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Apr 5, 2013

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.

Apr 4, 2013

Changes could be coming to Wisconsin OWI laws

In Wisconsin’s war against drunk driving, Sen. Alberta Darling has been a consistent crusader.

Apr 3, 2013

Applying ethics rules to ‘daily deals’

State ethics committees have struggled for decades with applying traditional ethics rules to new forms of electronic communications.

Apr 2, 2013

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.

Mar 29, 2013

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.

Mar 28, 2013

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.”

Mar 27, 2013

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?

Mar 26, 2013

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.

Mar 25, 2013

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.”

Mar 22, 2013

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.”

Mar 21, 2013

Keys to improving your tech planning

For many law firms, technology purchasing is based on reaction rather than planning.

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