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BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on no harm, no foul — but how do you know if there was harm?
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that gives the Court an opportunity to clarify a longstanding ambiguity in harmless error law.
THE DARK SIDE: A day in children’s court
An ancient witticism goes something like this: The children are the future … And that’s why I stockpile so much ammunition.
Actions speak louder than words with accounts receivable
Law firm management can talk all it wants about policies, procedures and infrastructure, but results are what matter.
Tips for an effective, ethical negotiation
The role of business counsel is complex. Counsel is not only responsible for producing a legal and enforceable negotiated agreement, but also to try and get the best deal for clients while conducting the negotiation in a way that reflects positively on them.
LAWTECH: Geek gifts for the lawyer on your list
T’is the season for my annual look at what’s hot on the gift list for techno-lawyers. After a completely unscientific poll of my legal colleagues and a healthy dose of my own bias, here are my 2011 recommendations.
BEV BUTULA: Government Printing Office app offers insight into Congress
The Government Printing Office recently announced the release of its first mobile application.
LEGAL CENTS: The dos and don’ts of cost-effective mediation
Brookfield attorney Dawn Drellos-Thompson realized a few years ago that her small business owner or minimum-wage earning clients could not afford most mediators.
Editorial: Judges in name only
Wisconsin law endorses blind justice. It also makes room for unlicensed justice, minimally educated justice and I-might-be-in-over-my-head justice.
THE DARK SIDE: I do not discriminate against potential clients
When I started practicing law, I didn’t care who anybody was, what they believed or what they had done.
Rules of confidentiality evolve with e-communications explosion
In August, the American Bar Association issued two formal opinions on the same day, both dealing with electronic lawyer-client communications in a workplace setting.
THE DARK SIDE: Judicial substitution reduces sentence disparity
Even if you believe that all burglars should receive 10 years in prison, that's not how sentencing in Wisconsin works.
Who will be the next US Supreme Court justice?
If President Barack Obama is able to do again what few other presidents have – appoint a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court – chances are he will turn to a candidate who will have an even easier time winning confirmation than the president’s first two picks: D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland.
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- 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
