Social Media Law Student reviews a recent student note in the Stanford Law Review which claims that blogs can and eventually will influence the Supreme Court. In Rachel C. Lee’s article, she discusses the flaws …
Year: 2009
Opinion Rules Third Party Facebook "Friending" Unethical
The Philadelphia Bar Association recently issued an advisory opinion stating that it is unethical to have a third party “friend” a witness on Facebook for the purpose of gaining information about that person. From the …
GPS Tracking by Police Reviewed by Wisconsin Court of Appeals
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinellast week: The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the secret use by police of a GPS tracking device to gather evidence against a Dane County man accused of …
Article: Huge shortfall forces Legislature to push Department of Revenue to collect
From the Badger Herald: Wisconsin taxpayers would face more audits and revenue agents would pursue more of those who owe back taxes under a plan approved Tuesday to help close the state’s budget shortfall. The …
Student's Wikipedia Hoax Fools Journalists, Bloggers
From Yahoo Tech: When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an …
"In Defense of Food" Selected for "Go Big Read" Reading Program
This fall, the university will launch “Go Big Read,” a common reading program intended to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Students, faculty, staff, and community …
Lexis Offers Free Access for One Year to Grads Serving Public Interest
LexisNexis has launched a new program for deferred graduates which will enable students who pursue public service during the deferral of professional practice to access certain LexisNexis services free of charge. Initially, the LexisNexis ASPIRE …
WisBar InsideTrack and Finding Journal Articles on the Net
A new edition of WisBar’s InsideTrack was published last week. Highlights include: Counseling clients regarding a potential swine flu outbreak Genetic testing: Is best interest of the child ‘good cause’? This issue also features my …
Wisconsin State Law Library Redesigns Website
Update: The new State Law Library Website went live today, Monday May 11th. ———— Kudos to the Wisconsin State Law Library on their newly redesigned website. Note that this is just a sneak peek. The …
Judicial Council Petitions for Rules Changes on Electronic Discovery
The Wisconsin Judicial Council has presented petition to the state Supreme Court proposing “amendments to the Wisconsin rules of discovery in direct response to the unavoidable increase in the discovery of electronically stored information.” From …