BEV BUTULA: GPO offers access to federal court opinions
The Government Printing Office’s Federal Digital System offers free access to various federal publications including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and the Congressional Record.
BEV BUTULA: Construction contracts and construction trust fund statutes: A 50-state survey
The law firm of Fullerton & Knowles of Virginia offers a Construction Law Survival Manual on their website.
BEV BUTULA: Wisconsin Blue Book Available
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau announced that the 2011-2012 Wisconsin Blue Book is now available. From the book’s introduction:
BEV BUTULA: Bing offers an inside view of airports
Bing announced Thursday the addition of detailed airport maps to their Bing Maps service.
BEV BUTULA: Google lands its flight search
Google’s new Flight Search launched last week. The service is designed to help online users locate deals on airfares.
BEV BUTULA: State nursing home regulations
The University of Minnesota maintains a website dedicated to state nursing home regulations. The website serves “as a one-stop location to examine and compare the content of state regulations related to nursing homes.
BEV BUTULA: Federal Land Records
The Bureau of Land Management’s Federal Land Records site provides “live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present."
BEV BUTULA: World Statistics
Worldometers is an interesting website that provides real time statistics for a variety of topics. Areas addressed include world population, government & economics, society & media, environment, food, water, energy and health.
BEV BUTULA: International Association for Identification
I noticed that the Frontier Airlines Convention Center in Milwaukee was hosting the IAI Conference.
BEV BUTULA: DRAGNET
The New York Law School library offers a very interesting tool called DRAGNET. DRAGNET stands for “Database Resource Access using Google's New Electronic Technologies.”
BEV BUTULA: New Site for the U.S. Code Online
Bob Ambrogi has an excellent post on his LawSites blog regarding the beta launch of the new U.S. Code platform. He outlines the various new enhancements while comparing it to the current version.
BEV BUTULA: Union Statistics
Are you interested in recent or historical union statistics? An excellent source for gathering this type of data is the Union Membership and Coverage Database.
Legal News
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property