Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Saturday’s New York Times has a thought-provoking article on attorney’s and social media and the dangers of opening up too much. Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions of angry people do these days: he blogged about her, saying she was an “Evil, Unfair Witch.” But Mr. Conway …
3 Geeks and a Law Blog has a good post on using LinkedIn for competitive intelligence. An earlier post describes how Twitter can be use as well.
“Defense attorneys do their clients a disservice by not at least checking with them to see if they maintain a Web page used for social networking, in addition to the standard methods of digging up dirt.” So says defense attorney William R. Gallagher in a recent Wisconsin Law Journal article on using social networking tools …
Jane Pribek of the Wisconsin Law Journal has put together a nice article on the benefits of social networking for attorneys, including some success stories from local attorneys using LinkedIn. From the article: Just a few months ago, Michelle M. Friedman recommended all attorneys at her Milwaukee firm, Davis & Kuelthau s.c., join LinkedIn, a …
The UW Madison Daily Cardinal reports on a new website which pays students for note-taking. Knetwit, the creation of former Babson College fraternity brothers Ben Wald and Tyler Jenks, encourages college students to upload and share study materials for money…. According to the website, Knetwit allows college students and teachers around the world to share …
“If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for help with your research, would you? If not, why?” That was the question asked of 300+ college students in a recent University of Michigan Library survey. See the results on the right. According to Suzanne Chapman at UM: The main impetus for this question …
YouTube is developing a Video Identification system which will help copyright holders identify their works on YouTube. From the about page: We have worked with Google to develop one-of-a-kind technology that can recognize videos based on a variety of factors… Copyright holders can choose what they want done with their videos: whether to block, promote, …
“The older demographic has a bunch of interesting characteristics, not the least of which is that they hang around.” This prospective and relative stickiness is helping drive a wave of new investment into boomer and older-oriented social networking sites that offer like-minded (and like-aged) individuals discussion and dating forums, photo-sharing, news and commentary, and chatter …
“Many political pundits have said the 2008 presidential race will be the election of YouTube,” says JS Online. “Local lawmakers are picking up on that trend…” The article explores how Wisconsin’s legislators are using video to communicate directly with the public via the web. Note the use of WisconsinEye. According to the article: State lawmakers …
In the category of dumb criminals, JS Online has an article about people bragging about their crimes on MySpace – complete with photos. Of course, it doesn’t take long before the police come knocking at their doors.