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Updated July 3, 2009 10:26 CDT
ImageContractors placed the final internal beam for Marquette University Law School’s new Eckstein Hall on June 26. Prior to its placement, law school staffer Stephanie Danz signs the beam, which  features the signatures of more than 200 alumni, faculty, staff and students (below). The final beam was lifted into place on June 26. The new law  school is scheduled to open in fall 2010.


Patience is a virtue, and that is especially true in personal injury cases, notes veteran attorney D. Michael Guerin.
Just as attorneys once had to learn to substitute “claim preclusion” and “issue preclusion” for “res judicata” and “collateral estoppel,” the day may be coming when “independent” replaces “de novo.”
LEGAL BLOG
June 30, 2009 9:44 AM CDT
by Bev Butula
Have you ever wondered how much money you need to save each month to pay for your new baby’s college education?
July 2, 2009 9:37 AM CDT
by Anne Reed
The better the trial lawyer, the better her sense of what experiences have been important to other people -- that is, to jurors.  But we all have blind spots.  One of mine, it turns out, was Michael Jackson.
June 29, 2009 1:59 PM CDT
Bonnie Shucha at the Wisblawg discusses a free alternative to PACER.

CASE DIGESTS
Updated July 2, 2009 14:00 CDT
2007AP1052-CR State v. Miller
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2008AP3211-FT In re the marriage of: Callen v. Callen
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07-4036 Glaser v. Wound Care Consultants, Inc.
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2008AP1956 County of Crawford v. Lester
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08-1135 Fry v. Exelon Corp. Cash Balance Pension Plan
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08-1535 Hassan v. Holder
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08-2705 U.S. v. McGraw
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