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THE FRAUD FILES: From chaos to clarity in financial investigations
Financial investigations have one common problem: Large volumes of data and documentation that need to be examined.
THE DARK SIDE: The main difference between Madison and Milwaukee? Sand
I was in Madison one day last week. Those of you who enjoy my work will be happy to know that I was not burned at the stake for heresy. Instead, I had a lovely time.
BLAWG LOG: Pettit on nuisance tenancies; Schober on guarantor liability
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BEV BUTULA: Land Use Research Options
The Urban Land Institute is a 501(c)(3) research and education organization dealing with land use issues. Their policy and practice priority areas include: capital markets, housing, infrastructure, sustainability/climate change, place making/public realm, places of commerce, and development at the edge.
ON APPEAL: Challenge evidence that doesn’t meet Daubert test
On Jan. 31, 2011, the Legislature did something that the Wisconsin courts have resisted for years. It made Wisconsin a Daubert state for the purposes of admitting expert testimony.
THE DARK SIDE: The Grateful Dead meet the courthouse crowd
When I was young, it was an annual event to go see the Grateful Dead perform at Alpine Valley. You can imagine what that entailed. I never went to the extreme of traveling around the country to follow the band. Some people have always had to work, you know. But when they came to town […]
LEGAL CENTS: The latest dish on daily deal sites
Hey, did you catch the Superbowl? Of course you did. You know who won, too!
Ritterbusch on advocacy; Boyden on legal error
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Bauer on anchoring and adjustment; DiMotto on summary judgment
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THE DARK SIDE: Somebody moved my bowling alley
The abuse of eminent domain in the United States is at least as old as the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954), in which the court shamelessly held that confiscating the property of homeowners and business owners, in order to transfer it to politically-connected cronies, was a valid public use, comparable to building a public road.
Judge Sherman, Esenberg on public sector unions
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Due diligence is more important than retainer
One of the first goals for lawyers opening a new firm is to get as many clients as possible on a retainer basis, as many see the certainty of a retainer as the Holy Grail for fee collection.
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- 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
