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BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on SCOTUS decides Blueford
On some apparently flimsy evidence of intent to kill, the State of Arkansas prosecuted Alex Blueford for the capital murder of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son.
LEGAL CENTS: Why email marketing continues to thrive
When I initially considered writing about email marketing, I thought, “How very 1990s.”
How to use your firm’s top customers to improve business, draw in new interest
In order to be successful, firms must be capable of two things: retain clients and gain new ones.
The all-important follow-up call
Rainmakers know better than to make empty follow-up calls inquiring: “Anything new?” or “How would you like to meet one of my partners?”
BEV BUTULA: Lawyer searches should start, end with Google
Dear Google: Sometimes it is a bit difficult to keep up.
THE DARK SIDE: Don’t let your clients sign land contracts
It is safe to say there is very little about which an old-school conservative like me and an advocate for majoritarian tyranny, such as Roscoe Pound, could agree.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Think before you push your firm to grow
The Altman Weil consulting firm reported there were 60 law firm mergers and acquisitions announced in the U.S. in 2011, up 54 percent from 2010 and marking the highest level since 2008.
Editorial: A sheriff’s demands
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke wants a private attorney to represent him in professional cases.
Making it as a mediator: Tips from those in the know
I receive hundreds of calls and emails each year from members of the bar and other professionals who express interest in becoming mediators.
IP Frontiers: YouTube may be liable for copyright infringement
Internet service providers can no longer avoid liability by turning a blind eye to copyright-infringing content posted to their websites.
BLAWG LOG: Gonring on the pro bono oath; Hylton on black lawyers in the 1930s
When the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined in February to grant the Civil Gideon petition and its proposed requirement that legal counsel be appointed for impoverished civil litigants, it instead noted a familiar fallback solution: pro bono initiatives.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Law student loans are key component of next ‘debt bomb’
A spate of recent news stories suggests trouble for America’s 200-plus accredited law schools as a result of increasing debt among students.
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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
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