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Contracts and Federal Spending
When I am researching a company that does or could do business with the government, I often turn to FedSpending.org or USASpending.gov. FedSpending.org is sponsored by OMB Watch which promotes government transparency and USASpending.gov is a government site. Both offer a searchable database to obtain detailed contract information. The researcher can query the database by […]
Another option for searching state case law
Washburn University School of Law Library offers a State Court Opinion Search. It is a very clean interface based on Google Custom Searches. Currently they list 24 states and the U.S. Supreme Court. A “scope” link for each state is available, clearly identifying coverage. For example, Kansas searches both the Supreme Court and Court of […]
Library of Congress offers wonderful resources
It is National Library Week. It is a time to celebrate the library, the various resources, and the great people who make it all work. What better time to highlight a wonderful resource – the Library of Congress website. There are so many features available that I cannot discuss them all in just one post. […]
Tap the Power
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau’s Library offers a variety of services and resources to make a researcher’s job easier. The “Tap the Power” series is a personal favorite. Tap the Power guides are annotated bibliographies of in-house and quality online resources on various topics. The librarians who compile these guides clearly put in a lot […]
Try another search engine
We all know that different search engines produce different search results. Unfortunately, it seems we don’t always remember that when conducting research. Most people I talk to utilize Google as their primary search engine, others use Live Search. I would like to suggest another search engine to include when online – Exalead. It has a […]
The IRS on Tax Exempt Organizations
The IRS has great resources on tax-exempt organizations. Many researchers visit the site regularly for the searchable Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations. Another feature worth noting is the “collection of links to State government web sites.” From here, searchers can easily locate State specific information regulations and filings. Copies of the EO Update (the […]
Bio
Bev Butula is the Assistant Director of Library Services at Davis & Kuelthau in Milwaukee, and a past president of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Bev has worked in the legal field for over twenty years; prior to obtaining her Master's Degree in Library Science, she was a litigation paralegal.
Humor from the legal perspective
April Fool’s Day is always great for a joke or two and we have all heard our share of lawyer jokes. There is a Web site however, that provides some humor from the legal perspective. Stu’s Views offers fun legal cartoons by Stu Rees, an entertainment lawyer located in California. Need a little break – […]
Who acquired whom in the banking world?
The National Information Center “provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S.” This website contains a database to help locate general and historical information on financial institutions. Choose the &ldq[...]
Statistical Resources
When searching for statistics, I often start with The University of Michigan Library’s “Statistical Resources on the Web.” This comprehensive list of online resources is well-organized and quite user friendly. The researcher can either select a topic or use the main index. Primary topics include health, military, consumers, education, energy, transportation, weather, agriculture,[...]
Site offers timely updates of Code of Federal Regulations
I was surprised to find out that many people are not aware of the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (E-CFR). Most researchers use the general Government Printing Office’s GPO Access page to access regulations online. This is the perfect location for locating the official and historical versions of the Code of Federal Regulations. Historical versions […]
Site offers summaries of Internet law
The Internet Law Library is a Web site maintained by Attorney Martin Samson. This online database features summaries of hundreds of cases dealing with Internet law. The site allows the researcher to view cases by subject area, browse a listing of all cases, or conduct a general search. Subject areas include trademark, search engines, meta […]
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- 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
