Wow – more big news today stemming from the availability of free federal case law. Fastcase has developed a new resource called The Public Library of Law which brings together a wide variety of free …
Month: February 2008
Free Federal Case Law (F 2d & F 3d) Available on Justia
I was using Justia yesterday and noticed something I hadn’t seen before – US Federal Court Appeals Opinions. It includes all US Federal appellate cases since 1950 browse-able by F 2d and F 3d citation. …
Confidential Court Records Mistakenly Released by Milwaukee County
JS Online reports that: Milwaukee County officials mistakenly released numerous confidential court records for a citizens group’s Web site that detail payments for tests and other costs linked to mental competency, paternity and guardianship cases, …
Wisconsin-Related Public Records Databases
The Appleton Post-Crescent has gathered together a number of Wisconsin-related public records databases, some useful, others, well, maybe more interesting than useful. They include: Banned Wisconsin license plates Delinquent Appleton accounts Disciplined doctors, dentists and …
Editorial on Bills Seeking to Limit Access to CCAP
The Beloit Daily News weighs in on the two pending Wisconsin bills which would limit access to court records via CCAP. AB 418 would restrict public access and allow only judges, court officials, police, lawyers …
Capital Times Suspends Print Publication and Goes Online
From Channel 3000: The Capital Times, Madison’s 90-year-old newspaper announced Thursday it will stop printing a daily newspaper, reduce staff and focus on Internet operations. For more, read the full article. Dane 101 also posts …
Revolving Books Stacks as 19th Century's "Library of the Future"?
Here’s another intriguing image from the Wisconsin Historical Society Image archive. This sketch of a revolving book stack circa 1900 is absolutely mind boggling. The caption reads: “Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks …
Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: Wisconsin International Law Journal Symposium
The 2007-2008 Wisconsin International Law Journal’s Symposium entitled “Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue” will be held at the University of Wisconsin on Friday, March 7, 2008 in the Health Sciences Learning Center. For …
Docstoc Shares Legal Documents, But Are They Reliable?
Denise Howell over at Lawgarithims has good things to stay about Docstoc, a “user generated community where you can find and share professional documents.” There are tons of sample legal and business forms to be …
Recycled PACER Documents Available at No Cost
Thanks to Legal Dockets Online for alerting me to the PACER recycling center, run by the folks at Public.Resource.org. Basically, this gathers “recycled” court filings donated by people who have paid to access them via …