2nd Update: This article is now available electronically from the Wisconsin Law Journal. The link appears in the text below. ———————— Update: I just received a call from David Ziemer, News Editor at the Wisconsin …
New Service – IRS Guidewire Provides Email Notification of IRS Guidance as Issued
The IRS has launched a new service called IRS Guidewire to make technical guidance available via e-mail to tax professionals. Subscribers will receive notification of and links to IRS announcements, notices, revenue procedures and revenue …
WisBlawg Email Subscription Service
It appears that the tool that we are using to send email updates of WisBlawg entries is not working properly. Please bear with me until I am able to resolve the problem. Sorry for the …
Article: New Trial Requested Because Court Failed to Property Record Trial
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 …