Realize the social process of voir dire and use it to your advantage
Trials are often won or lost during voir dire, but many trial attorneys fail to appreciate and effectively use the process.
View from around the state: Justices wrong to close court meetings
Over the past few years, the state Supreme Court's reputation has been tarnished.
In a competitive market, don’t look back
There is much talk about how competitive the legal-services market has become.
Get good candidates by harnessing basic tech tools
As many executives have noted, it’s the people that make a company great, not the products or services. But often, finding the right employees can feel daunting, especially with such a high demand for skilled talent.
BEV BUTULA: Site focuses on cyberbullying laws
The Cyberbullying Research Center is “dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents.” The website launched in 2005 and contains a variety of information.
THE DARK SIDE: Green Acres is the place for me
Upon being spoken to in a condescending fashion, a common response is, “Hey, I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck, you know.” The implied words being: “I’m not some simple rube who just got to the city from some farm.”
BLAWG LOG: Behm on the resurrection of the ‘Trespass’ element of Fourth Amendment law
Recently, in United States v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that the attaching of a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car without his knowledge and monitoring of the vehicle’s movements violated the suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure.
Waste less time at meetings
The planning meeting can rank among a law firm’s least enjoyable and most time-consuming tasks.
An action plan for transforming the culture
In December, the Supreme Judicial Court Task Force on Judicial Hiring issued its sixth and final report, completing an exhaustive year-long review of hiring and promotion practices in the judicial branch.
JOB CITES: Revisiting transgenderism in the workplace
Some of you may recall my article a few years back entitled “What About Roberta?” about transgenderism in the workplace. In that piece, we followed “Bob,” a long-term employee who came into an office seeking support as he went through the process of transitioning [...]
BEV BUTULA: Regulations.gov adds new features
Regulations.gov, the central location to access federal agency rulemaking documents and comments, has added a variety of new features.
LEGAL CENTS: Tips for how far to push juror info gathering
If Clarence Darrow were alive today, he’d likely be Googling and “CCAPing” the venire before his trials.
Legal News
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- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
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- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
- Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?
- Milwaukee Mayor speaks in D.C. Tuesday at White House water summit
- Chicago man sentenced to prison after being caught with ‘Trump Gun’
- FTC bans non-competes
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Dane County Circuit Court
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