Month: January 2006

JS Online reports that the suspension of a Marquette dental student blogger has been overturned by the dean of the School of Dentistry. The discipline, he said, was “not appropriate” for the circumstance. Last month, in a decision that drew sharp criticism on and off campus, [Theodore] Schrubbe, 22, was suspended for the rest of …

Web 2.0 seems to be a buzz word lately. Although it’s difficult to get a handle on exactly what it means, chances are good that you are using it already. If you are reading this via your RSS aggregator, then you’re definitely there. “So what is this Web 2.0? In short, it’s a set of …

Law.com reports “‘Underneath Their Robes’ Blogger to Become the New Wonkette” Wonkette is getting a new identity. Ana Marie Cox, the voice behind the racy and gossip-filled political blog, is stepping down later this month after signing a second book deal. Taking her place will be David Lat, a 30-year-old lawyer who anonymously wrote the …

JS Online has more on the role of lobbyists in drafting legislation. See also earlier post describing Attorney General Lautenschlager’s lawsuit against Senators Zien and Gunderson for refusal to share drafts of legislation concerning concealed weapons.

As mentioned earlier, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s “web site of shame” is now live. The site, required by Wis. Stat. 73.03(62), lists those who owe more than $25,000 for more than 90 days after all appeal rights have expired. The listing includes the name, address, type of tax, and total amount eligible for posting. …

Kristian Knutsen of the Isthmus Daily Page has put together a look back at the Madison blogopshere in 2005. Very nice. Featured are the School Information System blog (re: Madison Metropolitan School District), blogs reviewing the Madison dining, tavern and music scenes, and political blogs. Mention is also made of the UW Law School bloggers.

According to JS Online, at least 126 times this year, Wisconsin Senate committees employed “increasingly controversial” paper or e-mail ballots without senators voicing their votes in open sessions. “Totals compiled by the Senate’s chief clerk at the Journal Sentinel’s request show that the so-called polling ballots were used on 126 of 561 public-policy issues – …

The new year has brought with it the Wall Street Journal law blog which focuses on on law and business, and the business of law. From lead writer, Peter Lattman (formerly of Forbes Magazine): Law and business is a broad intersection, encompassing such current news as the Enron trial, the Merck litigation and the RIM …

Although the Law Library hasn’t had any typewriters for a number of years, we still get occasional requests for them. Why? Because of fill-in-the-blank-forms. Luckily for our law students, our career services office still keeps a few around which they dust off when the need arises. But I suspect that those workhorses-of-old will become even …

From the Jan. 2006 DCLRC Docket, the newsletter of the Dane County Legal Resource Center: REMINDER: UPCOMING CLOSINGS DCLRC will be closed Friday January 13 while we move into the new courthouse and Monday January 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. The Small Claims Assistance Program will move to its new location starting …