Jotwell is a new online law journal from “leading academics and practitioners providing short reviews of recent scholarship related to the law that the reviewer likes and thinks deserves a wide audience.” Jotwell, short for …
Year: 2009
AZ Sup Ct – Metadata in Public Records Subject to Disclosure
From Wired Magazine: Arizona’s Supreme Court, in a surprising but welcome ruling, has declared that electronic metadata is part of the public record under state law, in a case involving an Arizona police officer who …
New FTC Guidelines to Affect Bloggers' Product Endorcements
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 …
Latest UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
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 …
Wisconsin Innocence Project Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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 …
CorporationWiki Visualizes Corporate Relationships
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 …
WLJ's 10 Terrific Law Practice Management Blogs
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 …
Attorney General Responds to Partial Summary Judgment Motion in Diploma Privilege Suit
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 …
Bills Would Ban Texting While Driving
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 …
Bill Would Require DNA Test Upon Arrest
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 …