Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Tracking what people say on blogs can be important to legal professionals for a number of reasons: Image Monitoring – What are people saying about you, your firm, your clients? Competitive Intelligence – What are people saying about the competition? Personnel – What is being said by and about potential employees? Litigation – What is …
Kiplinger’s presents Fabulous Freebies 2008. This list includes web sites and services featuring all kinds of free goodies. Some are classics and others are newer. Source: Lifehacker
The ABA Journal reports some interesting findings from the latest annual Legal Technology Survey Report. In general, the survey indicates that lawyers are slow to adopt cutting-edge technology. For all the hype–at conferences, on the Internet, and in this publication and others–about how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way lawyers practice, the bulk of …
LegalDockets.com, a portal of court case information, is being restructured as Courtport.com. The new site will offer an improved user interface, added content, discussion forums, and more. The main component of the site is still the portal – a collection of thousands of links focused on court case information, rules and forms, property, recordings, liens, …
The UW Madison Libraries have developed a mobile friendly site so that users of devices such as iPhones, PDAs, etc. may more easily navigate through the library web site. This beta mobile site is accessible at either: mobile.library.wisc.edu or m.library.wisc.edu
I’m very pleased to share the newly redesigned Law Library Web site. The new site features lots more quick links to our most popular resources. We’ve also revamped our list of databases so that users may browse by title, subject, or do a keyword search. Because the site architecture is also much changed (for the …
ChaCha is a free cellphone service that lets you ask any question answerable via a Web search, using any cellphone, by simply making a voice call. A few minutes later, you’ll receive an answer as a text message. From All Things Digital: ChaCha requires no registration and works on any cellphone carrier. It needs no …
The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory is a listing of locations that offer Free Wi-Fi. There is a state by state directory, along with nationwide chains and airports which offer free access. International locations are also listed. Source: Now@MPL
The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman recently announced that EDGAR will be replaced with a new system called IDEA offering “investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds.” From the press release: The new system is called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications. Based on a …
Now you (or your dog) can star in your own mini READ poster thanks to ALA (American Library Association). Just upload your photo, add some text if desired, choose a poster style, and you’re done! How fun!