Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Warner/Chappell Music, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, has long claimed to own the rights to “Happy Birthday to You,” probably the most recognized English language song in the world. However, new evidence unearthed by librarians at the University of Pittsburgh Law Library calls that claim into question. According to PittLaw, Warner/Chappell’s claim is based …
Here is the latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Realizing the Promise of Padilla Through a Law School/Public Defender Collaboration” 2015 Wisconsin Law Review 339 by STACY TAEUBER The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Padilla v. Kentucky thrust the issue of …
2015 has been a whirlwind year of change for UW Libraries, even though most of it is not obvious to users. The campus (and entire UW system!) recently switched our library catalog platform and modified several of our web discovery tools. Zotero, a free and very helpful citation manager used by many Law School faculty …
Late last night, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance passed a motion (motion #999) to the Wisconsin state budget that would exempt “deliberative materials” like legislative drafting records and legislative briefings from Wisconsin’s open records laws. From the Capital Times: Included in the 24-page motion were five sections of proposed changes that would severely restrict access …