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.
Do a quick Google search of “Karie Cattanach,” and it is all there.
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.
Before 2008 the world of the law was a wonderful place.
So just how advisory are the “advisory” federal sentencing guidelines?
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.
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.
There are several options when conducting legal research.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to reverse a significant class action this March in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1.
There are those who believe that no matter the field, one can succeed only through specialization.
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.
It is time for Wisconsin to reconsider the law regarding contingent placement orders.
I was surprised the other day when someone told me they were unaware of the services and resources available through the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Protecting rights has always been a challenge for intellectual property owners because of the relative ease with which pirates can steal their work.
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.
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.
A new website launched last week that allows researchers to search SEC contract filings.
More than half of all black men in Milwaukee County have spent time in prison, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee study.
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.
Is LinkedIn past its prime?
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.
Ping pong balls kept bouncing into the attorneys standing near the table tennis area, but no one seemed to mind.
“Perception is reality,” is an old phrase known to all marketing and sales people.
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Is my practice of tip pooling rendering my use of the minimum wage tip credit improper?
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).”
The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center maintains a website focused on victim rights and protections.
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?”
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.
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.
