| The Dark Side |
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Commentary: Law school, Lochner and a life’s workThe other day, I advised a young friend to attend law school, and she agreed. We mutually decided that it was the best means for her to accomplish her goals in life. |
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| Taxing Thoughts |
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Commentary: The changing odds of the tax audit lotteryIt has almost become cliché to write an article discussing “these difficult economic times” and projecting a grim business climate. Certainly, budgets are smaller and belts are tightening.
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| Criminal Minds |
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Is Supreme Court search decision applicable to drunken driving cases?In Arizona v. Gant, 129 S.Ct. 1710 (2009), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a police policy of searching the vehicle of every person arrested, without consideration of whether there is any danger to police or whether evidence is likely be found in the vehicle. |
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| Labored Relations |
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| Cindy L. Fryda is a labor and employment attorney at The Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law. She has diverse and practical experience handling labor and employment issues both in house for a large manufacturing company and in private practice. Cindy has consulted with small businesses as well as companies with thousands of employees on all areas of labor and employment law. She can be reached via e-mail at clf@tsglaw.com. |
| Corporate Counsel |
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| Nathan A. Fishbach, a shareholder at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., focuses upon complex civil and white collar litigation as well as compliance matters. He served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin for over 13 years, including a tenure as Interim U.S. Attorney. |
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| Legal Marketing Insight |
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Choosing sponsorships with careYou see the signs — your executive director is darting around the firm attending countless committee meetings and finance committee members are spending more time together in boardrooms than families do during the holiday season. It’s budget time. |
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| Briefs for the Brief Writer |
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Raging rhetoric can overshadow issuesWe’ve all experienced it: You receive a motion, you begin to read its supporting brief, and the words slap your eyes: “spurious,” “not worthy of belief,” “incredible,” “utterly without foundation,” “wholesale abdication.” And that’s just the first page. |
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| Fresh Perspective |
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Commentary: The necessary evil of timekeepingTimekeeping. I can’t think of a single person who enjoys it. In fact, most hate it. But without it we wouldn’t get paid, so it must be done. And believe it or not, it’s actually a bit of an acquired skill. |
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| Wading into the BOG |
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Voluntary Bar? Not our callFor better or worse, government has been intruding into our lives for years. The government knows our income, tells us what we can build on our property, and even knows how much we inherit from our families. I am truly amazed how much the government cares about me and my money. View Post |
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| Lawtech |
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Up Close: Needles 4.8Needles case management software by Needles Inc. (formerly Chesapeake Interlink) is one of the longest-enduring applications of its type. Originally introduced as the DOS-based Personal Injury Negligence System in 1985, Needles 4.8 is a stable and flexible case management application that supports a broad range of matter types. View Post |
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| LawBiz® Coach’s Corner |
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Defining knowledge owner tough taskWhen speaking at a recent conference, I suggested that the successful law firm of the future will use technology to create and enhance its effort at knowledge management. |
| The Robe Report |
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Commentary: Keep marketing simple, valuableCountless studies confirm the value of a well-honed brand message to improving business success. Despite the remarkable difference in success rate, many in the legal community frown upon spending time and money on fine tuning something as simple as the commonly known 30-second elevator speech. |
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| Legal Cents |
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Adopt a ‘Groups Mentality’ for free marketingLinkedIn occasionally e-mails me updates about what the members of my professional network are up to, and I noticed the last time around that the e-mail always informs me about a few of the groups people have joined. View Post |
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| Job Cites |
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What About Roberta?So one of your long-term employees, Bob, comes into your office and tells you that he no longer identifies with the sex assigned to him at birth and that in two weeks he will begin the process of “transitioning” from male to female. |
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| Family Law |
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Court of Appeals case creates pension division problemAs a male, if I ever get divorced, I want Judge Kenneth W. Forbeck from Rock County assigned to my case. View Post |
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| The Fraud Files |
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True name fraud difficult to repairAnyone with a decent credit history fears having his or her good name tarnished. We hear stories of other people’s credit problems finding their way onto our credit reports. We’re familiar with data breaches that expose our private details to criminals. But the scariest form of identity theft is true name fraud, in which someone opens credit accounts using your name and personal details. |
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| Legal Technology |
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| Technology consultants Joseph Ulm and John Wilets of Information Technology Professionals, LLC, in Milwaukee offer their insights on the technology issues facing lawyers today. |
| Past Columnists |
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| Criminal Law Ethically Speaking Workplace Wisdom |
| Forum |
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| Wisconsin Law Journal welcomes lawyers who want to share their thoughts and opinions about cases or issues affecting the practice of law. |
| Letters to the Editor |
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| Investor Advocate |
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| Diane Slomowitz |
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| Diane Slomowitz is a partner at Fox, O’Neill & Shannon, S.C. in Milwaukee. Slomowitz can be reached at dslomowitz@foslaw.com. |
