LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Electronic media and the duty to preserve
It might seem that nothing is more temporary than a quick email, text or Twitter message. Yet these messages are increasingly subject to a duty of preservation, whether that duty is for a lawyer or on behalf of a client.
BLAWG LOG: McLeod on ‘Are unemployment insurance benefits taxable?’
It's tax time, and workers who collected unemployment in Wisconsin in 2012 are wondering whether they owe any taxes on their benefit payments. In short, they do.
BEV BUTULA: New DOJ website makes finding information quick, painless
The Wisconsin Attorney General announced the launch of its new website on Monday.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: How to make your practice worth less
The fact that lawyers can sell their practices is no longer in dispute. However, reaping value from the sale of a law practice presumes that the value is recognizable.
FAMILY LAW: New group to help resolve family conflicts
Frequently when talking to a client, I feel that I am practicing more psychology than law. In fact, in some cases, it’s a true pleasure when we get to the legal issues involved, as opposed to the emotional ones.
BEV BUTULA: Beginner’s guides not just for beginners
A favorite blog of mine is the Law Librarians of Congress In Custodia Legis.
Financial tips and tuneups: Healthy firms focus on details, embrace creativity
Succeeding as a solo or small-firm attorney requires being more than just a good lawyer.
LEGAL CENTS: SEO can boost your Google rank
When searching for something on Google, most people don’t click on anything past the third “organic” or nonsponsored result on the first page.
Rock-hard apps: Practice management tools for attorneys on the move
Practice management apps for smartphones and other portable devices are making it increasingly easier for lawyers to practice on the go.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Mental health reform key to gun control
Sometimes lost in the debate over gun control is the fact that this country needs meaningful change to the way in which mental health treatment is ordered, offered and executed.
Editorial: Veterans courts built to last
This month’s Wisconsin Law Journal print edition's cover story about veterans courts has lots of information, but glaringly lacks the answer to the most important question: Are veterans courts successful?
He speaks!
Monday, for the first time since Feb. 22, 2006, Thomas spoke actual words during oral arguments, uttering “Well, he did not …” according to the official transcript.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies