Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
A new study by LexisNexis reveals that 70% of American white collar workers suffer from information overload. That number rises to 80% among legal professionals. Other findings for legal professionals include: 90% of legal professionals agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster 70% say …
Since its launch earlier this week, JD Supra is already creating quite a buzz around the blawgosphere. It’s a combination business networking site and shared document repository for legal professionals – quite ingenious actually. And it’s all free. As a Business Networking Site: JD Supra offers legal professionals and organizations a chance to showcase their …
Last week I gave a presentation to the UW Law School faculty and staff on the legal applications of RSS. I’ve posted my slides and handouts on Scribd and thought I’d share them here. Read this doc on Scribd: RSS for Law School Faculty & Staff Related handouts: Law-Related RSS Feeds RSS Readers: Thunderbird RSS …
BBC News has an interesting article on the increasing use of YouTube videos as criminal evidence. Source: law.librarians
From JS Online: The state Senate unanimously voted Tuesday to add cell phones to the state’s “do not call” list and raise the maximum fine for violating that law from $100 to $1,000.
Due to weather conditions, the UW Law Library will be closing at 1:00 pm on Sunday, February 17th.
Google recently announced that you can create forms using spreadsheets in Google Docs. Create a form in a Google Docs spreadsheet and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won’t need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page. Responses are …
I was using Justia yesterday and noticed something I hadn’t seen before – US Federal Court Appeals Opinions. It includes all US Federal appellate cases since 1950 browse-able by F 2d and F 3d citation. Wow – how long has that been there? An email from Justia’s Tim Stanley confirmed that the 1950+ Fed is …
Here’s another intriguing image from the Wisconsin Historical Society Image archive. This sketch of a revolving book stack circa 1900 is absolutely mind boggling. The caption reads: “Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks with an elevator. This was apparently a ‘library of the future’ idea and was probably never actually built.” Check out …
Thanks to Legal Dockets Online for alerting me to the PACER recycling center, run by the folks at Public.Resource.org. Basically, this gathers “recycled” court filings donated by people who have paid to access them via PACER, then offers them free on the Internet. According to the FAQ, here’s how it works: Just upload all your …