If you’ve been following WisBlawg, you know that I’ve periodically blogged about Badgerlink, a collection of amazing resources available for free to all state residents via Wisconsin’s libraries through funding from the DPI. Badgerlink databases contain …
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Free Law Project Has Complete Collection of Federal Tax Opinions
From the Free Law Project: We are happy to announce that we have compiled, collected and analyzed the complete collection of precedential federal tax opinions from the Board of Tax Appeals (1924-1942) and later the …
Report Examines How Federal Agencies Use AI to Support Decisionmaking, Implementation, & Interaction
AI-based tools to support government decisionmaking, implementation, and interaction are already at work in many federal agencies. Yet little is known about how agencies acquire, use, and oversee such AI systems. In an effort to …
Access to Milwaukee Historical Newspapers Hit-and-Miss
Urban Milwaukee reports on the loss of access to the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel archives. The Encyclopedia of Milwaukee is a a Digital Humanities Project sponsored by the History Department in the College of Letters and …
Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Excessive PACER fees – Skeptical of DOJ Jurisdictional Argument
Earlier this week, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the legality of fees charged by the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) …
Attorney Ethical Obligations re Cloud Computing, Computer Security, & Strong Passwords
With all of the sensitive and confidential information entrusted to attorneys, data security is an essential part of doing business. In Wisconsin, attorneys have an ethical obligation to understand the importance of computer security as …
Search Full Text State Constitutional Documents
Interested in state constitutional issues? Check out the new state constitutional electronic collection from the Rutgers Law Library. The collection contains Constitutions, Constitutional Convention records, and other related documents for the constitutions of the 50 …
Milwaukee Bar Association 2019 Law & Technology Conference
In most states, including Wisconsin, an attorney’s duty to keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice now includes “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.” ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, …
U.S. Congressional Reports & Documents back to 1817 to be Freely Accessible Online
The U.S. Government Publishing Office has announced that it is working with the Law Library of Congress to digitize and make freely accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume …
DoJ Announces Policy on Use of Data from Genetic Testing Kits like Ancestry.com & 23andMe
According to PC Magazine, more than 26 million people have taken DNA tests. Genetic testing kits from sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe help individuals and their families dig into their ancestry and heritage – but …