Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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: …
From ABA Site-tation: At the end of March, Minnesota’s Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board approved a new ethics opinion addressing lawyers’ ethical obligations regarding metadata. Opinion No. 22, available in PDF format on the LPRB’s website, addresses the three primary metadata questions: what is a lawyer’s duty when sending electronic documents; what is a lawyer’s duty …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Tunnel Vision (chapter in Conviction of the Innocent: Lessons from Psychological Research) by Keith A. Findley, University of Wisconsin Law School Comparing Approaches Toward Governing Scientific Advisory Bodies on Food Safety in the United States and the …
On June 10, 11:30 a.m. EDT, American Association of Law Libraries is sponsoring a webinar with Stephen Abram entitled Interpreting the Tea Leaves: Thinking about the Future. LLAW’s own Laura La Rose of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in Milwaukee is also one of the speakers. Here’s more about the webinar from AALL: The world …
The Federal Judiciary has recently redesigned their website. It incorporates a host of emerging web technologies, such as RSS, podcasts, and multimedia. Read the press release for more info.
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Case Study Research and International Tax Theory by Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School Open Borders, the US Economic Espionage Act of 1996, and the Global Movement of Knowledge and People by Shubha Ghosh, University of …
From WisBar’s Inside Track: The Wisconsin Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Doyle Senate Bill 383, a comprehensive revision of Wis. Stat. chapters 755 and 800. These chapters regulate the creation and operation of the state’s 252 municipal courts. Most changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2011. Read the full article for more information. …
A new edition of the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation will be released next month. According to Hein, the 19th edition retains the same basic approach to legal citation established by its predecessors. The layout has been updated to make information easier to access. Some citation forms have been expanded, elaborated upon, or modified …