From the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society: In a Northern District of Illinois case, a judge held that the archived copies of a web site (taken from the Wayback Machine) “were not …
Year: 2004
THOMAS to Get a Face Lift
It looks like THOMAS, the Legislative Info System from the Library of Congress is being redesigned. According to a press release, the updated site will be released on January 4th. Here are illustrations of the …
WSLL @ Your Service December Issue Available
The December issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now available. Online shopping resources and safety tips are highlighted this month.
Re-Register for WI's No-Call List
If you were one of the early registrants for Wisconsin’s no-call list, your information may be about to expire. To re-register, go to the Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection web site or …
Supreme Court Rules Hearings Audio on the Web
Starting in October, audio of Wisconsin Supreme Court rules hearings is now available on the Internet. The Wisconsin Court System site offers both live proceedings and an online audio archive. Rules petitions are also available …
Learn to Reconstruct Broken URLs
It’s no secret that URLs sometimes don’t work. Maybe you wrote it down incorrectly or perhaps the URL has been changed since you received the link. Sometimes long URLs break when sent via email. Never …
Westlaw Cancels Cost for Documents in Sequence
From the West elert press release: Documents in Sequence price cancellation In September 2004 we announced that customers who have selected the transactional pricing method would be charged for every document retrieved via the Documents …
Odd Wisconsin Tells of 1890's Legislative Prank
One of the most enjoyable blogs I read is Odd Wisconsin from the Wisconsin State Historical Society. This posting was too good not to share. The Political Dustbin Dateline: Madison, sometime in the early ’90’s …
Seven Ways To Foil ID Thieves
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission estimates that 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.9 million last year–and the number of new cases appears to be growing. …
WisLaw CD-Roms Have Links to Cited Cases
As reported earlier, the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations, Wisconsin Constitution and Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules on the Revisor of Statutes Bureau website now contain links from annotations to cited cases on the Wisconsin on the …