BLAWG LOG: Lindgren on compulsory attendance; DiMotto on constitutional interpretation
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BLAWG LOG: Blinka on the Confrontation Clause; O’Hear on post-sentence rehabilitation
Check out these interesting legal blogs. Blinka on the Confrontation Clause. O’Hear on post-sentence rehabilitation.
LEGAL CENTS: Law firm newsletters still alive and kicking
As a journalist, it warms my heart to report that the law firm newsletter is still alive and kicking.
Esenberg on the budget repair bill; Pettit on eviction limits
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THE DARK SIDE: Faulkner knows how to write a good bailment story
It’s a pity I’m not as great a writer as William Faulkner.
THE FRAUD FILES: From chaos to clarity in financial investigations
Financial investigations have one common problem: Large volumes of data and documentation that need to be examined.
THE DARK SIDE: The main difference between Madison and Milwaukee? Sand
I was in Madison one day last week. Those of you who enjoy my work will be happy to know that I was not burned at the stake for heresy. Instead, I had a lovely time.
BLAWG LOG: Pettit on nuisance tenancies; Schober on guarantor liability
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BEV BUTULA: Land Use Research Options
The Urban Land Institute is a 501(c)(3) research and education organization dealing with land use issues. Their policy and practice priority areas include: capital markets, housing, infrastructure, sustainability/climate change, place making/public realm, places of commerce, and development at the edge.
ON APPEAL: Challenge evidence that doesn’t meet Daubert test
On Jan. 31, 2011, the Legislature did something that the Wisconsin courts have resisted for years. It made Wisconsin a Daubert state for the purposes of admitting expert testimony.
BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: New to brief writing? Go back to the basics
This isn’t a “how to” article, at least not directly. It has no specific tips for concise sentences or argumentative brief headings. That alone will make some readers very happy.
THE DARK SIDE: The Grateful Dead meet the courthouse crowd
When I was young, it was an annual event to go see the Grateful Dead perform at Alpine Valley. You can imagine what that entailed. I never went to the extreme of traveling around the country to follow the band. Some people have always had to work, you know. But when they came to town […]
Legal News
- 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