Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
“A couple in Pittsburgh whose lawsuit claimed that Street View on Google Maps is a reckless invasion of their privacy lost their case.” Read more from CNet News: Aaron and Christine Boring sued the Internet search giant last April, alleging that Google “significantly disregarded (their) privacy interests” when Street View cameras captured images of their …
The New York Times has an interesting article about Carl Malamud’s attempt to gather district court records from PACER and make they freely available on the Web. Those courts, with the help of the Government Printing Office, had opened a free trial of Pacer at 17 libraries around the country. Mr. Malamud urged fellow activists …
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has taken the first step toward creating a nonprofit organization to provide more legal help for the poor, reports JS Online. “This month, the court voted 6-0, with Justice David Prosser abstaining, to direct its staff to work with the State Bar of Wisconsin and other officials on a draft order authorizing …
An Australian court has ordered that a default judgement could be served on defendants by notification on Facebook. The courts already allow service by email and text message. Read more from the Sydney Morning Herald: “Australian courts are regarded as being amongst the most technologically advanced in the world, and this innovation goes to further …
Free access to the English Reports from 1220-1873 is now available from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). The English Reports database contains 124,882 cases and the full text of the Reports are searchable. Users are then provided with the original image of a case when it appears in the search results, sorted in likely …
A federal judge has disallowed attorneys to recover electronic legal research fees as part of a $31.5 million settlement against Coca-Cola. From Law.com: Among the expenses [U.S. District Court Judge Willis B.] Hunt disallowed was $93,960.67 for LexisNexis, Westlaw and Online Library Research, writing, “This Court is of the opinion that charging separately for use …
From the Wisconsin Law Journal: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Oct. 28 took another step in broadening an electronic filing system for attorneys, but the court also made it known it is not willing to go entirely paperless anytime soon. Starting on July 1, 2009, attorneys in the state will be expected to file briefs …
On Oct. 14, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted in principle Judicial Council petition 08-02 to amend Wis. Stat.
The folks behind Foreclosure Alarm have expanded their offerings and now offer real-time notification of filings for all case types in the Wisconsin circuit courts. The new product is called CircuitCourtPro. Like Foreclosure Alarm, the data is derived from CCAP. Here’s how it works: You decide what types of new cases you are interested in …
The Wisconsin Law Journal reports on the 2009 Milwaukee County budget proposal. From the article: In his 2009 proposal, [County Executive Scott] Walker plans to abolish 27 staff positions, not mandated by the state, to help offset a multi-million dollar hole in the court’s budget…. The most substantial cuts would be nine legal research interns …