Social Media Law Student reviews a recent student note in the Stanford Law Review which claims that blogs can and eventually will influence the Supreme Court. In Rachel C. Lee’s article, she discusses the flaws …
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GPS Tracking by Police Reviewed by Wisconsin Court of Appeals
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinellast week: The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the secret use by police of a GPS tracking device to gather evidence against a Dane County man accused of …
Judicial Council Petitions for Rules Changes on Electronic Discovery
The Wisconsin Judicial Council has presented petition to the state Supreme Court proposing “amendments to the Wisconsin rules of discovery in direct response to the unavoidable increase in the discovery of electronically stored information.” From …
Appeals Court Rules that TurnItIn Plagiarism Detection Service Does Not Violate Students' Copyrights
A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that students’ copyrights were not violated by plagiarism detection service TurnItIn, even though the works were archived. From ars technica: The federal decision (PDF) …
Case Reversed for Allowing Wikipedia as Evidence
From the North Jersey Crime Examiner: A Bergen County [NJ] judge mistakenly let a collection company lawyer cover a gap in evidence against a credit-card holder by using a Wikipedia page, a state appeals court …
Diploma Privilege: 7th Circ. Questions State-focus of Legal Education in WI; Law Prof. Responds
In his blog, BYU Law professor, Gordon Smith, formerly of the UW Law School, responds to criticism leveled by several Seventh Circuit judges who question the state-focus of legal education in Wisconsin as related to …
Sealed Cases to Appear in Case Lists in PACER
From The Third Branch (newsletter of the federal courts): The Judicial Conference, in its continuing efforts to ensure appropriate public access to court files, has voted to make federal court sealed cases more readily apparent. …
Federal Nominating Commission Recommendations for Vacancy at U.S. District Court -Western District of WI
On Monday, the Federal Nominating Commission announced its recommendations for the pending vacancy for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The opening results from the retirement of Judge John Shabaz. …
CCAP Upgrades Security and E-file Presentation for Judges
According to The Third Branch, the newsletter of the Wisconsin Court System, CCAP is undergoing some security upgrades. It seems that the majority of these recommendations will have an impact only on CCAP staff, but …
Joe Lieberman Grills Federal Judiciary About PACER System
From The National Law Journal: Sen. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has asked the policy body of the federal judiciary why it continues to charge the public and lawyers for access to electronically filed documents and whether …