BEV BUTULA: App provides easy access to census data
The U.S. Census Bureau has launched the “first interactive tool geared exclusively toward finding basic demographic and economic statistics for every congressional district in the U.S.”
BEV BUTULA: Site lands near top for conveyance records
Looking for federal land conveyance records?
BEV BUTULA: Virtual Reference Shelf helps weed through searches
Many of us query a general search engine like Google or Bing when searching. However, these results may not immediately direct us to a quality website.
BEV BUTULA: Ratcheting up legal news
Law Ratchet is an iPad app that “scours the Internet for the best legal news and intelligence.”
BEV BUTULA: Easy-to-find energy legislation
Many of us track legislation on various topics. We use resources such as the Wisconsin Legislature Notification Service and Govtrack.
BEV BUTULA: Ravel – A new view on legal research
There are several options when conducting legal research.
BEV BUTULA: Legislative Reference Bureau sites contain wealth of information
I was surprised the other day when someone told me they were unaware of the services and resources available through the Legislative Reference Bureau.
BEV BUTULA: Searching SEC contracts just got easier
A new website launched last week that allows researchers to search SEC contract filings.
BEV BUTULA: Victims’ rights, protections at your fingertips
The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center maintains a website focused on victim rights and protections.
BEV BUTULA: Time for your health checkup
The Health Information & the Law website is a project of George Washington University and “is designed to serve as a practical online resource to federal and state laws governing access, use, release, and publication of health information.”
BEV BUTULA: Product safety database a click away
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains a database website focusing on consumer product safety information, SaferProducts.gov.
BEV BUTULA: Criminal justice reference site a worthwhile stop
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service “is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.”
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