography Hyphenated with Tandem Mass Spectrometry'.

"IntelliXtract can now combine mass spectral identifiers such as 12C, 13C, and MH+, with knowledge of the parent structure, the differences in mass between parent and some unknown, and the inherent shifts in the fragments of these related compounds," commented Mark Bayliss, Director of Analytical Informatics, ACD/Labs. "This is an important step towards automated structure building from mass spectra. The future is certainly looking to be very exciting in this field."

More information about related fragment screening can be obtained by downloading the application note Extraction and Elucidation of Metabolites using Related Fragment Screening from the ACD/Labs website. The note illustrates the use of related fragment screening using ACD/IntelliXtract to help identify and determine the structure of metabolites of the antiarrhythmic drug verapamil.

Related fragment screening will be highlighted at an ACD/Labs MS Seminar (register) held in advance of the 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry on Sunday, June 3rd, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, IN. View the seminar agenda.

For more information on ACD/IntelliXtract and ACD/MS Manager visit our website www.acdlabs.com

About Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information to produce ChemAnalytics®. ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation, medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature generation, and chemical patenting and publication. Combined, ACD/Labs' solutions create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process. Founded in 1994, and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 145 dedicated individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs' innovative technologies into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the world. Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products is available at www.acdlabs.com.

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Press Contact: Tara Sinclair
Company Name: Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs)
Phone: 416-368-3435
Website: www.acdlabs.com

Drug Search Engine Accepts Safe and Licensed Online Pharmacies

 

eDrugSearch.com Accepts RxCareCanada.com Into the eDrugSearch.com Directory of Safe and Licensed Online Pharmacies

In accepting RxCareCanada.com into its prescreened online pharmacy directory, eDrugSearch.com has added the pharmacy's inventory of prescription drugs to the eDrugSearch.com database of 30,000 prescription drug listings.

San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) May 3, 2007 -- eDrugSearch.com, a free search engine and online community for Americans interested in purchasing safe, low-cost prescription drugs from prescreened Canadian pharmacies and other prescreened international pharmacies, announced that it has accepted RxCareCanada.com into its pharmacy directory. In accepting RxCareCanada.com into its directory, eDrugSearch.com has added the pharmacy's inventory of prescription medications into the eDrugSearch.com database.

"Because RxCareCanada.com is properly licensed and meets eDrugSearch.com's standards of quality and professionalism in online pharmacies, we have accepted its inventory of prescription medications into the eDrugSearch.com database," said Cary Byrd, president of eDrugSearch.com.

With more than 30,000 drug listings, eDrugSearch.com brings together licensed and accredited pharmacies from around the world in one comprehensive, easy-to-use database. The pharmacy page for RxCareCanada.com is located at: http://www.edrugsearch.com/pharmacies/rxcarecanada.html

While many Americans are interested in Canadian pharmacies or other international pharmacies as a means of saving money on their prescriptions, they are often concerned about whether they can trust the quality and safety of the prescription medications they find online. eDrugSearch.com addresses these concerns by only accepting online pharmacies in the eDrugSearch.com database that pass a rigorous prescreening process -- including proof of home-country government licensing and third-party accreditations.

eDrugSearch.com expects to increase online prescription drug listings in the eDrugSearch.com database to 100,000 later this year -- making it easily the most comprehensive resource of its kind.

Additionally, eDrugSearch.com offers up-to-the-minute price search, extensive information on drugs and medical conditions and other features that make it the most advanced destination for online pharmacy consumers. Consumers can register for a free membership with eDrugSearch.com at the following url: http://www.edrugsearch.com/members/register-member.php .

Popular medications available through the eDrugSearch.com database include:

- Accupril
- Actos
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Online Portal for E-Discovery Clients

Kroll Ontrack Unveils an Online Portal for E-Discovery Clients

First-of-its-Kind Tool Provides Corporations and Law Firms with Immediate Access to Critical Project Details

May 02, 2007 - MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Ontrack, the industry's largest provider of electronic and paper-based document discovery and computer forensics services, today launched the Ontrack® Discovery Customer Portal, a custom tool that gives e-discovery clients immediate access to project information, detailed reports and processing metrics. Described as "a window into the project activity," this first-of-its kind portal enables law firms and corporations to access information on-demand, allowing them to take control and make more informed decisions about their cases.

Specifically, the customer portal permits members of a legal team to more accurately forecast the number of reviewers necessary to meet discovery deadlines, prepare document review schedules, monitor progress of the project and plan for production. Through a secure online environment, clients can access these project details at any time with a login and password.

"Our commitment to providing exceptional customer service has, and continues to be, at the forefront of our service offering, and this online customer portal takes our service delivery to the next level," said Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack. "While customers have always received this information from their project managers, and may continue to do so, this portal gives them immediate access at any time of day or night to project information, processing metrics and reports. It puts the power of information in their hands."

The Ontrack Discovery Customer Portal includes three distinct information areas:

    * Dashboard - This component features a series of charts and graphs, which makes it easy for legal teams to see how much data is at each stage in the Kroll Ontrack e-discovery processing engine, how much passed the filtering process and how much is available for review, thereby allowing users to chart the progress of their project every step of the way. In addition, they can view metrics on a variety of criteria including project, custodian and individual source media.

    * Data Reporting - Comprised of fourteen detailed reports, this area of the portal provides information on keyword hit rates; system files, duplicates, non-hits and other files removed from the data set; and files contained in the review and production sets. This data will enable legal teams to make informed decisions about electronic discovery search strategies and processing.

    * Project information - The Ontrack Discovery Customer Portal provides a forum where the Kroll Ontrack project manager can post important documents relating to the project for members of the legal team to download at any time, including the project's milestone report.

The Ontrack Discovery Customer Portal is a complimentary part of Kroll Ontrack's electronic discovery service offering in the United States. All new customers and eligible existing customers will be provided access to the portal. For more information about the Ontrack Discovery Customer Portal, contact Kroll Ontrack at 1-800-347-6105.

About Kroll Ontrack Inc.

Kroll Ontrack Inc. (www.krollontrack.com) provides large scale electronic and paper-based discovery, computer forensics, and data recovery solutions to help companies, law firms, and government agencies quickly and cost-effectively review, manage and produce relevant evidence. Kroll Ontrack has been recognized as the most used electronic discovery provider by AmLaw Tech (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006), Law Office Computing (2004 & 2005), Legal Assistant Today (2005) and received Law Technology News' "Electronic Discovery System of the Year" award in 2004 for ElectronicDataViewerT, its proprietary online document review tool. Kroll Ontrack, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kroll Inc., the world's leading risk consulting company.
Contacts

Kroll Ontrack
Kaitlin Creager, 952-516-3581
kcreager@krollontrack.com

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