Legal professionals often need to access court documents and case information, but knowing where to find them most efficiently and cost effectively isn’t always easy. There several services that provide access to recent court documents …
Year: 2009
Plaintiff's Brief Filed in Wisconsin's Diploma Privilege Challenge
Last week, plaintiffs filed a brief in their challenge to Wisconsin’s “diploma privilege.” From the State Bar of Wisconsin news: In the newly filed brief, the plaintiffs ask for summary judgment on the question of …
Court Dismisses Complaint from Woman Who Didn't Like Her Yahoo! Search Results
From Tech Dirt: Earlier this year, we wrote about a woman named Beverly Stayart, who had sued Yahoo over what she found when she did a search on her name. Her complaint was that some …
Stamps to Honor Supreme Court Justices
On September 22nd, the U.S. Postal Service will be dedicating four 44-cent stamps honoring Supreme Court justices Joseph Story, Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and William Brennan Jr. Source: Et Seq.
Get an Anonymous, Auto-expiring Phone Number with inumbr
Thanks to my colleague, Mary Jo Koranda, for pointing me to a service called inumbr, which provides you with a free, auto-expiring anonymous phone number that forwards incoming calls to your home or mobile phone. …
"You Can't Say that on Facebook" – Lawyers and Social Media
Saturday’s New York Times has a thought-provoking article on attorney’s and social media and the dangers of opening up too much. Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions …
Google Book Downloader
From Download Squad: Google Book Downloader is a free utility that lets you download any book that’s available in “full view” from Google Books. Of course, most of these books also feature download links right …
2009 Legal Educator Blog Census Results
Colin Miller at the EvidenceProf Blog has compiled the results of the 2009 Legal Educator Blog Census. Here are some of the findings: bloggers at law schools starting with A-M bloggers at law schools starting …
Barron's Law Dictionary for iPhone Reviewed
iPhone J.D. describes the new Barron’s Law Dictionary app as fitting “neatly” between the other two legal dictionaries available for the iPhone: Black’s Law Dictionary ($50) and Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary (free). Like the …
New Bibliography of Wisconsin State Documents Available
Barbara Fritschel, law librarian for the U.S. Courts Library for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has compiled a new guide entitled, “State Documents Bibliography: Wisconsin”. The guide is part of a larger series of …