Here’s a story from MSNBC entitled, Courtsmart Malfunction May Affect Conviction about an individual requesting a new trial after it was discovered that the court’s recording system (which takes the place of human stenographers) malfunctioned …
Article: Inclusion of Sensitive Personal Data on Court's Web Site
Here’s an interesting story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette entitled, Court Web Site Easy Pickings for ID Thieves, about the inclusion of sensitive personal data in publicly available court documents available on the Internet. Here’s a …
New Database Tracks Status of Patent Applications
USPTO has just introduced a new database called PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) which tracks the status of a public patent application. Here’s a blurb from the USPTO’s press release: For the first time, anyone …
Judge Discovers WisBlawg
This afternoon I was tickled to receive a message from Wisconsin Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Daniel P. Anderson, who let me know that he had just discovered WisBlawg and that he will be a …
LexisNexis Press Release: Growing List of Prisons Installing Legal Research Kiosks for Inmates
Interesting press release from LexisNexis: Growing List of Prisons Installing Legal Research Kiosks for Inmates DAYTON, OH, August 02, 2004 – LexisNexis U.S. and Touch Sonic Technologies® today announced that prisons in Ventura County, California …
A Blawg Goes Dark – Pres. Bush to Discontinue Blog
Update: Seems there is some confusion on this one – yes, I know it’s not true! Come on now – I’m not that gullible. Just passing on a post from another blog, Inter Alia, about …
Workshops from the WSLL
The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering a wonderful slate of both free and fee-based workshops this fall. Schedule appears below: WSLL Web Tour (CLASS IS FULL) Wednesday August 4, 2004 8:30-9:30 a.m. Take a …
WSLL @ Your Service – New Edition Available
The August 2004 edition of the Wisconsin State Law Library’s newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, is now available. Highlights include resources on maritime law, a tech tip on what to do when you’ve spilled coffee …
Article: Google's Domain Even Takes in Law Offices
It’s not big news that more and more people, including legal practitioners are turning to Google for research. But I was pleased to see the following quote in the East Bay Business Times article entitled …
Department of Justice Rescinds Order for Libraries to Destroy Documents
We librarians have been monitoring this one. About a week ago, the Department of Justice asked the Superintendent of Documents to instruct depository libraries to destroy all copies of several DOJ publications, mostly dealing with …