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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, is talking about "unreasonably long sentences" that "may actually make people more likely to return to crime."

Tagged with: Brad Schimel drunken driving

If you tell the child’s other parent where you intend to move the child, permission to remove is specific to that location. The removing parent doesn’t have carte blanche to move wherever he or she chooses.

Tagged with: divorce Family Law Gregg Herman

When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something unheard of at the nation's highest court: http://on.wsj.com/1yUMQGJ

Need to do some medical research and want to ensure that the websites you are searching contain reliable information?

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Our nation continues to be fascinated by Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” delivered 150 years ago. Lincoln’s most famous speech became known as the “words that remade America.”

Tagged with: ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

I have always been an advocate of mediation and arbitration versus litigation, especially in the construction practice of law.

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During a season when theft in all forms increases, the Court of Appeals delved into the nature of the intentionality underlying identity theft and thereby clarified the elements of the crime.

Tagged with: appeals court Identity theft Walworth County Wisconsin Court of Appeals

The first generation of lawsuit mediators experienced settlement negotiations from a unique perspective: not from the sides of the table, but at the center, where you see and hear much more, especially during confidential caucuses.

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Lawyers owe many duties to any number of people, but they’re increasingly being asked to do even more.

Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner Professional Responsibility

By the time Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch first addressed the St. Louis County grand jury in the case involving Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the jury had already sat weekly for nearly four months hearing more mundane cases.

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I have to admit that, depending on the request, I can find tax research to be a bit intimidating.

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For commercial property owners or managers, properly documenting an accident can be critical to defending a premises liability case.

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The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has declared the fundamental importance of appropriate service of process to the viability of a lawsuit.

Tagged with: Bench Blog J. Mac Davis Jean DiMotto Richard Brown

Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that he doesn't remember sending a letter about a menorah that is signed "Thank you and Molotov" to prominent Milwaukee attorney Frank Gimbel.

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Madison municipal court workers arrived Wednesday morning to find one of their courtroom walls covered with excrement: http://bit.ly/1z6OQKN

Authorities say 75-year-old John Przybyla, suspected of his 10th drunken driving offense, is blaming a fish fry for his latest legal troubles: http://bit.ly/1B8yXE4

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a Harvard Business School professor and attorney thinks a family-run Chinese restaurant screwed him out of $4, you’re about to find out: http://bit.ly/1GaYqj5

Any business, including the business of law, grows through personal relationships.

Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner

A chimpanzee is not entitled to the same rights as people and does not have be freed from captivity by its owner, a U.S. court has ruled: http://bbc.in/1tP4E00

The witness is just settling into the deposition, starting to sense that there may be light at the end of the tunnel, when the questioner pulls out the first document. She waves it around with great flair, asks a few “isn’t-it-true” type questions and slaps it down on the table.

Wisconsin is wise to pursue improving technology — in cars and at treatment clinics — to fight its drunken driving scourge.

Tagged with: drunken driving

When on a quest to find historical prices for consumer goods, many legal researchers will consult the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Bench Blog’s Santa asked Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges what they want in their appellate Christmas stockings.

Tagged with: Bench Blog Brian Blanchard Gary Sherman Jean DiMotto Kitty Brennan Lisa Stark Mark Gundrum Michael Hoover Patricia Curley Patrick Crooks Paul Reilly Wisconsin Supreme Court

The theme of Franz Kafka’s book, “The Trial,” resonates as strongly today as ever. Prosecutors have amassed powers and tools that were inconceivable even a generation ago.

Tagged with: Anthony Cotton Christopher Wiesmueller John Doe John Doe investigation Neal Nettesheim On the Defensive

Michael Steele, MSNBC commentator and former Republican National Committee chairman, appears to be in some trouble, based on recent reports.

Tagged with: ABA Bankruptcy Nate Cade

An Ohio attorney accused of hypnotizing women for his sexual pleasure was immediately suspended from practicing law by the state Supreme Court: http://abcn.ws/1ATNfev

The ferocity of an alcohol addiction is apparent in the case of Frank Zdzieblowski, a 73-year-old Portage County man who was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration as a sixth offense less than five months after he was charged with fifth offense intoxicated driving.

Tagged with: Bench Blog District 4 Court of Appeals drunken driving Jean DiMotto JoAnne Kloppenburg Thomas Flugaur

I know bakers, writers, artists, doctors, and accountants that find meaning and purpose in their work. And I now know several lawyers who do too, myself included.

Those diplomas on your wall constitute a point of pride, and they should. But if you hope to achieve an advanced degree of success — not just an advanced degree — you must not see them as an end to your education.

Tagged with: CLE Ed Poll Foley & Lardner

A carefully drafted statement of issues is critical to the success of your appellate brief.

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