Weirdest Cases: The Times (of London) Online is kicking off it’s new column, Weird Cases, with a list of the columnist’s top twenty “favourite bizarre disputes, prosecutions and lawsuits.” Number one? Right here in Wisconsin, …
Legislation & Regs
Some Law Enforcement Records Could be Shielded from Open Records Requests per Assembly Bill
“A pending bill in the Legislature could have a broad silencing effect on Wisconsin open records law,” says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Assembly Bill 522 would shield from all open records requests certain law-enforcement records …
WisconsinEye Announces Partnership with BadgerNet
According to a Wisconsin Department of Administration press release, WisconsinEye announced on Monday that it has reached agreement with the department to launch the WisconsinEye channel on the BadgerNet video network serving education and government …
1999-2005 Drafting Records Available at WI Legislature Web Site
I’ve been given the green light to announce that Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records are now available online at the Wisconsin State Legislature Web site. Records from the 1999 through 2005 sessions are available. At this …
Bill to Restrict Public Access to CCAP
The Wisconsin State Journal reports on Assembly Bill 418 which would stop ordinary citizens from viewing Wisconsin court records online (CCAP). From the LRB Analysis: This bill restricts public access to the CCAP system from …
Law Library of Congress Working with Google to Digitize All Congressional Hearings
With their newly redesigned Web site, the Law Library of Congress is introducing several new products, including Congressional Hearings. Here’s a blub from their Web site: As part of the Law Library’s transition to the …
WI Bill Regarding Disclosure of Library Records
Update: The corresponding Senate bill is 214. ————— My Wisconsin Legislative Notifications account picked up this bill, AB-433, relating to the disclosure of library records to law enforcement officers. LRB synopsis: Under current law, public …
Twitter Updates from the House Floor
Here’s one from Law Librarian Blog: Check out twitter.com/HouseFloor which distributes live updates from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, updated every five minutes with any new information from The Office of the …
Public.Resource.Org Aims to Offer All Federal & State Cases & Codes Free Online
The New York Times reports on the project of “Internet gadfly” Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, to make more than 10 million pages of case law available free online. According to the ReadMe file on …
LOUIS, New Mega Search Gov Docs Database Offers RSS
LOUIS is a new mega search engine of U.S. executive and legislative documents. A project of the Sunlight Foundation, LOUIS offers a combined search of Congressional Reports, Congressional Record, Congressional Hearings, Federal Register, Presidential Documents, …