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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.

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

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

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.

Tagged with: Construction Law Insurance

Bankruptcy is an ever-present feature of the business landscape.

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Code Construction Law

Looking for federal land conveyance records?

Tagged with: Bev Butula

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.

Tagged with: malpractice

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

The Zimmerman trial nicely illustrates how messy trials can be.

Tagged with: Blawg Log

The lights in the Milwaukee County Safety Building went out at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday.

Tagged with: Milwaukee County Courthouse

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.

Tagged with: Bev Butula

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.

Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court

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

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.

Tagged with: Blawg Log

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.

Tagged with: ABA American Bar Association Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner

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.

Tagged with: bail bondsmen budget Scott Walker

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.

Tagged with: billable hours billing

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

Law Ratchet is an iPad app that “scours the Internet for the best legal news and intelligence.”

Tagged with: Bev Butula

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

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

When employees get fed up at work, they increasingly turn to social media to air their gripes.

Tagged with: Davis & Kuelthau Job Cites NLRB Social media

Many of us track legislation on various topics. We use resources such as the Wisconsin Legislature Notification Service and Govtrack.

Tagged with: Bev Butula

At its meeting June 12 at the Marriott West in Madison, the State Bar’s Board of Governors took a number of breathtaking steps which you had to witness to fully understand.

Tagged with: Board of Governors First Amendment State Bar Steve Levine

Most lawyers in criminal practice have heard a defendant utter the expression “real lawyer.”

Tagged with: Anthony Cotton Kuchler & Cotton National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers On the Defensive

Clients can deal with legal questions on their schedules, from their homes or businesses. Attorneys save a lot of money in bypassing the bricks-and-mortar office, and they can pass the savings on to clients.

Tagged with: Michael Brennan

Do a quick Google search of “Karie Cattanach,” and it is all there.

Tagged with: Dan Blank editorial Karie Cattanach

A how-to guide has been published by the Federal Trade Commission to help businesses comply with rules requiring a written policy and procedures to prevent and respond to identity theft.

Tagged with: FTC Identity theft Quarles & Brady

Before 2008 the world of the law was a wonderful place.

Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner

So just how advisory are the “advisory” federal sentencing guidelines?

Tagged with: Blawg Log Ex post facto clause Hylton O'Hear