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BEV BUTULA: LinkedIn Today announced
Do you have a LinkedIn account? Do you post updates or stories of interest for your "connections" to read? Are you interested in news that your colleagues are reading? Well, earlier this month, LinkedIn announced the launch of LinkedIn Today.
TRIAL TECHNIQUES: The Ten Commandments of cross-examination, revisited
Here’s a question that separates those who went to Sunday school from those who didn’t: What is the Fourth Commandment?
BLAWG LOG: Cicchini on self-defense; O’Hear on criminal procedure
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THE DARK SIDE: What is this state smokin’?
Everyone has to have faith in something or somebody. I have faith in the actuaries who work for insurance companies. If they say women should have lower rates for life insurance than men, then I know women live longer than men on average. If they base car insurance rates on zip codes, then I know […]
FAMILY LAW: Is contingency fee proposal worthy or not?
University of Wisconsin law professor John Nicholas Schweitzer wants to amend ethics rules by, among other changes, eliminating the prohibition of charging a contingent fee in most family law cases.
BLAWG LOG: More Bauer on memory; Suhr on the executive branch
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THE DARK SIDE: The hazards of playing basketball at the firehouse
A little while back, I was informed that somebody who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers had injured himself playing basketball and would be out for the beginning of the baseball season, if not longer.
BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on hunches; Federal Evidence Review on rebuttal
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BEV BUTULA: Welcome to Sunshine Week
This is Sunshine Week. The focus of the Sunshine Week initiative is to promote government transparency and freedom of information. Thanks to the folks over at INFOdocket, I learned about the recent launching of FOIA.gov by the U.S. Department of Justice. Per the news release, FOIA.gov “brings together all the FOIA data collected by the […]
LEGAL CENTS: E-readers gaining popularity in the legal community
After many years of interviewing attorneys and asking them what they do for fun, I can say with great confidence that just about all like to read and travel. Thus, this week’s article is about tools for legal professionals who enjoy … reading and travel! It is spring break season, after all.
BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on TROs; Jacobson on recall petitions
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THE DARK SIDE: 7th Circuit needs to enter the 20th Century
I arrived at work the other morning, all caffeinated and nicotined-up, excited about corrupting the youth of Milwaukee, the same as I do every other day.
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- 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
