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Month: October 2009

New FTC Guidelines to Affect Bloggers' Product Endorcements

Posted on October 27, 2009

Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads in line with the Section 5 of the FTC …

Posted in Blogs & RSS

Latest UW Law School Faculty Scholarship

Posted on October 27, 2009

Here’s the latest batch of faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Coping with Uncertainty: The Role of Contracts in Russian Industry During the Transition to the Market …

Posted in Legal Publications

Wisconsin Innocence Project Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Posted on October 26, 2009

Saturday’s Wisconsin State Journal has a wonderful front page article about the tenth anniversary celebration of the UW Law School’s Wisconsin Innocence Project. Twelve prisoners have been freed by the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Six of …

Posted in UW Law School

CorporationWiki Visualizes Corporate Relationships

Posted on October 23, 2009

In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Bev Butula discusses CorporationWiki, a web site for company research. The website allows the researcher to search businesses in over 25 states. It also supports an index to browse …

Posted in Data & Databases

WLJ's 10 Terrific Law Practice Management Blogs

Posted on October 23, 2009

Jane Pribek at the Wisconsin Law Journal has compiled a list of 10 terrific law practice management blogs. She’s grouped them by Up and coming, Big names, and Home-grown talent. I’m honored to be included …

Posted in Blogs & RSS

Attorney General Responds to Partial Summary Judgment Motion in Diploma Privilege Suit

Posted on October 21, 2009

From WisBar InsideTrack: Reminding the federal district court of the need to develop an evidentiary record in the constitutional challenge to Wisconsin’s “diploma privilege,” the state attorney general criticized the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary …

Posted in Law Students

Bills Would Ban Texting While Driving

Posted on October 20, 2009

Up for debate today in the Senate is a bill that would crack down on text messaging while driving. Wisconsin Senate Bill 103 would ban text messaging for drivers under the age of 18. [see …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Bill Would Require DNA Test Upon Arrest

Posted on October 20, 2009

Everyone arrested on suspicion of a serious crime in Wisconsin would be required to give a DNA sample under a bill introduced earlier this month. Wisconsin Senate Bill 336 requires law enforcement agencies to collect …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Are restaurants in Wisconsin required to put cheese on apple pie?

Posted on October 19, 2009

I’ve seen this posted on a number of dumb laws websites and have always been a little skeptical. Connie Von Der Heide at the Wisconsin State Law Library took the time to check it out. …

Posted in Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

Pamphlet Highlights Wisconsin Facts and Figures

Posted on October 16, 2009

The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has produced a nice 2-sided color pamphlet summarizing facts and figures about Wisconsin.

Posted in Print Publications
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