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Earlier this year, Fastcase released a free iPhone app which was named 2010 New Product of the Year by the American Association of Law Libraries. Now, Fastcase is set to release an app for iPad also. According to Bob Ambrogi, once Apple gives the OK, the app will launch. Check out the iPad screen shots …
There are a couple of noteworthy legal tech-related articles in this month’s WisBar InsideTrack. The first is part 2 of a series on avoiding ethical pitfalls with electronic documents by Nerino Petro and Bryan Sims. In part 1, the authors discuss hidden information within an electronic document, known as metadata, and how it can expose …
Research Bulletin 2010-1 from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau provides an overview of the acts and joint resolutions of the 2009 -2010 Wisconsin Legislative Session. Legislation is organized by topic with acts described under the appropriate subject heading or headings.
Informational Memorandum 10?3 from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau analyzes all of the constitutional amendments submitted to the electorate since the constitution was ratified in 1848 and highlights those that may not comply with the separate amendment rule, based on a literal reading of Section 1.
Google Scholar has a feature that allows you to view documents that cite to your case or article. This is somewhat akin to Shepards, although without the status indicators and comprehensiveness. Recently, Google has beefed up the “cited by” feature by allowing you not only view the citing cases and articles, but also do a …
I received an email yesterday from Frank Bennet who has been leading the development of a Bluebook citation style for Zotero. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. Currently, Zotero only offers a beta version of the Bluebook citation style which is pretty limited. But, …
A new edition of the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation was released in May. Pace Law Library has compiled a list of the changes to the 19th edition and the associated rule numbers. Note that many of the changes deal with electronic sources. Copies of the new edition are available from Hein for $32. …
The migration of government content from GPO Access to FDsys is almost complete. As of this month, 29 of the 40 collections have been migrated with the remaining collections set to make the move in the coming weeks. It was previously reported that migration would be complete by June 30, 2010. Due to the constraints …
Less than 18% of the total income generated by PACER fees relate directly to the cost of running the service – that’s according to a new working paper by Steve Schultze, Associate Director of the Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy. Where does the rest go? Read the paper to find out. From the abstract: …