Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
WisPolitics.com reports on two new pieces of legislation proposed by State Representative Marlin Schneider. The first would open the deliberations of the State Supreme Court. From the article: Schneider believes the public should also have the right to know about the private discussions of the Supreme Court. Just as the legislature must debate bills and …
Google recently announced that you can create forms using spreadsheets in Google Docs. Create a form in a Google Docs spreadsheet and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won’t need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page. Responses are …
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve recently created a Facebook page for the UW Law Library. Stop by and check it out.
Tom Mighell over at Inter Alia reports on a cool service called PublicDomainReprints.org whereby you can order a reprint of a book in the public domain. Here’s how it works: 1. You request any public domain book from the Internet Archive or Google Books. 2. The book is processed and submitted to Lulu, a no …
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 legal resources, including: State Law for All 50 States:
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. Wow – how long has that been there? An email from Justia’s Tim Stanley confirmed that the 1950+ Fed is …
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, officials acknowledged. The records obtained by Citizens for Responsible Government Network were part of a county database of 188,000 purchasing …
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 other licensed professionals Smoking cost calculator New businesses in Northeastern Wisconsin Wisconsin school salaries Fox Valley delinquent taxpayers Wisconsin sexually …
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 and “accredited” journalists to view the information. AB 754 would require that all records pertaining to a case be deleted …
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 their reaction.