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Fathers’ rights groups too often overlook children’s interests
With a new legislative session underway, once again there are efforts to require Wisconsin family courts to order equal physical placement in every – or virtually every – case.
View from around the state: An opening to legalize medical marijuana
The use of medical marijuana — marijuana prescribed by a physician — has been shown to have substantial benefit for patients with cancer, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, among other conditions.
Legislation dealing with domestic abuse, custody not having intended effect
An interesting article recently appeared in the Wisconsin Lawyer concerning domestic abuse and child custody: Meuer, Gibart & Roach, “Domestic Abuse: Little Impact on Child Custody and Placement”, Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 91, No. 11 (December, 2018).
Wisconsin should speed up legalization of marijuana
Five years ago state Rep. Melissa Sargent rejected the backward thinking of those who seek to maintain a failed "drug war" and announced: "The facts clearly show that legalization is right for Wisconsin and that the most dangerous thing about marijuana is that it's illegal."
ACT 235 REVISITED: Further analysis of civil-procedure changes
Lawmakers, judges and lawyers have all struggled to find the appropriate balance between the ideas of liberal discovery, designed to ensure that every party can secure the best facts to support its positions, and the rising cost of litigation, much of which is spent on discovery, especially of electronic information.
View from around the state: Question: Do leaders reflect who we are?
If America wants to be great, America and its leaders must be good.
CRITIC’S CORNER: The oldest tricks in the interrogation book
Interrogators have tricks to get suspects to waive their Miranda rights and, once those are waived, to confess to crimes. But a confession won’t do the state any good unless a prosecutor can use it at trial.
FAMILY LAW: Court to look at when grandparents’ visitation rights can infringe on children’s well-being
On Nov. 7, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a grandparent-visitation case, Michels v. Lyons, 2017AP1142. This case affords the Supreme Court an opportunity to affect the law in an important and highly emotional area. In the case, Jill Kelsey filed a petition to compel her son (the child’s father) and the […]
View from around the state: Voters need to send a message through ‘dark store’ referendum
Candidates visiting the Kenosha News editorial board say there's heightened awareness among residents that the "dark store" tax loophole must be closed in Madison.
END OF AN AGE: Courts halt deference to agencies’ conclusions of law
For decades, Wisconsin courts have deferred to administrative agencies’ interpretations of law. In a recent decision - Tetra Tech EC, Inc. v. DOR, the Wisconsin Supreme Court effectively ended this practice: “We have also decided to end our practice of deferring to administrative agencies’ conclusions of law.”
FAMOUSLY UNPREPARED: Is Aretha the latest to be inviting a family wealth dispute?
Family wealth disputes are not confined to the estates of entertainment superstars.
Lawyers should not be punished for merely doing what ethical rules require of them
In all the years I have practiced law I have seen many lawyers run for public office and often win.
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