Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch: In United States v. Shelnutt (M.D. Ga. Nov. 2), a federal court in Georgia ruled that Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prohibits “tweeting” from the courtroom and that Rule 53 does not unconstitutionally restrict freedom of the press…. The immediate result of the court’s decision is …
From Wired Magazine: Arizona’s Supreme Court, in a surprising but welcome ruling, has declared that electronic metadata is part of the public record under state law, in a case involving an Arizona police officer who suspects his superiors of backdating a document related to his work performance…. The city argued that metadata — digital information …
From Federal Evidence Review: Internet chatroom conversations about having sex with minors was admissible to show the defendant’s knowledge of the age of his victim and absence of mistake under FRE 404(b); a sufficient showing was made that he made the other chats and not other family members who had access to the computer, in …
In an unpublished opinion by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the court imposed a $100 sanction on counsel for a seriously messed up citation. The case is Espitia v. Fouche 314 Wis.2d 507, 758 N.W.2d 224 (Table), 2008 WL 4058057 (Wis.App.), 2008 WI App 160. FN5. Counsel for Espitia cites to an unpublished case assertedly …
JSOnline reports that two judges have announced they will leave the state’s Court of Appeals in Madison next year: Burnie Bridge and Charles P. Dykman. See the article for more information. Governor Doyle has announced that he is seeking applicants for appointment as District IV Court of Appeals Judge. Source: The Wheeler Report
Yesterday, the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice held a public hearing at the Capital about the proposed bill that would mean big changes for CCAP access. See my earlier post for more info about the Assembly Bill 340. Today’s JSOnline offers a brief run down of the hearing comments from both privacy advocates in favor …
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler was nominated by President Barack Obama Wednesday for a federal judgeship. He is being nominated to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. He would replace U.S. District Judge John Shabaz, who took senior status in January. Butler …
As I reported earlier on WisBlawg, there is a bill being considered in the Wisconsin legislature that could mean some pretty big changes for CCAP access. Tony Chan, Chair of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin Government Relations Committee offers the following summary about the changes and an alert about an upcoming public hearing on …
Legal professionals often need to access court documents and case information, but knowing where to find them most efficiently and cost effectively isn’t always easy. There several services that provide access to recent court documents – some free and some fee based. The following is a run-down of available services of which I am aware. …
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 …