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Month: August 2010

Guidance on Open Meetings and Public Records Compliance

Posted on August 30, 2010

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has recently posted updated guides to open meetings and public records compliance. In addition, Attorney General Van Hollen will be hosting free seminars to promote public awareness of and compliance …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Archive of Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel Articles

Posted on August 27, 2010

Thanks to Bev Butula on her Wisconsin Law Journal blog for sharing that the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel now offers an archive of articles from 1884 – 2007. The search box is located on the JSOnline homepage …

Posted in Data & Databases

New Rules for Gift and Credit Card Now in Effect

Posted on August 26, 2010

This past Sunday, August 22, certain changes relating to gift cards went into effect thanks to the Credit CARD Act of 2009. Now @ MPL highlights some of the changes: Store gift cards and gift …

Posted in Life

US Dist Ct Holds that Content on Social Networks Visible Only to Restricted Users is Protected

Posted on August 26, 2010

From Law Technology News via Law.com: On May 26, a federal court issued an opinion in a discovery dispute that applies outmoded federal electronic privacy laws from the 1980s to Facebook and MySpace. The ruling …

Posted in Courts

Program on Researching Patent and Trademark Information

Posted on August 26, 2010

Milwaukee Public Library will be hosting a program presented by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on Researching Patent and Trademark Information. The program will cover: Overview of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets / …

Posted in Presentations & Workshops

40th Anniversary of the Sterling Hall Bombing – Share your Story

Posted on August 24, 2010

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing on the UW Madison campus. Have a story to tell about your memories from the student protest movement or the bombing on August 24th, 1970? …

Posted in UW Madison

WI No Call List Deadline Approaching

Posted on August 24, 2010

Want to add your cell phone or land line to the state no-call list to block phone calls from telemarketers? If so, the deadline is Sept 1st to have your number blocked starting Oct 1st. …

Posted in Life

Cited Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions to be Included in Appendix

Posted on August 23, 2010

From the latest InsideTrack: Litigants in Wisconsin’s appellate courts who cite unpublished court of appeals opinions soon must include copies of those opinions in appendices accompanying any brief, petition, or response in which the opinion …

Posted in Courts

Forget the Weather – What's the Mosquito Activity Forecast?

Posted on August 5, 2010

Here’s a fun one from The Weather Channel: the Mosquito Activity Forecast. Ok – maybe not fun. More like scary… useful… educational… Thanks to Bev Butula for passing it on in her WLJ blog.

Posted in Life

Guide to Researching the History & Intent of WI Administrative Rules

Posted on August 4, 2010

The latest InsideTrack from the State Bar of Wisconsin has an excellent guide on Investigating Wisconsin Administrative Rules. Author, Bev Butula writes: Many issues we research center around the rules established by administrative agencies. It …

Posted in Legislation & Regs
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