Making it as a mediator: Tips from those in the know
I receive hundreds of calls and emails each year from members of the bar and other professionals who express interest in becoming mediators.
IP Frontiers: YouTube may be liable for copyright infringement
Internet service providers can no longer avoid liability by turning a blind eye to copyright-infringing content posted to their websites.
BLAWG LOG: Gonring on the pro bono oath; Hylton on black lawyers in the 1930s
When the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined in February to grant the Civil Gideon petition and its proposed requirement that legal counsel be appointed for impoverished civil litigants, it instead noted a familiar fallback solution: pro bono initiatives.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Law student loans are key component of next ‘debt bomb’
A spate of recent news stories suggests trouble for America’s 200-plus accredited law schools as a result of increasing debt among students.
Commentary: Integrate profitability into your marketing plan
In the quest for new work, many attorneys and firms take stock of their relationships, revenue and hours worked to create a list of “best clients.” Next, they identify other clients and prospects with similar needs and issues who would be receptive to a pitch.
BEV BUTULA: Financial regulations are now on the table
Trying to keep track of the various financial regulations? Thanks to Alacra, there is now a simple and visually appealing way to do just that.
Rethinking the roles of your support staff
The old school model for staffing in a small law firm was often one secretary or legal assistant per lawyer, and that’s still true for many firms.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Business development starts with talking
I recently read a guest article penned by an in-house general counsel, providing law firms with tips on the GC’s perspective. It was a practical and useful review, beginning with the suggestion that outside counsel should “stay in touch.”
FAMILY LAW: State Supreme Court decision leaves confusion in its wake
It is bad enough that the Wisconsin Supreme Court is wrong on the public policy regarding the modifiability of child support. Now, thanks to an April decision, the justices not only continue to be wrong about the public policy involved -- they also have confused what should be simple law.
Mandatory minimum sentencing through a judge’s eyes
Every U.S. judge knows what it is like to sentence a defendant to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment that makes no sense.
BLAWG LOG: Hylton on people who have shaped the teaching careers of faculty
I left law school with no particular intention of becoming a law professor; however, when I did become one 10 years later, my views as to the proper purpose and content of legal education had been significantly shaped by my contact with a variety of individuals.
Can law firms afford pensions anymore?
It has been estimated that 400,000 lawyers will retire by the year 2020.
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