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BLAWG LOG: Pettit on code violations; Bauer on jury instructions
The Residential Landlord Tenant relationship is controlled by two main areas of law: (1) Chapter 704 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and (2) the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter ATCP 134 entitled “Residential Rental Practices.”
BLAWG LOG: Esenberg on King & Spaulding; Federal Evidence Review on new rules
I thought, for a while, about whether the title of this post was a bit too extreme. My subject is the pressure placed on King & Spalding to drop its representation of the House of Representatives with respect of the Defense of Marriage Act.
LEGAL CENTS: Don’t be shy with media opportunities
Madison lawyer Steve Eisenberg was talking recently to a store clerk, when another shopper overheard him and asked, “Are you that lawyer on the radio?”
BEV BUTULA: Read it Later and InstaPaper
I have been hearing a lot about Read it Later. Basically, it allows you to read saved web pages when it is convenient, even if you do not have an internet connection. It works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and on your favorite smartphone. ABA Site-tation has a nice step by step guide to using Read it Later.
BLAWG LOG: Pettit on representing LLCs; Bauer on other acts
In the last few months I have been asked by many landlords why Milwaukee County will not allow members of an LLC to represent the LLC in eviction court.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Wisconsin needs to address over-criminalization
A fundamental principle of the American justice system is individuals should not be subject to criminal prosecution and penalties unless they intentionally engage in inherently wrongful conduct or conduct that they know to be unlawful.
THE DARK SIDE: You’ve got to tell it like it is
There is one type of lawyer the profession has no room for -- the molly-coddler.
BLAWG LOG: A divorce in the defense of DOMA; DiMotto on jury selection; Blinka on Daubert
Ashby Jones at the WSJ’s Law Blog reports on a interesting turn of events in the defense-of-DOMA saga.
View from around the state: Certainty is worth cost of recount
The recount of the votes in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the right thing to do. Challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, who trails incumbent Justice David Prosser by 7,316 votes, requested the statewide recount recently.
THE DARK SIDE: Celebrating Human Achievement Day instead of Earth Day
Friday is what the progressives call “Earth Day.” I prefer to celebrate my own holiday, “Human Achievement Day.”
BLAWG LOG: Cicchini on justice; Schober on cohabitation
Attorney Dennis Melowski recently defended a female driver on a group of traffic cases, including a charge of operating while intoxicated, commonly known as drunk driving.
BEV BUTULA: More 50 state surveys
I have previously written on the value of finding 50 state survey sites. As I mentioned in my post from June 2008, "[a]nyone who has had to compile one, knows the amount of work involved. So when I find one by a reliable source, I rejoice."
Polls
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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
