Applying ethics rules to ‘daily deals’
State ethics committees have struggled for decades with applying traditional ethics rules to new forms of electronic communications.
BEV BUTULA: Product safety database a click away
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains a database website focusing on consumer product safety information, SaferProducts.gov.
FAMILY LAW: Relationships are at the crux of family law settlements
I feel like a new mom.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Rethinking legal education
This column has regularly discussed how law school does little to prepare young lawyers for practice realities in any size law firm. It has become increasingly clear that reality is catching up to law schools.
The stress-free law practice
Many of you saw the headline of this column and thought one of two things: “That is absolutely impossible” or “Yes, I want that.”
Spending subdued in state’s high court race
What if they held a Wisconsin Supreme Court election and nobody spent staggering sums trying to influence its outcome?
BEV BUTULA: Criminal justice reference site a worthwhile stop
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service “is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.”
Keys to improving your tech planning
For many law firms, technology purchasing is based on reaction rather than planning.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Not guilty? Not so fast
Every defendant convicted of a crime in federal court must confront the federal sentencing guidelines.
Commentary: How to avoid pitfalls of the ‘of-counsel’ relationship
Many lawyers and law firms are seeking the benefits of entering into “of-counsel” relationships without paying enough attention to the potential risks.
BEV BUTULA: Don’t try to Google ‘Reader’ this summer
Google has announced it will retire Google Reader in July.
It doesn’t always help to have friends in high places, says 7th Circuit
An Illinois police officer claimed he lost his job because he complained that his department had a bad habit of looking the other way when politically connected drivers were caught committing traffic violations.
Legal News
- Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings
- For 20 years, RCS has been bringing trial visuals to life
- Justices reject appeal from former Guantanamo detainee
- Lawyers burn midnight oil studying Title IX revisions
- 70 years after Brown, school integration stymied
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
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