Year: 2004

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 themselves statements susceptible to hearsay exclusion, since they merely showed what [plaintiff] had previously posted on its site. [The judge] …

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 major changes: (Please note that the pages below are for information and illustration only. Searches and links on the pages …

The December issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now available. Online shopping resources and safety tips are highlighted this month.

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 call 866-966-2255. To be placed on the list before January 1st, you must register before Wednesday, Dec. 1st. Source: Wisconsin …

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 in PDF format. Source: The Third Branch

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 fear. With a little knowledge of how URLs work, you can often deconstruct the URL to find the page you …

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 in Sequence feature. That price change has since been canceled. You and your patrons won’t be charged for any documents …

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 (1890’s, that is). This past week we’ve witnessed more than the usual amount of partisan nastiness here in Madison, as …

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. Forbes.com presents Seven Ways To Foil ID Thieves Source: TVC Alert

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 Wisconsin Court System website. And, according to Bruce Hoesly, Deputy Revisor of Statutes, WisLaw CD-Roms also have the case links …