Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From the E-LawLibrary Weblog: Brayton Purcell, a California law firm, filed a lawsuit against another law firm when it discovered that the defendant’s Web site had posted a significant amount of content from the firm’s Elder Abuse Information site. The complaint accused Recordan & Recordan of copyright infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition (Case No. …
Wisconsin wetlands is the topic of the latest Tap the Power from the Legislative Reference Bureau Library. Wisconsin’s wetlands serve many important functions, including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality protection, flood storage, and erosion control. . . . Wisconsin has lost more than five million, or approximately half, of its original wetland base since …
A couple of notices regarding the Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service: It will be unavailable from December 10th, 2004 till January 3rd, 2005. With the start of the 2005-06 legislature session, all subscriptions for notification from the 2003-04 session will be cleared. If you wish to continue monitoring, you will need to resubscribe to items again …
This month, Madison, Wisconsin was awarded fourth place in the Center for Digital Government’s Top 10 Digital Cities for the 125,000-249,999 population category. The annual study examines how city governments are utilizing digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations. From the CDG site: Top 10 Digital Cities 250,000 or more population category: …
It seems that a lot of people are asking – “What’s a blog?” Recently, Merriam-Webster Inc announced the top ten Words of the Year 2004 and number one on the list was “blog” The list is a compilation of the most researched words on the Merriam-Webster Web dictionary sites each year. It is estimated that …
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a Web source is legitimate or not – even for the BBC. According to the TVC Alert: On Friday, the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical plant accident that killed 3800 people, the BBC reported that Dow Chemical–the current owners of the plant–would establish a $12 billion compensation fund. …
From GPO’s Administrative Notes: GPO is working with the library community on a national digitization plan with the goal of digitizing a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government publications held in libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The objective is a digital collection available, in the public domain, for permanent public …
The National Center for State Courts has a collection of articles in its report, Future Trends in State Courts 2004. Edison Ellenberger of The E-LawLibrary Weblog offers a nice summary of the highlights: +Web Logs: Increasing Courts’ Ability to Quickly Communicate with Constituents, by Walter Latham. The author discusses some court blogs and concludes that …
If you’ve ever had to do one, you know that compiling a legislative history is no picnic. But LexisNexis has made things a little easier with their new Legislative Histories Research Tasks Page. What makes this so nice is that it gathers together on one page search boxes for commonly used legislative history resources. . …
Starting today, consumers in some states will become eligible for a free annual credit reports under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Wisconsinites, however, won’t be eligible until March 1, 2005. According to a release from the FTC: FACTA, which was enacted on December 4, 2003, …