BLAWG LOG: Dean Kearney on Marquette Law School poll
Marquette University Law School will undertake a substantial statewide polling initiative during 2012. This will be the most comprehensive polling enterprise in Wisconsin’s history, following public opinion through a number of polls over the year.
BLAWG LOG: Do these Halloween laws scare you?
As a small law firm, do you carry out fun Halloween events at your firm like dress up in costumes, bring in treats, or decorate the office? If so, continue to do it because you probably are not breaking the law (and I am sure your firm is having a fun-tastic time).
BLAWG LOG: Budget cuts haven’t meant prosecution cuts
In case any criminals reading this are hoping to avoid prosecution because budget cuts are reducing the reach of federal prosecutors, their hopes are ill-founded – at least for now, according to James Santelle, the U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin.
BLAWG LOG: Hylton on Marquette Law School and the sports law industry; Greipp on increasing brain power
The Marquette Sports Law program's involvement with the sports industry long pre-dates the founding of the National Sports Law Institute in 1989.
BLAWG LOG: Frank Daily on the Civil War sesquicentennial; O’Hear on contacts between police, public
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War or, as my friends in the South prefer to call it, the “War of Northern Aggression.”
BLAWG LOG: Scoville on Amanda Knox; Boyden on One Public Domain to Rule Them All
With an Italian appellate court having just overturned Amanda Knox’s murder conviction, the prosecutor on the case, Giuliano Mignini, has stated that he will appeal to have the conviction and sentence reinstated.
BLAWG LOG: Pettit on Violating Fair Housing Laws; Russell on Protecting Trademarks
Three Wisconsin landlords have recently been charged with violating Fair Housing laws by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on mandatory minimums and the disappearing trial
The New York Times has a new article on mandatory minimums and plea bargaining. The article notes the near-disappearance of the American criminal trial over the past generation.
BLAWG LOG: Farewell, Attorney Nathan A. Fishbach, by Michael O’Hear; Pettit: Landlords should treat tenant roommates as one person
The Milwaukee legal community lost one of its most distinguished members with the untimely passing of Nathan A. Fishbach.
BLAWG LOG: Law firms can make lemonade with market jitters
Five ways a lawyer can pitch new business in today's roller coaster market.
BLAWG LOG: Zaretsky on How Can Law Students Win the War Against Their Lockers?
It’s the beginning of a new school year, and starting fresh at law school is hard. So, if you think walking is tough, just imagine the anxiety that law students across the country were confronted with when they received their locker assignments.
BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on the roles and duties of a judge with a jury; O’Hear on the 7th Circuit
One of the great advantages I have gained from my twitter account is a vast amount of information about juries, jury issues and jury problems.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies