Blogs look at admission of tape from witness beating, standing to sue in med mal case
Post at the Federal Evidence Blog about Seventh Circuit’s affirming the admission of an audiotape of the defendant beating a witness.Link David Lowe at Injury Board on standing to sue for medical malpractice.Link Douglas Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy discusses the sentence in the Alan Bushey case.Link
Stadtmueller’s removal from case, longer Supreme Court opinions
Douglas Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy discusses the 7th Circuit’s removal of Judge Stadtmueller from a case. Link Professor Kircher at the Marquette Faculty Blog notes that the average length of Wisconsin Supreme Court opinions has quadrupled in last 30 years. Link Discussion at the Federal Evidence Review blog on lay testimony regarding lost […]
New CCAP bill and defense of diploma privilege
Bonnie Shucha on proposed changes to CCAP. Link Dean Kearney defends the diploma privilege in light of the Seventh Circuit’s ruling at the Marquette Faculty Blog. Link
U.S. Supreme Court review forum
Lawyer USA asks four legal experts to give their picks for the most important U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 2008-09 session. Share your thoughts. Link
Discussions of e-filing and tax changes
A great post by Bonnie Shucha on electronic filing in Wisconsin appellate courts.Link Nathan Dosch at the Wisconsin Estate and Tax Blog discusses tax changes in the new budget.Link
Alternatives to PACER and new article on economic loss doctrine
Bonnie Shucha at the Wisblawg discusses a free alternative to PACER.Link Michael O’Hear at the Marquette faculty blog discusses a new article by Ralph Anzivino on the economic loss doctrine.Link
Service of process, Jude beating opinion and domestic partnerships
Jon P. Groth discusses service of process in Wisconsin.Link Michael O’Hear discusses the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in the Jude beating case.Link Rick Esenberg at Shark and Shepherd discusses domestic partnerships.Link
Discussions of Takings Clause and failure to make a proper objection
Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy discusses abuse of the Takings Clause in Milwaukee.Link Discussion of the failure to make a proper objection in the Seventh Circuit at the Federal Evidence Review.Link More on the paperless Wisconsin Administrative Code by Bonnie Shucha.Link
Paperless possibilities for state Administrative Code
Wisconsin Administrative Code may go paperless.Link Scott Cleere discusses the Supreme Court’s grant of review in a patent case at Wisconsin Lawyers Blog.Link
Blogs: racial heritage in TPR cases, timely payment of insurance claims
Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy discusses a Wisconsin Court of Appeals case rejecting an argument that a court in a TPR proceeding must consider the child’s race.Link Rob Teuber at Federal Tax Law Forum discusses the IRS’ announcement that it plans to undertake a review of tax return preparers.Link John Groth discusses timely payment […]
Blawgs touch on prayer-death verdict and Confrontation Clause
Illusory Tenant on the guilty verdict in the prayer death case.Link Discussion of Confrontation Clause at the Federal Evidence Blog.Link Marquette Dean Joseph Kearney at the Faculty Blog on the need for legal scholarship to be relevant.Link
Blogs feature study on habeas and story on Dahmer’s insanity defense
Judge Lynn Adelman has written an empirical study on habeas corpus in federal courts. (Link) Greg O’Meara, Marquette professor and former prosecutor, has written an article about Jeffrey Dahmer and the insanity defense. (Link)
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