Author: bjshucha

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on a libel suit involving Milwaukee WTMJ radio talk show host Charlie Sykes over a post on his blog. The suit was settled last week for $5,000. The bulk of the article discusses the implications of the Communication Decency Act for media-bloggers.

Although many court documents are available electronically thanks to systems such as CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing) via PACER, not all courts are using this technology. In those situations, the researcher must make other arrangements to get needed documents. If the court is local, making a trip to the courthouse might be an option. If …

You’ve heard of pigs-in-a-blanket and soap-on-a-rope – now comes Computer-on-a-Stick, a USB flash drive featuring its own onboard operating system together with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications. And for added security, also available are the Bio Computer-on-a-Stick and the Bio USB Flash Drive which require fingerprint authentication. Source: LJ Tech Blog

My favorite mapping application just got even better. Google Maps recently introduced a hybrid feature with which maps are combined with satellite images. See the map of the UW Law Library. Notice how the street names are superimposed over the satellite image. Very nice! To access the hybrid images, enter in an address into the …

From Dane County Legal Resource Center Blawg: Recently added to the Clerk of Courts website is a pictorial archive of all the judges who have served Dane County Circuit Court from 1848 to current.

Ama Gannaway, librarian at Lathrop & Clark LLP in Madison, has compiled a very useful guide to Researching American Indian Law Online in the latest Wisconsin Lawyer. This article provides sources for finding tribal codes, constitutions, and court decisions, together with sources for finding treaties, federal statutes and regulations, case law, and administrative appeals decisions …

Online Journalism Review has a nice review of blogging software, including a some definitions of blogging jargon. Source: Current Cites

From Robert Ambrogi’s Law Sites: Alliance for Justice yesterday launched a Supreme Court Watch podcast as part of its larger Supreme Court Watch Web site. The podcast focuses on discussion of the future of the Supreme Court. AFJ also has a blog, Insider Scoop, devoted to the Supreme Court vacancy. AFJ is a national organization …

The La Crosse Tribune reports that the Wisconsin Legislature is considering “virtual visitation” (Assembly Bill 531 and Senate Bill 244) Highlights from the article: The bills state that if a court grants periods of physical placement to both parents, the court also may allow a parent a “reasonable amount of electronic communication at reasonable hours.” …

It seems that starting on August 1st, FindLaw will no longer offer free hosting for law-firm Web sites. Existing sites will be removed from its servers. Source: Robert Ambrogi’s Law Sites