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The time has come to admit we are too lax on drunken driving in Wisconsin. That admission alone, however, will do little to alleviate the problem. Action is required.
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BEV BUTULA: DFI offers administrative decisions
Did you know that the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions provides links to its administrative decisions?
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Read More »TORT REPORT: IME recording requests cause for concern
Defense attorneys should be concerned by the recent trend toward recording an independent medical examinations.
Tagged with: McCoy Leavitt Laskey Tort Report
Read More »FAMILY LAW: State justices’ decision on custody agreement leaves large gap
Apparently our state Supreme Court does recognize, after all, the rights of people to privately agree on their own affairs.
Tagged with: Alan White Annette Ziegler Family Law Gregg Herman Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Collect first, market second to remedy sinking revenue
When a health problem arises, many are quick to jump to a conclusion about the cure.
Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner marketing
Read More »Supreme Court decision gives landowners more leverage
Among the many important decisions from the most recent U.S. Supreme Court session was the latest statement on governmental takings in land and development.
Tagged with: Takings U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »BEV BUTULA: App provides easy access to census data
The U.S. Census Bureau has launched the “first interactive tool geared exclusively toward finding basic demographic and economic statistics for every congressional district in the U.S.”
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: Frustrating decision reflects division at state Supreme Court
In an unusually terse decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reached a startling new conclusion in Shiffra jurisprudence without a unifying analytic rationale.
Tagged with: Bench Blog Milwaukee County Circuit Court State v. Johnson Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Commentary: Landowners gain leverage following Supreme Court decision
Among the many important decisions from the most recent U.S. Supreme Court session was the latest statement on governmental takings in land and development.
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Read More »LEGAL CENTS: Finding and building niche practices
Sussex lawyer Dan Riegleman found his niche in the law in the late 1980s after talking to two brothers and a sister-in-law, all chiropractors, at a family gathering.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Supreme Court ruling breaks the silence
Most lawyers have assumed that the Constitution is unambiguous in preserving one’s right to remain silent.
Tagged with: Anthony Cotton Constitution Fifth Amendment Fourth Amendment On the Defensive U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Editorial: More money, more problems
Recent proposals to limit or abolish state Supreme Court elections attempt to remedy public perception that the high court is a political hotbed.
Tagged with: Annette Ziegler Ed Fallone editorial Elections Pat Roggensack Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Understanding common construction coverage concerns
As a construction company or contractor, it is important to insulate yourself from potential liability for injuries and damage that are inevitable in the construction profession.
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Read More »Bankruptcy doesn’t always bust a business relationship
Bankruptcy is an ever-present feature of the business landscape.
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Code Construction Law
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Site lands near top for conveyance records
Hidden dangers that could lead to malpractice
There are a number of all-too-well-known malpractice and grievance traps at a law firm: conflicts of interest, missed deadlines, lack of competency, confidentiality/fiduciary breaches, clerical errors, failure to document adequately and poor client relations. But other, hidden dangers could be lurking right under our noses.
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Read More »CAPITOLISMS BLOG: Concrete evidence of humor at the state’s high court
It’s hard to imagine anyone turning to Wisconsin Supreme Court rulings for entertainment.
Tagged with: Michael Gableman Patience Roggensack Shirley Abrahamson Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »BLAWG LOG: The Zimmerman trial and CGI evidence
PROPERTY LINES BLOG: Blind justice at the courthouse
The lights in the Milwaukee County Safety Building went out at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday.
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Read More »BEV BUTULA: Virtual Reference Shelf helps weed through searches
Many of us query a general search engine like Google or Bing when searching. However, these results may not immediately direct us to a quality website.
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Read More »Now, only attorneys can argue in front of Supreme Court
If you’ve dreamed of arguing a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, you’d better make sure you’re an attorney, because the court just shut the door on non-attorney arguments.
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Read More »Are you working at one of the country’s 100 most prestigious law firms?
Absolutely not, if you’re toiling away at a Wisconsin law firm, according to the Vault Law 100 rankings that came out last week.
Tagged with: Foley & Lardner
Read More »BLAWG LOG: Is law school’s ‘Dude!’ ad the ‘lamest?’
Richmond School of Law is touting its selectivity and employment statistics in an ad that uses a text message format, complete with abbreviations and lingo.
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Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: What is an immigration practice worth?
In 1991 the American Bar Association adopted Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17 which affirmed that an entire practice could be bought or sold, and modified the Rule in 2002 to permit the sale of part of a practice.
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Read More »CAPITOLISMS BLOG: A foolish consistency
Although Gov. Scott Walker’s 57 vetoes to the state’s new budget contained few surprises, the reasons given for his use of his powerful pen might have left some observers scratching their heads.
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Read More »Billing disputes — and how to avoid them
A number of highly publicized billing controversies involving prominent law firms recently have drawn considerable attention to the process by which lawyers bill for their services.
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Read More »Bill could zap attorney work on electricity suits
Scott Lawrence, an attorney in eastern Wisconsin, thinks he knows why some state lawmakers want to make it harder to sue power companies over electrical problems that cause damage to farmers.
Tagged with: Wisconsin Association for Justice
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Ratcheting up legal news
Law Ratchet is an iPad app that “scours the Internet for the best legal news and intelligence.”
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Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Handling a billing write-down request
A dilemma arising with greater frequency in recent years is this: a client receives the lawyer’s bill, contends that it is too high, and refuses to pay it unless the invoice is written down.
Tagged with: billing Ed Poll fees Lawbiz Coaches Corner
Read More »Tips for staying ethical online
Lawyers must abide by ethical rules in all areas of their practice — including how they market themselves online.
Tagged with: Cannon & Dunphy Ethics Habush Habush & Rottier Social media
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