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BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on minor guardianships; Federal Evidence Review on proof
A Guardianship of the Person for a Minor creates a legal relationship between "the ward" -- the child for whom a guardian has been appointed by the court and "the guardian" -- the individual appointed by the court to provide for the essential requirements for health and safety and personal needs of a minor.
ETHICALLY SPEAKING: Virtually all lawyers are interested in doing what is right
There was a time when the professional responsibility courses were regarded as the Rodney Dangerfield portion of the curriculum, that is “they got no respect” because, among other reasons, they were not considered a substantive subject like civil procedure or really useful like trial practice, torts or contracts.
LEGAL CENTS: Extranets worth the extra time and effort, firms say
Why not go that extra mile for your clients, by offering them an extranet?
THE DARK SIDE: Tavern talk: Death of a Lawyer
My team and I were sitting at the tavern after softball recently, and our first and second basemen were talking about seeing Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” at the Rep, and how good it was.
BLAWG LOG: Schucha on accessing appellate briefs; O’Hear on LWOP for juveniles
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday approved the sentence of life without possibility of parole for 14-year-olds who are convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.
BEV BUTULA: Economic Indicators
The economic indicator is a monthly publication prepared for the Joint Economic Committee. It provides a variety of economic information including "information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics."
JOB CITES: Do you ever get the feeling you are being watched?
Sometimes employers with suspicions that an employee is abusing sick leave by calling in sick when perfectly healthy will pay a private investigator to follow and spy on the absent worker.
FRAUD FILES: Expert witness selection: substance over form
In commercial litigation, many cases require some kind of expert.
BLAWG LOG: Bauer on inadmissible evidence; Pettit on earnest money deposits
Emily Dickinson believed that the soul is able to “Close the valves of her attention like stone.” Is this ability limited to the ethereal world, or do judges also have this ability?
THE DARK SIDE: It is time to confirm Nourse to the 7th Circuit
It has come to my attention that the nomination of University of Wisconsin law professor Victoria Nourse to the 7th Circuit is unlikely to be approved by the U.S. Senate.
BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on sentencing; Hannibal on the DATCP
I am also routinely asked by people "how does a judge arrive at a sentence?" The answer is simpler than the exercise. A judge must analyze: 1) The nature and gravity of the offense; 2) The character of the offender; 3) The protection of society.
BEV BUTULA: State Legal Research
There is an excellent paper, written by librarian Wendy E. Moore of the University of Georgia School of Law, entitled "Fantastic Facts about the 50 states: Websites for State Legal Research" outlining a variety of online resources for state research.
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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
