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BEV BUTULA: State nursing home regulations
The University of Minnesota maintains a website dedicated to state nursing home regulations. The website serves “as a one-stop location to examine and compare the content of state regulations related to nursing homes.
View from around the state: Chief justice sends strong signal
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson recently indicated in a memo to her colleagues that she wants her Wisconsin Supreme Court to be more transparent.
FAMILY LAW: Same-sex marriage — be careful what you wish for
Recently, New York became the sixth and largest state to recognize same-sex marriage. If the current trend continues, more and more states will legalize it.
TORT REPORT: Litigation concerns in the information age
Today, more than ever, electronic media is pervasive and readily accessible. In fact, some technology analysts estimate around 92 percent of created data is now stored electronically.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: What to do as a law firm leader
It's easy to contend that "law firm leadership," like "jumbo shrimp," is a contradiction in terms for the larger organizations.
BLAWG LOG: Zaretsky on How Can Law Students Win the War Against Their Lockers?
It’s the beginning of a new school year, and starting fresh at law school is hard. So, if you think walking is tough, just imagine the anxiety that law students across the country were confronted with when they received their locker assignments.
THE DARK SIDE: How the law became a monstrous chimera
The maximum penalty for armed robbery is not just a prison term, but a fine of $100,000.
BEV BUTULA: Federal Land Records
The Bureau of Land Management’s Federal Land Records site provides “live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present."
ETHICALLY SPEAKING: Selling your ethics
This is the third article in a series designed to bring ethics to the forefront with regard to the private practice of law.
Super Lawyers, Part Two: What makes one super?
The week before last, I wrote about a few lawyers’ impressions of being designated as “Super Lawyers” by the Minnesota-based publication of the same name (one I find slightly schlocky).
BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on the roles and duties of a judge with a jury; O’Hear on the 7th Circuit
One of the great advantages I have gained from my twitter account is a vast amount of information about juries, jury issues and jury problems.
THE DARK SIDE: I don’t want to be a member of the State Bar
At the end of Henrik Ibsen’s play, “The Pillars of Society,” after the so-called pillars of society have been shown to be a bunch of scoundre[...]
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- NAACP: No consequences for UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters shows ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’
- New complaints filed against Northwestern over Kenosha football hazing scandal
- Justice Department submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana
- Reckless driving on Brown Deer Road results in fatal collision
- Lavinia Goodell 150th Anniversary commemoration to be held June 17
- WisGOP reacts to vice president’s Wisconsin visit
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- Wisconsin election fraud charge issued from November 2022 general election
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