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BEV BUTULA: New website Congress.gov to replace THOMAS
An exciting new beta website was launched by Congress on Wednesday. The site, Congress.gov, will become a one-stop resource for federal legislative materials. Congress.gov is slated it eventually replace THOMAS.
BLAWG LOG: Lawyers USA’s new Legal Malpractice Monitor
Lawyers USA launches its Legal Malpractice Monitor, an online source for advice on preventing legal malpractice lawsuits.
Avoid making a quick fix with legal hires
The large number of highly qualified, competent attorneys seeking in-house positions makes today a buyer’s market for employers.
What every in-house lawyer needs to know about IP litigation
Intellectual property is one of the most complicated areas of law. Love it or hate it, at some point or another every in-house lawyer is going to be faced with some type of IP dispute.
BLAWG LOG: Lawyers.com: Yes, you can ditch a student loan in bankruptcy
The mantra is repeated over and over: You can’t discharge student loans through bankruptcy. However, while it’s reality for most indebted people, the conventional wisdom isn’t quite true.
Editorial: The cost of justice
Although it appears Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is about to win the biggest legal battle of his career, he should be worried, even embarrassed, about the cost.
LEGAL CENTS: Now’s the time to start benchmarking
Unless you’re very new in-house, you’ve likely heard of benchmarking.
BEV BUTULA: Favorable vote for election law website
The Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University has a website dedicated to election law.
BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on marijuana possession arrests; Hupy on restoring public confidence in the judicial system
In 2010, Wisconsin law enforcement agencies reported 16,111 arrests for simple possession of marijuana, including both adult and juvenile offenders. The same year, Minnesota agencies reported only 7,453.
Technology at forefront of law-firm life cycle
Law firms, like the players in any other economic sector, have a life cycle.
View from around the state: Voter ID requirement not needed for Nov. 6
Election Day is nine weeks away and campaigns for president, U.S. Senate and House, and the state Legislature are in the home stretch.
JOB CITES: Important lessons about school visitation leave
With the passing of Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer is upon us. Given the dismal state of baseball this year for the Cubs (hey, they’re rebuilding), I’m more than ready to welcome fall and, along with it, all the cool-weather activities we have developed to cop[...]
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- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
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
