From the New York Times: Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, said today that he intended to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad …
Month: November 2007
PACER Free at Some Libraries
In a two year pilot project, free public access to federal court records via PACER has been made available at 16 libraries in 14 states under a joint pilot project of the Administrative Office of …
Madison Computer Recycling Roundup This Saturday
Periodically, the City of Madison sponsors a Computer Recycling Roundup. The next one is schedule for this Saturday, November 17th. According to the Web site, there is a $5 fee for computer monitors and laptops …
WI Court System's Public Librarian Training Program Profiled in Library Journal
The Wisconsin Court System’s workshop for public librarians received some recognition in the Library Journal last month. The workshops acquaint public librarians with the latest law resources available for pro se litigants. From the article: …
Those Evil Librarians
“Alcatraz Smedry doesn’t seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. …
Radio Interview About Blogging Jurors
This morning, Anne Reed of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, SC appeared on Lake Effect, a program on Milwaukee’s public radio station WUWM. In the ten minute interview, Anne discusses the phenomenon of blogging jurors. Really …
Tools for Finding Old Web Pages
Determining if and how a Web site has changed can be an important factor in litigation. Many of you probably know about a wonderful tool called the Wayback Machine which archives sites and displays them …
Wisconsin Law Journal Site Has New Look, New Features
About a week ago, the Wisconsin Law Journal unveiled a new Web site. Besides a sleek new look, WLJ has introduced some sweet new features including several new blogs and a handful of RSS feeds. …
World's Weirdest Cases and Dumbest Laws
Weirdest Cases: The Times (of London) Online is kicking off it’s new column, Weird Cases, with a list of the columnist’s top twenty “favourite bizarre disputes, prosecutions and lawsuits.” Number one? Right here in Wisconsin, …
Some Law Enforcement Records Could be Shielded from Open Records Requests per Assembly Bill
“A pending bill in the Legislature could have a broad silencing effect on Wisconsin open records law,” says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Assembly Bill 522 would shield from all open records requests certain law-enforcement records …