Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that seeks to maintain an archive of publicly accessible web pages at various …
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. Here are some highlights from the inaugural issue: REDISTRICTING EXPERTISE With a decennial redistricting cycle in full swing, we have …
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 free for public use. PACER, which stands for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, is run by the Judicial Conference …
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 judge, justice, and magistrate between 2011 and 2018. Over 1.5 million investment records. Around 12,000 sources of income outside of …
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 invitation. According to the Wisconsin Court System News, the appellate eFiling system has the same look and feel as the …
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 Westlaw as of today. Wisconsin Jury Instructions – Civil Wisconsin Jury Instructions – Children Wisconsin Jury Instructions – Criminal
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 24 hours following an event, on-demand access to the recorded video archive will now only be available to paid subscribers. …
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: The new site includes features designed to make it easier for users to learn how to navigate the system, find …
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 opened each week has decreased by more than 30% compared to a baseline average of weekly matters opened during the …
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 order to suspended most in-person proceedings through at least April 30th – with some exceptions – and to instead conduct …