Year: 2004

Law.com has an update to the Virginia spam case mentioned last week: Two Found Guilty in First Felony Spam Conviction. From the article: A brother and sister who sent unsolicited junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation’s first felony prosecution of distributors of spam. Jurors who convicted Jeremy …

In cooperation with the Dane County Courts, the UW Law School has organized the Divorce Court Assistance Project. DCAP is a hands-on experience for law students, designed to address the problem of unrepresented litigants by providing assistance to the judges who handle divorce cases with unrepresented parties in Dane County. Under the supervision of Clinical …

Looking for a particular book and need to know if it’s available at a library in Wisconsin? Try searching WISCAT, a statewide union catalog of library holdings. It includes catalogs from the state’s major public law libraries as well as a number of larger law firm libraries. The current edition of WISCAT, one of the …

Thinking of submitting an article for publication in a law review? Check out the following resources: The Directory of Law Reviews Its features include: – A general Title Index – A guide explaining the criteria that publications must meet for inclusion – General Student-Edited Law Reviews – Special Focus Student-Edited Law Journals – Non-Student Edited …

It appears that the 2003-2004 Wisconsin Statutes in print are available for purchase earlier than expected. For purchasing information, see the Document Sales Catalog from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Bureau of Document Services, Document Sales and Distribution. Thanks to Mary Koshollek of Godfrey & Kahn, s.c. and Vicky Coulter at the UW Law Library …

Dane County Legal Resource Center librarian, Paula Seeger, has introduced a new quarterly e-publication called Legal Research Reports. The first issue is on the topic of Jury Sequestration Practices in Wisconsin and Sequestration Alternatives. Summary: There is a variety of literature and practice regarding jury management in lengthy, and/or high profile cases. Most local practice …

Findlaw News has an article, Defendants Accused of Sending Spam, about the nation’s first felony prosecution for illegally sending bulk e-mail, or spam. Source: Findlaw’s The Practice Paper

Westlaw has recently added two new databases of Wisconsin information: Wisconsin Legislative History and WestDockets for Wisconsin State Courts Wisconsin Legislative History (WI-LH) Contents: Bill histories, bill analyses, Assembly and Senate journals from the 94th Legislature (1999-2000) through the 96th Legislature (2003-2004). Assembly bill memos from the 96th Legislature (2003-2004). Senate bill memos, and Assembly …

Mary Ellen Bates, of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business, is offering a free Factiva webinar on Tuesday, November 9, titled “Convincing Your Boss [or client!] That It’s Not All Free on the Web”. Registration required.

OneLook’s Reverse Dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. Source: The Scout Report