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 …
Month: August 2010
Archive of Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel Articles
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 …
New Rules for Gift and Credit Card Now in Effect
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 …
US Dist Ct Holds that Content on Social Networks Visible Only to Restricted Users is Protected
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 …
Program on Researching Patent and Trademark Information
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 / …
40th Anniversary of the Sterling Hall Bombing – Share your Story
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? …
WI No Call List Deadline Approaching
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. …
Cited Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions to be Included in Appendix
From the latest InsideTrack: Litigants in Wisconsin’s appellate courts who cite unpublished court of appeals opinions soon must include copies of those opinions in appendices accompanying any brief, petition, or response in which the opinion …
Forget the Weather – What's the Mosquito Activity Forecast?
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.
Guide to Researching the History & Intent of WI Administrative Rules
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 …