Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Today’s Odd Wisconsin reminds us that things sometimes got a bit heated – and bloody – on the floor of the U.S. Congress back in the 1800s. A bloody melee broke out on February 8, 1858, that brought fame to Wisconsin congressman John F. Potter . The House was engaged that day in a heated …
Google just released a beta version of a new mapping service called Google Maps. Wow! It’s clear, easy to use, and just plain nice. Check out my results (below) when I entered the address for the UW Law Library. So what makes Google Maps different from other online maps like Mapquest? A couple things. According …
Looking for information about a Wisconsin business or nonprofit organization? Try searching the Department of Financial Institution’s Corporate Registration Information System. CRIS contains information recorded by the DFI such as legal business name, date of registration, current status (incorporated, organized, merged, dissolved, etc.), statutory entity description (corporation, llc, cooperative, etc), name/address of registered agent, and …
The February issue of WSLL @ Your Service from the Wisconsin State Law Library is now available. Highlights include citing early Wisconsin Reports; legal blogs; and February celebrations.
Search engine A9 has added thumbnail photos taken from the street to their online yellow pages. Currently, only businesses in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, New York City (Manhattan), Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland & San Francisco are included, but other cities will be added. Wonder when they will get to Wisconsin? How did they do …
The Dane County Legal Resource Center has recently redesigned their Web site. Note that the URL is new also. According to the February edition of the DCLRC Docket, there are more new pages to come, including publications and forms, as well as information about DCLRC’s collection and services. And if you haven’t done so already, …
A group of senators from North Dakota – both republican and democrat – have started ND Legislative Blog. Very interesting. In addition to covering official legislative affairs, these senators are expressing opinions and sharing details about their personal lives. Here are some excerpts from an AP News story: The five senators began blogging when The …
The Library of Congress has redesigned portions of the legislative information site, THOMAS. The main change is the capability of searching the text of legislation across multiple congresses (all or selectively) from 1989 (101st Congress) to the present. Search screens for the Congressional Record and Congressional Record Index have also been upgraded. For more information …
PrismLegal has compiled a list (albeit a very short list) of large law firms (NLJ 250) with firm-branded blogs. They are: Telecom Law Blog by Davis Wright Tremaine Holland and Hart’s Rocky Mountain Health Care Blog by Holland & Hart The Environment by Lowenstein Sandler Electronic Discovery Law by Preston Gates Ellis Source: The E-Law …
From ABA Site-tation: People Who Need People (or Information About People) – ERsys.com Chosen by the American Library Association as one of the best free reference sites of 2004, www.ersys.com compiles demographic information on over 2600 American communities. Choose a state from the home page; a list of cities for that state appears. The opening …