Bev Butula’s recent column in InsideTrack introduces a couple of tools for scheduling meetings: Coordinating schedules when working with a group of individuals can be a time-consuming process. It often entails several email exchanges or …
Month: August 2009
Budget May be Republished due to Veto Error
“The Legislature is looking at republishing the state budget without one of Gov. Jim Doyle’s partial vetoes because the veto violated the state constitution,” reports JS Online. Legislative leaders did not want to try to …
First Criminal Arrest for Domain Name Theft in U.S.
DomainNameNews reports on the first criminal arrest for domain name theft in the United States. According to the story: Daniel Goncalves, the 25 year old law firm computer technician arrested on Thursday, reportedly hacked in …
Free, Easy File Format Conversion
Have you ever received a document in a format that you couldn’t open? Maybe a MS Office 2007 .docx format but you’re using an older version of Office? Or wanted to convert a document to …
Refocusing the Debate over Statutory History
The Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog features an interesting take on the debate over the usability of statutory history. The current debate centers on whether reliance on statutory history is consistent with a plain …
Search Wisconsin Lawyer Archives Back to 1997
From Heidi Yelk’s Tech Tip in Brief in the latest WSLL @ Your Service: In case you missed it (as I did), Wisbar.org, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s website, now provides full text searching of …
Docket Number Searching Available via Justia Docket Search
Nicholas from Justia just let me know that case number searching is now available on Justia’s Docket Search. He was responding to an earlier WisBlawg post which indicated that case number searching was not available. …
Unsung Heroes 2009
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staff for the 2009 Wisconsin Law Journal Unsung Heroes awards. Categories include: Secretary Paralegal Law Librarian Administrator Human Resources IT Specialists Marketers Court Staff For more information, …
FreeCourtDockets Sets Limit on Number of Free Dockets per Day
In response to rising demand and rising cost, FreeCourtDockets has set a limit on the number of free dockets that users can obtain daily. From a recent email: The word has been quickly spreading about …
"Suggested Practices" for Federal Judges when Citing Internet Sources in Opinions
From The Third Branch, newsletter of the Federal Courts: The Judicial Conference has issued a series of “suggested practices” to assist courts in the use of Internet materials in opinions. The recommendations follow a pilot …