WKOW reports that Dane County is installing software to redact the social security numbers from county records. They are the only county in the state to do so. Register of Deeds, Kristi Chlebowski indicated that …
Month: March 2009
Federal Nominating Commission Recommendations for Vacancy at U.S. District Court -Western District of WI
On Monday, the Federal Nominating Commission announced its recommendations for the pending vacancy for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The opening results from the retirement of Judge John Shabaz. …
Wisconsin 2009 Law School Applications High
Despite the downturn in the economy, or perhaps because of it, applications at Wisconsin’s law schools are high for 2009. According to WisBar, “applications for the entering class of 2009 are up 5
Wisconsin Law Journal's Best of 2009
In a reader’s poll, the Wisconsin Law Journal has announced the winners of its first “Best of” Wisconsin’s Legal Community. The full list of winners appears on their website.
Bill Would Disallow Caucus Exemption in Open Records Law
The Wisconsin State Journal reports on a new bill (Assembly Bill 143) which would remove the open meetings law exemption for partisan caucus activities. From the bill analysis: Currently, under the open meetings law, with …
State Open Government Bill Would Clarify Public Access to Bill Drafts
State Representative Louis J. Molepske, Jr. re-introduced the Open Government Act, legislation which attempts to clarify when bill drafts should be made available to the public. From a media release from Rep. Molepske: This bill …
Jurors, the Web, and One Simple Rule
Accounts of jurors doing Web research and using Twitter and other social networking tools has been much in the news recently. Deliberations’ Anne Reed has a nice summary of the buzz. No one seems to …
WI Bill Would Require Repeat Domestic Abusers to Wear Tracking Device
State representative Scott Suder is sponsoring a bi-partisan bill that will allow courts to make repeat domestic abusers wear a satellite tracking device. Read more from the Marshfield News Herald. In a time of major …
Inspiring Innovation: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating the Web 2.0 Challenge
I’m pleased to share that an article I co-wrote, Inspiring Innovation: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating the Web 2.0 Challenge, appears in the latest Legal Information & Technology eJournal on SSRN (available by subscription). In the …
Why People Cheat
TED has produced this very interesting talk on why people cheat. Fascinating viewing, especially for legal professionals whose work involves studying and predicting human behavior. Here’s a synopsis from the Mental Floss Blog: Today I …