JOB CITES: Check your employment at-will policy, it may be violating the law
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board has taken a stance against employer policies that foreclose any possibility of altering the at-will employment relationship.
Changes could be coming to Wisconsin OWI laws
In Wisconsin’s war against drunk driving, Sen. Alberta Darling has been a consistent crusader.
Applying ethics rules to ‘daily deals’
State ethics committees have struggled for decades with applying traditional ethics rules to new forms of electronic communications.
BEV BUTULA: Product safety database a click away
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains a database website focusing on consumer product safety information, SaferProducts.gov.
FAMILY LAW: Relationships are at the crux of family law settlements
I feel like a new mom.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Rethinking legal education
This column has regularly discussed how law school does little to prepare young lawyers for practice realities in any size law firm. It has become increasingly clear that reality is catching up to law schools.
The stress-free law practice
Many of you saw the headline of this column and thought one of two things: “That is absolutely impossible” or “Yes, I want that.”
Spending subdued in state’s high court race
What if they held a Wisconsin Supreme Court election and nobody spent staggering sums trying to influence its outcome?
Commentary: Corporate minutes as a Trojan horse
What should director minutes say and how detailed should they be? It likely depends on the maturity of the company, the personality of its management, and the input of its lawyers.
BEV BUTULA: Criminal justice reference site a worthwhile stop
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service “is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.”
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Are you really in control of your client files?
Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15 states that lawyers have a professional duty to protect all documents relating to clients by requiring that client property and files be “appropriately safeguarded.”
Keys to improving your tech planning
For many law firms, technology purchasing is based on reaction rather than planning.
Legal News
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
- WisGOP convention spotlights abortion, higher education, immigration and national security
- NAACP: No consequences for UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters shows ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’
- New complaints filed against Northwestern over Kenosha football hazing scandal
- Justice Department submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana
- Reckless driving on Brown Deer Road results in fatal collision
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