The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, has spent about $7,000 so far to fight a $37.50 fine the state’s election law regulatory body levied on the city mayor: http://bit.ly/1lDh9On
Read More »Online tools to streamline your email
These days we spend an awful lot of time sorting through and responding to emails. Oftentimes, email ping pong can take up a tremendous amount of time as we attempt to schedule meetings or phone calls on dates and times that work well for a group of invitees.
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Read More »Fantasy football: Time to get in the game?
They’re almost here: those crisp, autumn Sunday afternoons that many football fans barely notice, as they are inevitably glued to their televisions and mobile devices.
Read More »Chippewa Falls man charged after girl eats pot-laced chocolate
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A Chippewa Falls man whose daughter was sickened after eating a marijuana-laced chocolate bar faces three criminal charges: Read More »
Judge seeks to stay on bench after ‘serial drunkenness’
For years, Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack has been the one who offers a second chance. This week, in papers filed with the Florida Supreme Court, she's asking for one.
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Seven keys to construction law
The law firm of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP publishes a document that may be beneficial to construction lawyers.
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Read More »Legal Writing Notebook: It’s Time To Break Up With Initial Caps
Initial caps are helpful, of course: they are the time-honored way to show a reader that This Is Important.
Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Lawsuits don’t discriminate among discriminators
Want a surefire way to protect against at least some lawsuits? Don’t discriminate!
Tagged with: discrimination Ed Poll EEOC Lawbiz Coaches Corner
Read More »Kick(ball) in the pants
Have you ever been hurt in a company softball or kickball game? The South Carolina Supreme Court says you may be entitled to workers' compensation.
Read More »Attorney worries client’s horns, 666 tattoo, may sway jury
The defense lawyer for a Massachusetts man charged with a triple murder worries his client's "unique appearance" may bias jurors in their decision to convict or not.
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Find an archive of legislative videos
Interested in finding video of the U.S. Senate and House floor proceedings? You might want to check out Metavid.org.
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Read More »Driver sues teenager she killed in car crash
On a dark, drizzly night, three boys set out on their bikes for late-night hot dogs that ended in an accident with an SUV that left one boy dead and another severely injured. Brandon Majewski was struck from behind and killed by Sharlene Simon, and now she’s suing him: http://bit.ly/1BVFOCp
Read More »Trysts and infidelity? ’12 Angry Men’ (and Women) decide
I felt like Henry Fonda from "12 Angry Men." Except a boy's life wasn’t on the line -- just a few thousand dollars and the dignity of a soon-to-be ex-husband who lost his wife to another man.
Tagged with: blog Court Gestures Eric Heisig
Read More »Size does matter, rules judge
A judge has ordered a deliveryman's manhood to be measured after he claimed in court that it was too small for him to be guilty of exhibitionism: http://bit.ly/1t6ytgF
Read More »She didn’t mean THAT naked
Dating Naked is a new breakout series on VH1, and while many are amused by the show, one cast member is not.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Weighing in on a ‘professional divorce’
The Court of Appeals recently had an opportunity to review a decision that addressed contingency fees after the break-up of a law practice.
Tagged with: Bench Blog Jean DiMotto Michael Hoover Terry Johnson
Read More »Virtual law firms allow practice on your own terms
For years now I’ve been an advocate of Web-based computing and have asserted that it will change the practice of law as we know it.
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Read More »‘More cookies please’
A 72-year-old woman has sued a California hair salon, alleging she ate a cookie laced with marijuana from a hospitality tray left out for customers: http://cbsloc.al/1lihNAx
Read More »AG race could be a sizzler
Both contenders in the Nov. 4 general election have ample resumes; both have prosecuted cases and run district attorney offices.
Tagged with: Brad Schimel Ismael Ozanne Jon Richards Susan Happ
Read More »Don’t fear swimming with the sharks
For better or worse (duh-dum), the nonhuman creature most often associated with attorneys (duh-dum … duh-dum) is that decidedly menacing, vicious aquatic predator known as (duh-dum, duh-dum, duh-dum, DUH-DUM, DUH-DUM) — well, you know.
Read More »Attorney: My client may be an idiot, but not a murderer
Terrance Lee admits to firing the gun that killed Marquis Sutton. But Lee's attorney says it's not an admission of murder.
Read More »What to pay attention to in new EEOC guidance
Recent enforcement guidance on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act represents the EEOC’s first effort to substantially update its position on this prohibited form of discrimination since 1983.
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Read More »Homer hologram results in legal ‘D’oh!’
Hologram USA filed a lawsuit that claims a 3D representation of the famous Homer at this year's Comic-Con convention in San Diego infringed its patented system to project three-dimensional images onstage.
Read More »COURT GESTURES BLOG: Cracking down on a ‘litigious frolic’
Another day, another judge who criticizes and sanctions Rodney Rigsby for his litigious nature.
Tagged with: blog Court Gestures Eric Heisig John Markson Richard Niess Rodney Rigsby Sarah Zylstra
Read More »NEED TO KNOW: What is a ‘final judgment or order’ for the purposes of appeal?
Wisconsin statutes are clear that a final judgment or order is appealable as a matter of right, unless an exception applies.
Read More »Mom seeks $1M for unpaid O.J. judgment
An unpaid wrongful death judgment against O.J. Simpson can be purchased immediately at JudgmentMarketplace.com for $1 million.
Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Give clients service a robot can’t
Ever since the debut of The Jetsons, a TV cartoon show that featured a world of futuristic technology and robots, most of us have been aware of the impending death of many jobs and careers.
Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner
Read More »Colo. town sues all its voters over election
The Colorado mountain town of Montezuma is suing its 61 registered voters in an effort to sort out the results of an April election that the lawsuit says was filled with errors: http://goo.gl/vfDSB6
Read More »Nude sunbather to fight lewdness charges
A 76-year-old man who police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking lot in Utah has pleaded not guilty to lewdness charges: http://bit.ly/1uLJW30
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Legislature’s site has new look, info
The Wisconsin Legislature has launched a redesigned website, and it has quite a new look.
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