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It’s a rare breed of lawyer that can successfully handle cases at trial and on appeal, but not specialize in either.

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The state Legislature’s budget committee approved Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to reduce the workforce of a commission that deals with labor relations.

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The state Assembly voted 60-36 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would cap at $30 million the amount of contingency fees lawyers can collect for doing state work.

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Gov. Scott Walker might be going too far, according to a nonpartisan fiscal report, if he cuts 65 percent of the staff jobs at a state commission that mediates labor disputes.

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A Green Bay lawyer has been named president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

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Fewer people took and passed the Wisconsin State Bar Exam in 2012 than in the two past years, according to an annual report released last week by the state Board of Bar Examiners.

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Two Wisconsin tort reform proposals received approvals from a legislative judiciary committee Thursday and one more or less died.

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If tort-reform bills now before state legislators had been laws two years ago, Lindy Orlowski would be out about $60,000.

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After Wisconsin legislators failed last year to pass a bill that would have let doctors tell patients “I’m sorry” without fear of legal consequences, a nurse-and-doctor pair of Republican lawmakers has resuscitated the proposal.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday voted to accept three cases and to deny review of 39.

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Lawmakers are arguing a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision warrants a change in decades-old law to prevent rises in malpractice suits filed and the practice of “defensive medicine.”

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A bill debated before the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee on Thursday would overturn more than 100 years of Wisconsin law that has barred juries from considering collateral-source evidence.

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If a bill moving through the state Capitol becomes law, Dave Enz says he would be more likely to sue the owner of a wind farm he argues drove his wife and him away from their Brown County home.

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A bill meant to bring transparency to asbestos and other personal lawsuits is flawed, a leading proponent of the bill testified Thursday, although the principle behind the proposed legislation is sound.

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The State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee voted down an amendment Thursday that would have extended a proposed bill's transparency requirements to lawyers who work for the state at an hourly pay rate.

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While opposing sides debate the need to limit lawyer contingency fees, some are questioning why only certain payments are up for discussion.

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Wisconsin has not seen a case in which lawyers obtained a huge contingency fee payout since three firms landed a total of $75 million during the big tobacco settlement of the 1990s.

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Nearly two years after Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around the throat of another Wisconsin justice, the incident continues to dominate debate about the future of the state’s highest court.

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DNA evidence helped put Chris Ochoa behind bars for a murder he did not commit.

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The proposed Washington sequester – or automatic federal spending cuts – will hit Wisconsin's judicial system in the pocketbook.

Two state bills are drawing boos from some personal-injury attorneys who see a threat to the timing that can be crucial in asbestos-related lawsuits.

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Nearly $144 million has gone to Wisconsin borrowers under a settlement between 49 state attorney generals and the five largest mortgage servicers in the country, according to reports cited by the Wisconsin Attorney General’s office.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday publicly reprimanded a Larsen lawyer with a history of professional misconduct.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley said Thursday her decision to recuse herself from an ethics investigation into a fellow justice’s conduct has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with workplace safety.

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State money will go toward two domestic abuse resources in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday.

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The battle for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat could come down to civility, according to candidates at a pre-election forum Thursday.

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