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LEGAL CENTS: Virtual law becoming a legal reality (access required)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 10:10 am

BY: Jane Pribek

Clients can deal with legal questions on their schedules, from their homes or businesses. Attorneys save a lot of money in bypassing the bricks-and-mortar office, and they can pass the savings on to clients.

Editorial: Protect the protectors (access required)

POSTED: Monday, June 17th, 2013 at 9:32 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Do a quick Google search of “Karie Cattanach,” and it is all there.

How-to guide explains identity theft policies for businesses (access required)

POSTED: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 12:09 pm

BY: SYLVIA HSIEH, Dolan Media Newswires

A how-to guide has been published by the Federal Trade Commission to help businesses comply with rules requiring a written policy and procedures to prevent and respond to identity theft.

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: We’ve learned our lessons – haven’t we?

POSTED: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 at 1:27 pm

BY: ED POLL

Before 2008 the world of the law was a wonderful place.

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on guidelines amendments trigger Ex Post Facto protections

POSTED: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 at 12:04 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

So just how advisory are the “advisory” federal sentencing guidelines?

Future-proof your firm (access required)

POSTED: Monday, June 10th, 2013 at 2:03 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

The future of private practice has been the subject of much speculation for the last several years. While some partners behave as if things will go back to business as usual, most of those who are paying attention believe we are headed to a “new normal” in our future.

How to alienate a jury (without even trying) (access required)

POSTED: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 11:49 am

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

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Winning a jury trial requires effective presentation of the evidence and argument. But let’s face it: You’re a lot more likely to win if the jurors like and trust you.

BEV BUTULA: Ravel – A new view on legal research

POSTED: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 9:59 am

BY: BEVERLY BUTULA

There are several options when conducting legal research.

The perils of mid-litigation mediation settlements (access required)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 at 11:11 am

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to reverse a significant class action this March in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend

BLAWG LOG: Hylton on Superman and the Rule of Law; O’Hear on habeas roundup

POSTED: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 at 1:45 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1.

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Whatever your focus, specialize in value

POSTED: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 at 1:50 pm

BY: ED POLL

There are those who believe that no matter the field, one can succeed only through specialization.

It’s not business, it’s personal (access required)

POSTED: Friday, May 31st, 2013 at 2:09 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

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Companies large and small, in every industry, are recognizing the importance of telling their stories. For more and more consumers, business is no longer “just business” — it’s personal.

FAMILY LAW: Wis. needs to reconsider placement law

POSTED: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at 11:03 am

BY: GREGG HERMAN

It is time for Wisconsin to reconsider the law regarding contingent placement orders.

BEV BUTULA: Legislative Reference Bureau sites contain wealth of information

POSTED: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 12:53 pm

BY: BEVERLY BUTULA

I was surprised the other day when someone told me they were unaware of the services and resources available through the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Tips for IP lawyers in wake of game-changing ruling (access required)

POSTED: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 at 11:52 am

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

Protecting rights has always been a challenge for intellectual property owners because of the relative ease with which pirates can steal their work.

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: What should your advertising say?

POSTED: Friday, May 24th, 2013 at 12:33 pm

BY: ED POLL

Recently I advised a caller on the content of an advertisement that he wanted to place in order to provide notice that his practice was for sale.

Hold out for quality clients (access required)

POSTED: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 at 1:43 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

If you, like many of your colleagues, have stocked your practice with clients that aren’t a good fit, you’ll spend much of your career feeling frustrated, unappreciated and resentful.

BEV BUTULA: Searching SEC contracts just got easier

POSTED: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 at 9:27 am

BY: BEVERLY BUTULA

A new website launched last week that allows researchers to search SEC contract filings.

ON THE DEFENSIVE: Searching for justice in the justice system

More than half of all black men in Milwaukee County have spent time in prison, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee study.

Editorial: Judging by the correct standards (access required)

Ten defendants have completed the Rock County Veterans Treatment Court program in the three years since the court’s founding, and not one has reoffended.

LEGAL CENTS: Arguing LinkedIn’s irrelevance (access required)

POSTED: Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 2:23 pm

BY: Jane Pribek

Is LinkedIn past its prime?

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on Milwaukee: The most dangerous size

POSTED: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 2:00 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a new report compiling nearly two decades of data on gun crime, Firearm Violence, 1993-2011.

Resistance is futile: You can’t ignore social media and have a strong career in the law (access required)

POSTED: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 1:48 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

Ping pong balls kept bouncing into the attorneys standing near the table tennis area, but no one seemed to mind.

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: It’s all about perspective

POSTED: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 1:22 pm

BY: ED POLL

“Perception is reality,” is an old phrase known to all marketing and sales people.

JOB CITES: No luck required for employers that follow tip pool law

POSTED: Monday, May 13th, 2013 at 1:34 pm

BY: Aaron Graf

You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Is my practice of tip pooling rendering my use of the minimum wage tip credit improper?

Hey lawyers, at least you’re not us (access required)

POSTED: Friday, May 10th, 2013 at 11:11 am

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

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Attorneys have placed No. 117 in CareerCast.com’s 2013 ranking of 200 careers. Finishing dead last on that list, at No. 200, was “Reporter (Newspaper).”

BEV BUTULA: Victims’ rights, protections at your fingertips

POSTED: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 12:21 pm

BY: BEVERLY BUTULA

The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center maintains a website focused on victim rights and protections.

FAMILY LAW: What causes divorce

POSTED: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 at 10:43 am

BY: GREGG HERMAN

Perhaps the two most common questions I am asked by people who learn that I am a divorce lawyer are: “What causes most of the divorces I handle?” and “How can I prevent becoming one of your clients?”

BLAWG LOG: Is there a ‘Lawyer Bubble?’

POSTED: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 9:21 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

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A new book by a former litigator at Kirkland & Ellis, one of the nation’s largest law firms, has delivered a frisson to the already rattled legal profession.

BLAWG LOG: A quick survey of blogs written by judges

POSTED: Monday, May 6th, 2013 at 2:20 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Kopf made national news this week when he wrote on his blog, Hercules and the Umpire, about the frequent irrelevancy of the Supreme Court. “A lot of what the Supreme Court does is simply irrelevant to what federal trial judges do on a daily basis,” wrote Judge Kopf, who presides and blogs from Lincoln, Neb.

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