Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Each year, the UW Madison Libraries create a campus READ poster. This year’s features Bucky Badger on Bascom Hill with the Go Big Read book selection, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Contact bucky@library.wisc.edu for copies. See the library web site for past READ posters. The project was paid for with …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The Omitted Dimension of Buyer Power Comments Submitted to the FTC and DOJ by Peter Carstensen Taxation in a Time of Crisis: Policy Leadership from the OECD to the G20 by Allison Christians The …
From Novalawcity: GovPulse.us is a fantastic new app that puts “the Federal Register at your fingertips”. The front page gives you lists (with links) of comments closing and opened in the last 7 days, followed by rules taking effect and proposed within that time period. Also on the front page is a map of your …
3 Geeks and a Law Blog had created a nifty map of free legal resources provided by State Bar Associations. Looks like Casemaker and Fastcase top the list.
Barbara Fritschel at the US Courts Library has created a summary sheet of the many changes to the Eastern District of Wisconsin Local Rules. She includes changes to the General Local Rules, Civil Local Rules and Local Criminal Rules along with the citations to each. Update 3/10: A full copy of the rules is available …
A while back I did a post on some clever uses for old books. Since I’ve run into a few more, I thought I’d update the list. Kathy Kelly, an Erie law librarian, has developed a business called BookBags in which she makes purses and laptop computer cases from the covers of outdated law books …