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Month: October 2019

Milwaukee Bar Association 2019 Law & Technology Conference

Posted on October 29, 2019

In most states, including Wisconsin, an attorney’s duty to keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice now includes “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.”  ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, …

Posted in Analytics, Data & Databases, Online Interactions, Privacy, Skill Development, Social Media

U.S. Congressional Reports & Documents back to 1817 to be Freely Accessible Online

Posted on October 24, 2019

The U.S. Government Publishing Office has announced that it is working with the Law Library of Congress to digitize and make freely accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume …

Posted in Data & Databases, Digitization

Your Tweets May Reveal More than You Think: Free Tool Analyzes Structure & Patterns of Any Public Twitter Account

Posted on October 18, 2019

It’s not just what you say – It’s how you say it.  Your Twitter account may be revealing more about you than you realize.  Of course, the contents of your tweets convey information about you …

Posted in Analytics, Social Media

First Monday: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear UW appeal against Apple for patent infringement

Posted on October 10, 2019

By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian The first Monday of the new U.S. Supreme Court term saw the court issue an order denying the University of Wisconsin’s appeal against Apple for patent infringement.  In denying …

Posted in News, UW Madison

How to Search Across Multiple PDF Files

Posted on October 8, 2019

Last week, someone asked me if it was possible to search the full text of multiple PDF files in the same folder at one time.  Hmm – good question.  No surprise, our Assistant Director for …

Posted in Tools

Employer Use & Misuse of CCAP to Search Applicant’s Criminal Background

Posted on October 3, 2019

The latest issue of the State Bar’s InsideTrack has an excellent article on the use and misuse of CCAP by employers to explore a job applicant’s criminal background. Employers, and the lawyers who advise them, …

Posted in Privacy, Public Information

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Net Neutrality Repeal but Strikes Down State Rules Preemption

Posted on October 1, 2019

From c|net: A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a mixed ruling on the Federal Communications Commission repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules. The court upheld the FCC’s repeal of the rules, but struck down a key provision …

Posted in Communication, Web

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