Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved some changes to the PACER system to “improve public access to federal courts by increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users.” One change is regarding fees. Users will now not be billed “unless they accrue charges …
From Et Seq, The Harvard Law School Library Blog: Can’t get enough of Congress? Is Book TV your idea of Must-see TV? If so, you’ll be excited to learn that “virtually every minute” of C-SPAN’s archives for the last 23 years are now available at C-SpanVideo.org. The total? 160,000 hours.
PACER’s U.S. Party/Case Index has been replaced by a new search tool called PACER Case Locator. It appears that the underlying data is the same – Case Locator just offers improved search and display capabilities including the ability to: request lists of cases for a specified date range by court type; conduct searches based on …
On April 15, the Wisconsin State Bar will launch a new product called Books UnBound. This subscription database will contain content from CLE books published by the State Bar. Primary law links will point to Fastcase which is available to State Bar members. The initial library will include 29 titles, i.e. the majority of the …
Asifa Quraishi, UW Law School professor and founding member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers and the California group American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, is part of the U.S. Delegation attending the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. She is one of only five Public Delegates from …
Last evening I had the treat of hearing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley speak at a meeting of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Her topic was Wisconsin women’s legal history. Not only was the subject on of particular interest to me but Justice Walsh Bradley is a wonderful story teller and really …
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.