Use the power of 10 to increase revenues
Top 10 lists have long been a journalistic staple, but their ongoing role on David Letterman’s show has made their use almost a cliche.
Create consensus about goals
In corporate America, mission statements have long been in vogue — and decidedly vague. Most such documents promise to “do the right thing” for customers, employees and society.
TORT REPORT: Discovery issues in bad faith claims
Discovery disputes typically come to the forefront of most bad faith litigation.
THE DARK SIDE: I want the pacifists to buy me guns
Now that I’m self-employed again, a friend asked me if it worries me to not have any health insurance anymore.
BEV BUTULA: Code blues? Check out this administrative site
Need to research an Administrative Code section from a state other than Wisconsin? Do you know which states offer both their Code and Register online?
View from around the state: Term limits for Supreme Court worth studying
The independent nature of the U.S. Supreme Court often has bedeviled presidents and members of Congress who would prefer to have more control over the lower-profile but co-equal branch of government.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Are some firms ‘more equal’ than others?
Last year, a group of large national and international law firms petitioned the American Bar Association with a complaint about state bar regulation, contending that, given their multi-state corporate practices, such firms are restricted by the separate state bar admission requ[...]
Financial analysis tips to improve profitability
At a recent webinar sponsored by LexisNexis, Philadelphia-based CPA Michael J. Wasco of Kino Sharie Leyh & Associates offered a series of tips and best practices that can help lawyers use financial analysis to build their businesses.
THE DARK SIDE: One nice thing about the State Bar
People sometimes ask me, “Don’t you have anything nice to say about the State Bar of Wisconsin?”
Make your association memberships pay off
When it comes to association memberships, the first thing lawyers do is join the right organizations — those in which clients, referral sources and prospective clients hang out — and be active in them.
BEV BUTULA: FOIA Project opens window of information
The FOIA Project is a website that collects documents related to Freedom of Information Act cases filed against government defendants from October 2009 forward.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: A lot of fuss over attorney fees
In the United States, American Rule requires that people pay for their own attorney’s fees regardless of the outcome of a lawsuit.
Legal News
- 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