Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In celebration of National Library Week, the following events will be taking place at the UW Law Library: Contests: Each day there will be a law or library-related contest open to Law School students, faculty, and staff. Daily winners will each receive a prize and at the end of the week, students with the most …
“Papa, there’s a black hole behind you” – my five-year-old’s version of an April Fool’s joke.
This morning I’m at the UW Showcase speaking to people about WisBlawg. I’ve had a lot of people interested in starting their own blogs, but, so far, no one has taken me up on the offer to start a Blogger blog on the spot. But there’s still time! There are a number of other great …
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: IRS Plans to Allow Preparers to Sell Data The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers will be able to sell information from individual returns – or even entire returns – to marketers and data brokers. The …
On March 22, Governor Doyle signed Senate Bill 244, creating 2005 Wisconsin Act 174, which provides for supervised electronic communication between a parent and child after a divorce or legal separation, if allowed by the court. For more, see the article in JS Online. Some family law experts said the Wisconsin legislation wasn’t necessary because …
Here’s a funny one from the Smoking Gun: Judging By His Handwriting MARCH 14–It seems that there is a serious penmanship problem with lawyers filing documents in Mississippi’s Eighth Circuit Court. So much so that the presiding judge there issued the below order warning attorneys that the court clerk would now reject pleadings and motions …
Here’s a pair of items about Wi-Fi access: – Milwaukee Wi-Fi provider ready to start building network (WI Technology Network) – “Installation work on Milwaukee’s Wi-Fi network could begin in a matter of weeks, representatives of the City of Milwaukee and Midwest Fiber Networks said Thursday.” – Wireless Hot Spots in the Courthouse (DCLRC Blawg) …
The Law Library has been invited to take part in UW–Madison Showcase 2006 by presenting a poster featuring WisBlawg. In addition to sharing details about the blog, I’ll offer participants on-the-spot guidance in creating a blog of their own. Wonder if I’ll get any takers? The annual UW–Madison Showcase is a best practices fair where …
We’ve had a pair of Cooper’s Hawks in the tree right outside the Grand Reading Room this week. Beautiful birds.
Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici have recently updated their Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide on LLRX. They recommend a number of excellent free or low cost resources for monitoring of your competitors.