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JOB CITES: Yes, Virginia, there is individual liability
Dear Shirley: Because you are head of Human Resources, I am aware that under company policy I need to run all recommendations for termination decisions by you and receive approval before moving forward.
5 starter tips for lawyer blogs
Savvy lawyers understand they must market their services to stay top-of-mind in the competitive race for developing new business and maintaining fruitful relationships.
BLAWG LOG: Jezebel blog on ‘Forget the glass ceiling, we have hemlines to consider’
A Mad Men-esque guide geared towards summer associates at law firms is making waves for advising ladies to wear skirts to appeal to men, makeup to look healthy and competent, and heels to appear more powerful. Ugh.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Taking charge — in health and in law
It would seem that physicians could use something like the lawyers’ Rule of Professional Conduct 1.3: one should “act with reasonable diligence and promptness” in representing a client or in treating a patient.
THE DARK SIDE: Citation to unpublished opinions is like crying Wolff
I recently received a very nice letter from Chief Justice Abrahamson, thanking me for my service on the Supreme Court’s committee to study citation to unpublished opinions.
Overcome stress by gaining control, little by little
High blood pressure is called a “silent killer,” and one of its major causes is stress.
BEV BUTULA: Illinois’ Ledger is an open book
The state of Illinois offers a website titled the Ledger. The site is a portal to the state’s financial records, reports and analyses.
BLAWG LOG: Judge John DiMotto on the 5/6 verdict rule
When a civil case is tried to a jury the "5/6 verdict rule" applies.
Putting the ‘alternative’ into ‘dispute resolution’
When lawyers think about how to resolve disputes, they usually first consider traditional modes such as lawyer-to-lawyer negotiation or litigation. Other processes — such as mediation, collaborative law or even arbitration — often are considered marginal “alternatives.”
THE DARK SIDE: On ‘filled milk’ and the Beatles
A conversation occurs whenever an argument breaks out over U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938), which deals with unconscionably upholding the criminalization of shipping filled milk across a state line.
Tech picks up where recession left off — costing jobs
The term “BigLaw,” used to describe the top global law firms, has become part of our profession’s language.
‘In Chambers’ pulls back curtains at Supreme Court
A U.S. Supreme Court justice stands in his august chambers concentrating on his latest project while a law clerk looks on in admiration. Is the subject a petition for certiorari that seeks to upend decades of constitutional precedent? Hardly.
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- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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