BEV BUTULA: Give the Consumer Federation of America a study
The Consumer Federation of America is a research, advocacy, education and service association made up of more than 300 non-profit consumer organizations. Their website offers a few items that may be of interest to legal researchers.
Bar starts its cash call-outs
The State Bar is starting a bit early in its attempts to get more money for the courts system in the next year’s budget.
BENCH BLOG: Case raises notable open records concerns
In a recent Court of Appeals’ case, domestic violence clashed with the open records law.
LEGAL CENTS: Public speaking does not have to be terrifying
Wausau attorney Brenda Sunby remembers being so terrified of being called on in one particular law school class that she used to dig her fingernails into her hands until they bled.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Nation’s opiate epidemic sparks new response
In the 1980s, America faced a crack cocaine epidemic.
COURT GESTURES: Niess doesn’t play nice with serial litigant
Serial pro se litigant Rodney Rigsby is still at it.
Pay to play: Rove, Gibbs coming to State Bar conference
The State Bar is spending $51,000 to bring Robert Gibbs and Karl Rove to its 2014 Annual Meeting & Conference next month.
HALL MONITOR BLOG: Jury gets its instructions in contractor theft trial
Milwaukee contractor Homer Key faces four felony charges in a trial that began Tuesday and is expected to last through May 14.
LEGAL CENTS: How to handle cash-only clients
Cash is king in most arenas, except the law office.
Dancing around the Dahmer files
Nathan Schilz is walking a fine line by putting Jeffrey Dahmer at the center of a musical.
BEV BUTULA: Site digs up dirt in environmental records
In search of environmental records and data? One option is NETR Online, a free database provided by Nationwide Environmental Title Research.
Legal News
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property