Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Since January, we’ve had a chat box on our home page. Law School and other UW–Madison students, faculty & staff can use it to ask legal research questions of our reference librarians. The chat box is courtesy of a service called Plugoo. The questions asked through the chat box are routed to our regular IM …
US Courts has an interesting article on how PACER has altered the business of the courts. Here’s a sampling from the article: “It’s definitely changed the way our office does business, and I think it’s been a change for the better,” said Monica Menier, clerk of the bankruptcy court in the Middle District of Louisiana. …
Yesterday, the Judicial Conference of the United States voted to make transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings available online through PACER. According to the press release: Under the new policy, transcripts created by court reporters or transcribers will be available for inspection and copying in a clerk of court’s office and for download …
Yesterday the New York Times began offering its content free online. Now, according to a Reuters article, it looks like the Wall Street Journal may follow suit. Thanks to Library Laws for the tip.
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 library records may not be disclosed to any person except in certain specified circumstances. This bill requires a public library …
Beginning this week, The New York Times will stop charging for access to TimesSelect content. InfoWorld reports that, in addition to opening up its content to all visitors, The New York Times will also offer free access to its archives dating back to 1987, as well as access to stories published by the paper between …
According to my rep, LexisNexis Fifty State Surveys of Statutes and Regulations are now available on the Law School menu. The LexisNexis 50 State Surveys deliver an easy to access, easy to understand overview of legislation, regulations and even court rules, all organized by topic. Use the following path: Legal > States Legal – U.S. …
Real Lawyers Have Blogs has some good advice on converting a law firm newsletter into a blog.
From a US Courts news release: The federal Judiciary is seeking comment on the privacy and security implications related to public Internet access to certain documents in criminal case files… The committee is interested in comments on a proposal to restrict public Internet access to plea agreements in criminal cases, which may contain information identifying …
“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 …