The Special Committee on Review of Records Access of Circuit Court Documents met this past Thursday, Nov. 4th. The video and audio of this meeting are available via Wisconsin Eye. Memorandum, reports and documents mentioned …
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NY Courts: Expect All Facebook Posts to be Considered Public Information
3 Geeks and a Law Blog reports on two opinions from NY regarding access to both public and private Facebook posts. Bottom line in New York (and possibly every place else in the United States): …
Butler Renominated for U.S. District Judge
From the Wisconsin State Journal: President Barack Obama has again nominated Louis B. Butler Jr. to replace John Shabaz as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, the White House announced Monday. See …
Juror Must Pay Fine and Write Essay for Posting Verdict on Facebook while Case Still Being Tried
From 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: You have to admire the punishment that Judge Diane Druzinski handed down to a juror that updated her Facebook status to say that it was “gonna be fun …
US Dist Ct Holds that Content on Social Networks Visible Only to Restricted Users is Protected
From Law Technology News via Law.com: On May 26, a federal court issued an opinion in a discovery dispute that applies outmoded federal electronic privacy laws from the 1980s to Facebook and MySpace. The ruling …
Cited Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions to be Included in Appendix
From the latest InsideTrack: Litigants in Wisconsin’s appellate courts who cite unpublished court of appeals opinions soon must include copies of those opinions in appendices accompanying any brief, petition, or response in which the opinion …
Judge Rejects "People's Court" Testimony
From The New York Law Journal via Law.com: Last April, a judicial hearing officer relied on a woman’s “sworn testimony” from an appearance on “The People’s Court” to determine that the woman had not lived …
Government Employees' Personal E-mails Are Not Public Records
Are government employees’ personal e-mails considered public records? No, according to an opinion by the Wisconsin Supreme Court last Friday. From Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District: In the present case, the court is asked …
President Obama Names UW Law School Professor Victoria Nourse to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
On Wednesday, President Obama nominated UW-Madison Law School professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. From the White House Press Release: Professor Victoria F. Nourse is the Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law …
How Much Does PACER Actually Cost?
Less than 18% of the total income generated by PACER fees relate directly to the cost of running the service – that’s according to a new working paper by Steve Schultze, Associate Director of the …