Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Law.com reports that the 7th Circuit has recently created a wiki. According to Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, who spearheaded the project, “the goal is to concentrate on procedure (in both the court of appeals and the district courts) but not to cover substance.” To contribute to the wiki, see the Registration page. Source: Slaw
AALL has conducted a State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources. The report presents the results of a survey of primary online legal resources and whether these resources are official and capable of being authenticated. In short, “How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web?” The answer (from the executive summary): A …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has created a handy guide to Filing a Petition for Review : A Guide to Seeking Review in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The nine page document is dated October 2006. Abstract: This is a simplified guide to the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure with respect to filing petitions for review and …
Check out Yahoo News for more on Justice Breyer’s entertaining interview on National Public Radio’s “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.” Being the funniest Supreme Court justice, he said, “is like being one of the shortest tall people.” Better yet, listen to the Show. Source: Findlaw’s Practice Paper
An article in Monday’s New York Times opens with the provocative quote: “I haven’t opened up a law review in years,” said Chief Judge Dennis G. Jacobs of the federal appeals court in New York. “No one speaks of them. No one relies on them.” Judge Jacobs was explaining to a gathering of law professors …
The Associated Press reports Courts To Test Offering Trial Tapes Online. The federal judiciary panel has approved a pilot program to make audio recordings of court proceedings available online for free. Although a court’s participation in the program is voluntary, U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, the executive committee chairman of the policy-making Judicial Conference, …
JS Online reports that, according to a provision in the budget bill, …The director of state courts would be given authority to “establish and charge fees for use of the circuit court automated information systems created under this section.” Left unstated are who would be charged, how much they would be charged and how often… …
JS Online reports that, according to a provision in the budget bill, …The director of state courts would be given authority to “establish and charge fees for use of the circuit court automated information systems created under this section.” Left unstated are who would be charged, how much they would be charged and how often… …
Justia has launched a database of recently filed Federal District Court civil cases. You can browse by browse by state and/or type of lawsuit or view all recent cases. Search by party name, jurisdiction, type of lawsuit, and within a given date range. BeSpacific reports that according to Justia’s Tim Stanley, there are currently “over …
Paul Bush of Legal Dockets Online has compiled a list of the courts not using CM/ECF. CM/ECF allows courts to accept filings and provide access to filed documents over the Internet via PACER. He writes: Since CM/ECF systems have been successfully implemented throughout the U.S., some researchers incorrectly assume that all case dockets and filings …