Is your practice ‘PRE’-owned or used up?
Sometimes one little word can change everything.
BEV BUTULA: New website Congress.gov to replace THOMAS
An exciting new beta website was launched by Congress on Wednesday. The site, Congress.gov, will become a one-stop resource for federal legislative materials. Congress.gov is slated it eventually replace THOMAS.
BLAWG LOG: Lawyers USA’s new Legal Malpractice Monitor
Lawyers USA launches its Legal Malpractice Monitor, an online source for advice on preventing legal malpractice lawsuits.
What every in-house lawyer needs to know about IP litigation
Intellectual property is one of the most complicated areas of law. Love it or hate it, at some point or another every in-house lawyer is going to be faced with some type of IP dispute.
BLAWG LOG: Lawyers.com: Yes, you can ditch a student loan in bankruptcy
The mantra is repeated over and over: You can’t discharge student loans through bankruptcy. However, while it’s reality for most indebted people, the conventional wisdom isn’t quite true.
LEGAL CENTS: Now’s the time to start benchmarking
Unless you’re very new in-house, you’ve likely heard of benchmarking.
BEV BUTULA: Favorable vote for election law website
The Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University has a website dedicated to election law.
BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on marijuana possession arrests; Hupy on restoring public confidence in the judicial system
In 2010, Wisconsin law enforcement agencies reported 16,111 arrests for simple possession of marijuana, including both adult and juvenile offenders. The same year, Minnesota agencies reported only 7,453.
Technology at forefront of law-firm life cycle
Law firms, like the players in any other economic sector, have a life cycle.
JOB CITES: Important lessons about school visitation leave
With the passing of Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer is upon us. Given the dismal state of baseball this year for the Cubs (hey, they’re rebuilding), I’m more than ready to welcome fall and, along with it, all the cool-weather activities we have developed to cop[...]
Benchmarks: Rap videos can’t be used against accused pimp
If a pimp boasts about his activities in rap videos, it seems more than fair that prosecutors be allowed to use his musical performances against him to obtain a conviction.
BEV BUTULA: Legislative District Almanac a source for demographic data
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau recently released the third edition of the Legislative District Almanac.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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