Jul 30
Welcome to the official blog of the King County Law Library. We are excited to offer a dynamic addition to our website. You will see a variety of information here including current legal search strategies, new research sites, events at the library, legal news and updates to our class schedules. Our visitors can comment on these stories and events which affect the legal community.
Please join us in the conversation about ways to find legal information online. We want this to be truly a site with “Tips and tricks for legal research in Washington State.”
Marcus
Library Director
Jul 30
Cuil, a new search engine started by former Google employees has had much press over the last few days. Some who have used it like it, others are saying they will stick with Google. I tried it and found that it gave me interesting, if somewhat uneven, results. I always urge researchers to use multiple search engines when trying to find information on the Internet, so I will continue to use it and give it a chance. Google will probably still remain my first stop, but Clusty, Ask, Exalead and other search engines are always worth a look.
Jul 03
The Washington State legislature recently made a few interesting changes in the monetary limits for court cases.
Chapter 227, Laws of 2008, 60th Legislature
TRIAL COURTS–OPERATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/08
Sec. 2. RCW 12.40.010 and 2001 c 154 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
In every district court there shall be created and organized by the court a department to be known as the “small claims department of the district court.” The small claims department shall have jurisdiction, but not exclusive, in cases for the recovery of money only if the amount claimed does not exceed ((four)) five thousand dollars.
This same law changed the limit for district court to $75,000 from $50,000 for civil cases.
This change hopes to affect the number of cases brought at each level of court.