Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Volokh Conspiracy examines the question of whether Lexis and Westlaw infringe copyright when they post briefs filed in court. Read more: The argument for infringement is actually moderately strong. Like most other documents, briefs are protected by copyright the moment they are written. The fact that they’re filed in court doesn’t waive any copyright. …
From the Marquette Law School Faculty Blog: This year marks both the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the sesquicentennial of his visit to Milwaukee to speak at the Wisconsin State Fair… To commemorate these events, Marquette University Law School, together with the Department of History, will host a conference entitled “Legacies of Lincoln.” This …
From The Third Branch (newsletter of the Wisconsin Court System): The new state budget, 2009 Act 28, includes changes in sentencing practices that go well beyond the early release provisions that received most of the media attention during the five months the budget was under consideration. Most of the provisions will become effective on October …
The latest edition of LLRX features a useful article by Ken Strutin on Law Practice Technology Information Sources and Tools. This article is a short list identifying some ways to learn about new technologies that apply to legal research and law practice. At the same time, some specific tools have been identified that will help …
From <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12948145"The Salt Lake Tribune: The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday named in honor of former Utah Rep. Bill Orton that would boost funding to the Law Library of Congress… “Bill Orton was a tireless advocate for the law library and this legislation is a fitting way to honor his memory,” said Rep. …
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 numerous telephone calls. Many experience the problem arranging times to meet with co-counsel, committee members or social groups. There are …
“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 override the veto — which requires a two-thirds vote — because they didn’t want to recognize it as valid… Leadership …
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 to the Angel’s [the domain name owners] AOL email account, used that information to retrieve the login details for the …
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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 meaning analysis. Justice Roggensack has asserted, “statutory history is part of a plain meaning analysis because it is part of …