LEGAL CURRENTS: Legal blogging isn’t dead, it’s just evolving
I’ve written quite a bit about legal blogging over the years. Since 2006, I’ve been following legal blogs, tracking the trends and predicting the future of blogging for lawyers.
THE DARK SIDE: Why I recycle only valuable things
I can understand why not everyone is as thrilled as I am with the governor’s proposed budget.
BEV BUTULA: Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations is one of those websites that you probably won't use everyday, but when you want a reliable online resource this might be worth checking out.
THE DARK SIDE: Attorney discipline should be left to the attorneys
Every few months, our local left-wing propaganda machine, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, goes on a new jihad about something or other, whether it be making our already draconian drunk driving laws even more draconian, or trying to outlaw a perfectly safe chemical like BPA.
JOB CITES: You will never work in this town (or any other) again
In a public meeting held on Feb. 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission examined the impact of employers considering only those currently employed for job vacancies.
BEV BUTULA: Wisconsin Open Government
The John K. Maciver Institute for Public Policy announced the launching of WisconsinOpenGov.org. Per their website, it "provides you with one location for data on Wisconsin public employee salaries, benefits and labor contracts.
BLAWG LOG: Lindgren on compulsory attendance; DiMotto on constitutional interpretation
Check out these interesting legal blogs.
BLAWG LOG: Blinka on the Confrontation Clause; O’Hear on post-sentence rehabilitation
Check out these interesting legal blogs. Blinka on the Confrontation Clause. O’Hear on post-sentence rehabilitation.
LEGAL CENTS: Law firm newsletters still alive and kicking
As a journalist, it warms my heart to report that the law firm newsletter is still alive and kicking.
Esenberg on the budget repair bill; Pettit on eviction limits
Check out these interesting legal blogs.
THE DARK SIDE: Faulkner knows how to write a good bailment story
It’s a pity I’m not as great a writer as William Faulkner.
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
- 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