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Nov 15, 2017

Court finds handwritten note not enough for payable-on-death account

Todd Mueller had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court. He walked into the Winnebago County Courthouse hoping to be declared the beneficiary of $200,000, but walked out with nothing. He had sued Thomas Edwards and Martina Welke arguing that he was the rightful beneficiary of money his neighbor had deposited in […]

Nov 13, 2017

View from around the state: Keep your hands off the US Constitution

America doesn't need an unprecedented and dangerous constitutional convention to balance its federal budget. It needs real leadership, more courage and cooperation in Washington.

Nov 9, 2017

RIGHT TO WORK: Better get used to it in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently upheld Wisconsin’s right-to-work law in its decision in International Assoc. of Machinists District 10 and its Local Lodge 1061 v. State of Wisconsin, 2017 WI App 66.

Oct 31, 2017

Wisconsin’s central role in the future of partisan gerrymandering

On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Gill v. Whitford.

Oct 26, 2017

Case shows difficulty of untangling who is owed bundled debt

The phenomenon of corporate purchases of bundled consumer debt is nothing new. What is new is the question of what a successor buyer must show to collect on individual debt accounts within the bundle.

Oct 23, 2017

View from around the state: Keep police video under Open Records Law

An Assembly bill to restrict the release of body camera recordings would undermine the main rationale for equipping police officers with video devices.

Oct 16, 2017

Does defense victory in Blackman case go far enough?

Whether we practice as litigators or transactional attorneys, we have all dealt with convoluted statutes and regulations which, at times, seem deliberately contorted to frustrate the legal practitioner, or perhaps, penned with the intent of making certain that we will always have work. Which of these two the Legislature had in mind when it drafted […]

Oct 16, 2017

View from around the state: Making civility part of education

We are unapologetic defenders of the First Amendment — free speech, free press, freedom to assemble and ask the government to redress grievances, and religious freedoms.

Oct 9, 2017

View from around the state: SCOTUS must end ‘packing and cracking’

In what could lead to a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a Wisconsin case that challenges the despicable practice of political parties drawing up legislative and congressional districts to lock in their power and disenfranchise voters.

Oct 2, 2017

View from around the state: Better laws needed to curb drunken driving

When the Tavern League of Wisconsin supports a bill to "crack down" on repeat drunken drivers, that's probably a sign the measure doesn't go far enough to address the problem.

Sep 27, 2017

ON MEDIATION: Mediation statements: Don’t just do them, give them to the right person

Preparing a mediation statement gives you an opportunity to take a serious look at your case and at your opponent’s case.

Sep 25, 2017

View from around the state: Don’t run up the deficit for a tax cut

House Speaker Paul Ryan told officials at a Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory in Menomonee Falls last week that Congress is moving "full throttle on tax reform."

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