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BEV BUTULA: Where to find automotive and highway safety statistics
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute are organizations that provide a wide range of information on automobile safety.
Repeal of ’09 law harms discrimination victims
We don't think that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans in the Legislature have launched a war on women, as some critics allege. We'd describe it more as a "police action."
TORT REPORT: Intellectual property law must get creative to protect e-commerce websites
What seems like eons ago, we waited patiently to hear the modem signal, “eeeeee oooooo eeeeee ghghghghgh,” to welcome us to cyberspace. Now Netscape and AOL are long gone and most people are too busy compulsively browsing the Internet on their smart phones to contemplate ho[...]
THE DARK SIDE: Hold the broccoli, Congress
Unless it’s served with lots of beef and slathered with Hunan sauce, I don’t much care for broccoli.
Redefining expert witness credibility for juries
Juries routinely dismiss expert testimony due to credibility problems, incomprehensibility, or simply because it is cancelled out by another expert’s testimony.
Stop working long enough to save your biz
A coaching client of mine had a major problem because he had a large receivables backlog and was making little effort to manage and collect it. With the pressures of the practice, there simply didn’t seem to be enough time to get receivables current.
BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Know your local rules, or else
I once was charged with opposing a summary judgment motion in a multi-claim, multi-issue case. The movant’s brief, close to 35 pages, was accompanied by a motion to allow the filing of an overly long brief (to which we did not object). I prepared and filed my brief, which fell within the county’s local rules (but not by much).
Can you get fired for wearing an orange shirt to work?
One of the most common questions I hear from my non-lawyer friends is something along the lines of: “I know that my employment at my company is at-will, but that doesn’t mean that my boss can just fire me for no good reason, right?
BEV BUTULA: Clearinghouse assists with civil rights litigation
Researching specific civil rights issues? You might want to check out the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse.
If Supreme Court tosses health care, questions will linger
The nation's 50 legislatures will face tough choices if all of Obamacare is thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court when it decides on the Affordable Healthcare for America Act in June.
Law firms are at high risk of embezzlement
One would think morally flexible job seekers would avoid any industry where the business owners socialize with judges and read legal journals for fun. Surprisingly, law firms are favored targets of both experienced and novice embezzlers.
Ignore social media, wither like paper
Blogging, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, et al., have changed the way people communicate and consume information in both their professional and personal lives. It’s official. And it’s not too late for you to join the e-parade.
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- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
