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Discusses the strategy developed by Wesley Whitmyer Jr., a lawyer at St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, to eliminate the administrative headaches in tracking patents and trademarks. Significance of database system to Whitmyer; Form documents of St. Onge stored in its internal database; Application of the database to the process of communicating with clients.

Focuses on the development of a database for tracking patents and trademarks by Wesley Whitmyer Jr., a partner at Saint Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, a law firm in Stamford, Connecticut. Idea behind the database development; Advantages of using the system; Automation of the database system.

IN REPLY.— Clearkin correctly points out that pupillary block and angle closure glaucoma most frequently occur in conjunction with cocontraction of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles. The conclusion that pupillary dilation alone, as produced by parasympatholytic drugs (or by sympathomimetic agents), will not produce angle closure glaucoma in susceptible eyes is not correct. Most ophthalmologists have seen cases of mydriatic-induced acute attacks produced by either topical or systemic administration of such drugs.Provocative testing for potential angle closure has traditionally employed topical mydriatic agents, most often parasympatholytics. While using a combination of pilocarpine and phenylephrine is more likely to produce angle closure, closure can occur with only parasympatholytic medications in susceptible eyes. Moreover, acute closure is virtually eliminated in such eyes following peripheral iridectomy.Mydriasis may also cause angle closure by mechanisms other than pupillary block. Eyes with so-called plateau iris syndrome will develop angle closure with mydriasis,

TO THE EDITOR. —I was interested to see the recent article by Tilden et al1 reporting 13 cases of bilateral anterior uveitis caused by systemic use of sulfonamides. It was surprising to learn that, as mentioned in the article, only one case of this cause-effect relationship had been previously reported.2 It reminded me of a patient I saw in 1974 whom I believed had two episodes of medication-induced anterior uveitis; the first as a response to methenamine hippurate, and the second caused by sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. REPORT OF A CASE. —On November 26, 1974, a 28-year-old black woman presented with a symmetric, moderately severe, bilateral, anterior uveitis and presumed trabeculitis 2 days after beginning methenamine hippurate for a bladder infection. She had a history of congenital bladder problems that resulted in frequent bladder infections requiring antibiotic treatment. On presentation she had elevated intraocular pressure (27 mm Hg

IN REPLY Drs Cohen and Osher describe a useful technique to minimize complications associated with exposed removable sutures. When using this technique, a small epithelial defect results when the suture is removed, but this is usually of negligible consequence. Two additional problems that may be avoided by using this technique include retraction of the suture into the corneal stroma and movement of the free end under fornix-based conjunctival flaps; in both cases, the suture may become inaccessible for removal.Finally, the figure from Burchfield et al was included to illustrate the "windshield-wiper effect" and does not represent the patient described. We apologize for any confusion.

Epinephrine hydrochloride—Adrin, Glaucon, Adrenaline chloride, Epifrin, Mistura E.In Reply.—Drance and Anderson raise important questions about the details of our epinephrine hydrochloride studies. They note that the 1966 series excluded patients with a family history of glaucoma and did not require high corticosteroid responsiveness. They failed to note, however, that the 1966 series did not require ocular hypertension but only borderline intraocular pressure (more than one third of the patients included were normotensive throughout the study). It must also be pointed out that the follow-up period was only four to five years in 1966 as compared with five to ten years in 1976. In addition, Drance and Anderson did not have available the epinephrine testing (24 hours or seven days) for the 1966 study. Instead, they used the reported mean intraocular pressure values during the entire six- to 60-month period of treatment.When the criteria of the 1976

Releasable sutures are used in glaucoma filtering surgery to titrate the degree of aqueous humor outflow to avoid early postoperative hypotony and its associated complications.1 The technique involves externalizing scleral flap sutures through the peripheral cornea, which allows for their removal at a later time when increased aqueous humor outflow is desired. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of postoperative endophthalmitis following trabeculectomy with releasable sutures. REPORT OF A CASE. A 67-year-old white man with primary openangle glaucoma had a trabeculectomy with intraoperative application of mitomycin C (0.3 mg/mL, 3-minute exposure) in the right eye. The scleral flap was secured with 2 releasable sutures that were externalized through the cornea, per the technique of Cohen and Osher.2 The free corneal ends of the sutures were buried so that only a small loop of suture remained exposed. Postoperatively, the intraocular pressure stabilized at 4 to 8 mm

A quantum mechanical theory of near resonant transfer of vibrational energy is formulated and used to calculate energy transfer processes in chemical and molecular lasers. This theory is based on the existence of an exact solution to the pair of coupled differential equations describing the resonant transfer of excitation. The solution to this problem is used as the basis for a distorted wave solution to the nonresonant transfer problem.3 This approach has a number of advantages over the Born approximation in that it does not constrain the particles to travel along linear trajectories. These trajectories are distorted by the off-diagonal as well as the diagonal elements of the potential energy matrix. This effect can be very important in molecular collisions, involving the transfer of rotational and vibrational energy. As an illustration of this effect, this two-channel theory of transfer is applied to a number of energy transfer processes of interest in CO2, CO, HF, and DF chemical and molecular lasers. This theory is then generalized to theNchannel scattering problem and applied to the problem of vibrational-rotational energy conversion in hydrogen halide (HF, DF, HCl, DCl) lasers.

Discusses the issues of electronic data deletion and retention in relation to corporate counsel in the U.S. as of March 2002. Difficulty of deleting electronic documents; Ways to search for data that had been deleted; Technologies that can be used to retrieve deleted electronic data.

Features a Web site where lawyers can post motions and pleadings. Factors which led to the creation of the site; Benefits of the site for lawyers; Procedural instruction for site access.

Reveals that copies of documents may be recovered from computer hard drives and network servers even after they are deleted. Description of the technical intricacies of a computer; Programs that aim to remove deleted files completely; Technical gadgets that guarantee the protection of corporate privacy.

Discusses the efforts of Bloomberg LP to attract lawyers to its financial information services market in 2001. Information on its rented booth at an American Bar Association's convention; Participation of the company at the LegalTech show; Details of its development of a database that will stockpile information used by lawyers.

Reports on the use of laser technology among law firms for their communication systems. Examples of law firms in New York utilizing the technology; Disadvantages of laser technology; Information on companies providing laser services.

Highlights the creation of one universal computer system for the merged law firms Clifford Chance, Rogers & Wells and P uuml nder Volhard Weber & Axster. Role of Brian Collins in the creation of the computer system; Integration of e-mail and groupware programs.

Discusses the career shifting of chief information officers (CIO) from law firms to non-law firms. Complain of CIO against law firms; Way to build a career for CIO.

Provides information on the steps taken by deputy general counsel Vincent Polley for information technology and training at Schlumberger Limited in restructuring its legal department. Goal of Polley in restructuring the department; Features of the company's secure intranet or internal Web site 'LawHub'; Incentive system devised by Polley that encourages people to share.

Discusses the move of the legal department of Compaq Computer Corporation to go digital due to the bleak profit outlook of the computer maker. Main goals of the electronic-law strategy of general counsel Thomas Siekman; Actions taken by the company as part of the launch of the department's intranet.

Focuses on the transfer of employees of Federated Investors Inc. to Reed Smith LLP. Designations to which the employees are appointed; Benefits to both the companies from the swapping; Choice available to attorneys in their continued job profile at Federated.

Provides information on the Web site that features the legal proceedings of the bankruptcy Enron Corp. Reason of lawyers at Weill, Gotshall & Manges for creating the site; Description of the site.

Discusses the importance of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices to lawyers at the law firm Dechert, during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Problems with other communication lines; Information on various news received through the devices; Features of the BlackBerry.