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From The E-LawLibrary Weblog (September 16, 2004) House Passes Bill to Sanction Lawyers The House of Representatives passed a bill – The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004 – on Tuesday that would require sanctions against lawyers who file lawsuits judged frivolous. The bill is meant to “amend Rule 11 of the Federal Civil Rules …

I’ve mentioned before that I serve as the Research Advisor for the UW Law Student Law and Entrepreneurship News blog. A few weeks ago, I made a presentation to that group on a resource called Bloglines (entitled Blogs and Webreaders) and it occurred to me that others might find it useful as well. Bloglines is …

There is an interesting article in Editor and Publisher (billed as America’s Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry) about the relationship between bloggers and the media: Blessing or Curse? Editors Examine Blogs’ Role in ’60 Minutes’ Uproar From the article: Although editors from four major dailies contend that their product remains the most trusted source …

Information Week has an interesting article entitled, Tracking Parolees Using Databases. From the article: The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision plans to create a centralized database by end of the year to help the state and local law enforcement keep tabs on the approximately 250,000 parolees and criminal offenders serving probation nationwide who are …

I’m pleased to report that an article I wrote called, Searching Smarter – Finding Legal Resources on the Invisible Web appears in the September issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer. The article is part of a series of Wisconsin Lawyer articles written by members of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Here is the abstract: A …

Seven agencies have teamed up to make federal research information available on the Web via the Federal R&D Project Summaries system. From the About page: Federal R&D Project Summaries provides a portal to information about Federal research projects, complete with full-text single-query searching across databases residing at different agencies. The public may use this tool …

From TVC Alert: New Service for Tax Professionals The Internal Revenue Service introduced a new electronic service, which lets tax professionals request and receive transcripts of client tax records online. The Transcript Delivery System (TDS) responds to authorized requests within minutes via a secure online connection.

The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has recently released a revised brief in their Wisconsin Briefs series entitled, Rent-To-Own Stores. Wisconsin Briefs are produced the LRB Reference section focusing on topics of current interest often based on frequency of questions to the Reference Desk.

Voters in Oshkosh have a new resource: a blog called 54th District – An online forum for the four candidates for the 54th District Seat in the Wisconsin Assembly courtesy the Oshkosh Public Library, Oshkosh Community News Network, and the Oshkosh League of Women Voters. What a great use of a blog – very innovative! …

How Appealing, a blog devoted to appellate litigation is running a series called 20 Questions for the Appellate Judge. This month’s judge is Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson. Among other things, Justice Abrahamson discusses the judicial selection process, Wisconsin’s diploma privilege and the legal education system, expectations for law clerks, and offers …