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Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first week as an active Supreme Court justice began on Nov. 2 and almost immediately included a case that could test her credentials as a religious conservative.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court now has an opportunity to clarify an area of family law which very much needs clarifying.

Since COVID-19 struck, state and local governments have attempted to mitigate its spread by, among other things, suspending or restricting business operations.

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One of the most common questions clients ask me is: “When do the children get to make the decision as to placement?”

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Think a remote trial is "virtually" impossible? Think again.

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When the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for sports betting across the country just two years ago, there were predictions of sportsbooks on every street corner and millions of new bettors going broke betting on their favorite teams.

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Communications are constantly changing: look no further than bylines in your favorite local newspaper to know that newsrooms are shrinking and resources are constrained.

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On June 16, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued its opinion in Miller v. Carroll, 2020 WI 56, a case involving a judge’s decision to accept a Facebook friend request from a mother in a custody and placement dispute.

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My mother used to say that it takes a very ill wind to blow no good.

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If the protesters chanting slogans and yelling profanity at Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne late into the night outside his home don’t like the job he’s doing, they have much better options than disturbing the peace.

All contributions to political candidates and independent expenditure political action committees are publicly disclosed.

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The arrival of COVID-19 caused abrupt changes to construction practices. In a matter of days, things went from business as usual to social distancing.

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In the movie “A Marriage Story,” a female lawyer (played by Laura Dern, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) is incredibly compassionate toward her client, saying she will move forward with the divorce, “as gently as possible.”

Throughout the country right now, there is a movement to “defund” law enforcement.

Americans are faced with a crisis of conscience.

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Many businesses moved with alarming speed to transition their workforce out of their physical workplaces to remote locations housed in dens, kitchens and other not-so-traditional spaces.

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At Eckstein Hall, we have officially closed out the teaching segment of our 2020 Spring semester. Like the rest of Marquette University, we did so through online education. It wasn’t where we thought we’d be, but it was where we found ourselves.

It has been eight years since the Wisconsin Supreme Court accepted a review of a family-law case, other than regarding grandparent visitation.

It’s up to us. We can’t count on our elected representatives to work together for the public good in Wisconsin. They have proved themselves utterly incapable of compromising even in an emergency to come up with a sensible plan to protect the health of our most vulnerable friends, neighbors and family members.

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It’s now been about two months since Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order went into effect, shutting down many businesses and putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work.

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President Trump, through his campaign, is suing television station WJFW-TV in Rhinelander for airing a political ad that allegedly defamed him.

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Without a doubt, times are tough. The seemingly inexorable spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us desperate for good news. And make no mistake, there is some out there.

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The attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications between clients and their attorneys that are made for the purpose of rendering legal advice and are kept confidential.

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Although I’m normally not one to bemoan the “good old days” gone by, there are instances in which I do. And given the unprecedented and unusual circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak as it affects the legal system, one such instance comes to mind.

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In the first few weeks of the outbreak, we were able to convert the vast majority of the mediations that were scheduled to either telephone or video mediations, both in Wisconsin and across the United States

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Governor Evers signed Assembly Bill 293 earlier this month, permitting parties in Wisconsin to allow the performance of notarial acts using audio-visual technology for remotely located individuals.

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Recently, a default divorce hearing fell through because the judge in the case had the temerity to ask a party whether she thought the proposed settlement was fair.

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The world has been moving pretty fast lately; events are unfolding rapidly, and that can be unsettling.

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Although I consider myself a movie buff, I typically dislike movies about lawyers and the legal system. For example, although Paul Newman (a great actor) was nominated for the Academy Award for playing a lawyer in “The Verdict”, I found the movie irritating (at best). Apparently, the rules against ex parte contact with the court were unknown to the script writers.

After a year of writing this column for the Wisconsin Law Journal, it is time to take a look back at the main issues for the year. This affords me the opportunity of taking another kick at such cats as seem to warrant another kick.