Last month, the Wisconsin Assembly introduced another bill which would affect access to CCAP. Tony Chan, chair of Government Relations for the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin had this report: On January 22, 2010, 2009 …
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New WI Supreme Court & Court of Appeals Cases Delivered Weekly with CaseLaw Express
CaseLaw Express is free weekly email service from the Wisconsin State Bar which lists all decisions handed down by the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals during the previous week. To subscribe, see the …
Revised Local Rules for Eastern Dist of WI Includes New Section on Citation to Unpublished Materials
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has published new local rules effective Feb. 1, 2010. Note in particular new Civil Local Rule 7 (j) governing citations to unpublished materials. It …
Judge Tunheim in Defense of PACER
U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim has written a thoughtful piece about PACER for The National Law Journal. Tunheim has been closely involved with PACER as longtime member and chair of the Judicial Conference’s Court …
Butler Renominated for Western District Seat
The White House announced yesterday that it had renominated former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler for United Stated District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.
WI Sup Court to Consider Proposed Rules for E-Discovery
Next month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed amendments to the state’s discovery rules that specifically pertain to electronic discovery. According to the Wisconsin Lawyer The amendments are adapted …
The New Federal Time Computation Amendments of 2009*
On December 1, 2009, new time computation amendments to the federal rules and statutes will become effective. The Time Computation Project, as it is called, proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal …
Finalists for 7th Circ. Judge Selected
From the Chicago Tribune: Six finalists from a field of 11 applicants have been selected to fill a pending vacancy on a federal appeals court which handles appeals from Wisconsin and other states. Two of …
Free Case Law Now Available on Google Scholar
Wow – big news last night from Google: Free case law is now available in Google Scholar! There isn’t much description yet from Google, but Internet For Lawyers has a nice run down of the …
A Facebook Alibi
There is an interesting story in this week’s New York Times about a robbery suspect cleared because of his Facebook alibi. His defense lawyer, Robert Reuland, told a Brooklyn assistant district attorney, Lindsay Gerdes, about …