Month: April 2005

Staff of the Wisconsin Legislative Council have issued two new reports to the legislature: Special Committee on Wisconsin’s Transportation Network Infrastructure (2005 Senate Bill 162), April 11, 2005 Special Committee on Improving Wisconsin’s Fiscal Management (2005 Assembly Bill 271 & Senate Bill 143), April 19, 2005

Ok, this doesn’t have much to do with legal research, but I thought it was interesting. Team Marketing Report has created a Fan Cost Index which tracks the cost of attendance for a family of four to a MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, or minor league baseball game. The FCI includes: two adult average price tickets; …

Like Weslaw’s Research Trail and LexisNexis’ History, Google has added a new service called My Search History which lets you view and manage your previous searches from any computer. To use it, you’ll need to register and sign in each time you run a search. A “My Search History” link will appear in the upper-right …

The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has produced two useful sources for job seekers: The 2005-2006 Directory of Legal Employers (database) – Search or browse by employer (includes private practice firms and corporations and public interest organizations and government agencies). Contains contact info and employment statistics for each employer. The 2004-2005 Federal Legal Employment …

Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) is the latest bibliography in the Tap The Power series from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Theobald Legislative Library. This bibliography lists print and electronic resources on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). Because Colorado was the first state to pass a TABOR amendment (in 1992), most states now considering …

In a recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (2004 WI 58), Chief Justice Abrahamson has produced an excellent overview of extrinsic sources, including legislative history, used by the court in statutory interpretation cases. From her concurrence (paragraph 68): I write to alert the reader to the numerous forms of “history” this court has …

The April 2005 edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer is now available on the WisBar site. Two articles are particularly interesting: Don’t be a Copycat: Reproducing Copyrighted Works by Bev Butula, president of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. “This article explores the “fair use” doctrine in the context of a law firm environment and also …

The folks at TechnoLawyer are now blogging about legal technology and practice management issues, products, and services. According to blogger, Neil Squillante, here’s what you can expect to see: Coming Attractions Member News Quips, TechnoEditorials, and Industry News The Best Ads You may already be familiar with TechnoLawyer’s collection of free newsletters which are listed …

The National Center for State Courts has recently released their Survey of Judicial Salaries featuring judicial salary comparisons to other professionals and judicial compensation commissions.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be automatically alerted when articles about your clients or practice areas appear in Wisconsin’s newspapers. . . and receive a link to the full text articles. . . for free? Good news: this service is available via Badgerlink. Badgerlink, a collection of popular and academic databases from the …