In an opinion issued earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit placed a limitation on the use of content archived by the Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine” without additional authentication. The …
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UW Law’s State Democracy Research Initiative Newsletter Showcases Resdistricting & State Constitutional Law Expertise, State Supreme Courts Research
Interested in UW Law School’s new State Democracy Research Initiative? Sign up for their free newsletter for news on the latest research, happenings, and events. Issues will be published at the end of each semester. …
Bill to Make PACER Free Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to make U.S. court documents free to the general public. The bipartisan legislation would require the federal judiciary to create a new PACER system that would be …
New Database of Federal Judicial Financial Disclosures Reveals Conflicts of Interest
Update 10/15/21 from the Free Law Project: The financial disclosure database is now available to all. Included in the database are: Over 250,000 pages of financial records dating from 2003-2020, with complete coverage of every …
Wisconsin Expands eFiling to Appellate Courts
As of July 1, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys who practice in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will launch an eFiling pilot program on a select set of cases by …
Wisconsin Jury Instructions Now Available via Westlaw
Following the announcement earlier this year that the Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal, and Children’s) are now freely available online on the Wisconsin State Law Library website, legal professionals may now also access them via …
WisconsinEye Subscription Now Required for On-Demand Legislative & Supreme Court Video Archive
According to an email sent to registered users, WisconsinEye is implementing subscription-based access for all users of on-demand content effective February 22nd. Although legislative and Supreme Court content will still be available live and for …
PACER Gets a New Look
As of last week, PACER, the website of the U.S. Courts Public Access to Court Electronic Records program is featuring a new look. Note that the underlying PACER platform has not changed. According to LawSites: …
New Legal Matters Dropped by 30% per Clio COVID-19 Impact Research
According to a new study by Clio, law firms have seen a drastic deceleration in new matter creation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of 2020, the number of new legal matters being …
Director of WI State Courts Offers Advice to Attorneys on Appearing Remotely via Zoom
This week’s Inside Track from the Wisconsin State Bar features a very interesting interview with Judge Randy Koschnick, Director of Wisconsin State Courts about how the state’s courts are responding to the Wisconsin Supreme Court …