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
- 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
- Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes
- Separation of Powers- Legislative Oversight of Executive Actions
- Notice of Recommitment and Involuntary Medication Hearings
- Firearm Possession-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Motion for Substitute Counsel
- Jury Instructions
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Fourth and 14th Amendment Rights-Parental Medical Neglect
- Eminent Domain
- Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim-§1983 claim
- Employment Law- Title VII
- Employment Law