Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Tech Dirt: Earlier this year, we wrote about a woman named Beverly Stayart, who had sued Yahoo over what she found when she did a search on her name. Her complaint was that some of the links advertised porn sites and possibly contained malware, and that this was a violation of her trademark and …
Saturday’s New York Times has a thought-provoking article on attorney’s and social media and the dangers of opening up too much. Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions of angry people do these days: he blogged about her, saying she was an “Evil, Unfair Witch.” But Mr. Conway …
From Download Squad: Google Book Downloader is a free utility that lets you download any book that’s available in “full view” from Google Books. Of course, most of these books also feature download links right on the web page, but Google Books Downloader lets you queue up multiple jobs and convert all of the downloaded …
Colin Miller at the EvidenceProf Blog has compiled the results of the 2009 Legal Educator Blog Census. Here are some of the findings: bloggers at law schools starting with A-M bloggers at law schools starting with N-Z alphabetical listing of all blogs listing of blogs started after March 2009 and bloggers who started posting on …
iPhone J.D. describes the new Barron’s Law Dictionary app as fitting “neatly” between the other two legal dictionaries available for the iPhone: Black’s Law Dictionary ($50) and Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary (free). Like the Nolo dictionary, the Barron’s dictionary contains over 3,000 terms. Like Black’s, the Barron’s dictionary has more sophisticated definitions, although in …
Barbara Fritschel, law librarian for the U.S. Courts Library for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has compiled a new guide entitled, “State Documents Bibliography: Wisconsin”. The guide is part of a larger series of state guides published by Hein & Co. Inc. The guide lists selected materials produced by or about the State of …
There is a very interesting article in the latest InsideTrack regarding a case pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on “whether the public’s right to know what its government is up to extends to reading the personal emails government employees sent from work.” The case involves a public records request sent by a citizen to …
To assist attorneys who are now required to submit electronic copies of briefs and other documents when litigating matters at the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the Wisconsin State Law Library is offering a class entitled, E-filing: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The class will be held Tuesday, Sept. 22, 9:30 – …
From the Wisconsin State Journal: The public affairs network Wisconsin Eye said it would end its service to Time Warner customers on Monday night at midnight because the company won’t pay for it. Time Warner serves customers in southeastern Wisconsin and the Fox Valley area — Wisconsin Eye will continue to be available to Charter …
From the PACER Service Center: The Federal Judiciary has undertaken a year-long, comprehensive program assessment. The goal of the assessment is to identify potential enhancements to existing services and new public access services that could be provided. We are gathering information through focus groups, interviews, and surveys. Please be aware you may be solicited about …