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Aug 30, 2016

Information security: It’s a scary world out there

Almost nothing is safe from hackers looking to infiltrate and compromise our systems.

Aug 29, 2016

State ethics panel gets first big vote wrong

The state Ethics Commission didn’t take long to disappoint — or to show that most of its members are driven by politics more than fairness. The commission, in its first high-profile vote last week, sided with more money in politics. In fact, the commissioners are going to be providing those dollars out of their own […]

Aug 24, 2016

BENCH BLOG: Court trims damage awards in small-claims case

Issues concerning damages were front and center in a small-claims case that was successfully appealed.

Aug 23, 2016

EDITORIAL: The real lesson of ‘Making a Murderer’

Pity poor defense attorneys. Not only do they tend to work long hours for less pay than many of their colleagues. Their job also can often be worse than thankless.

Aug 18, 2016

Judge is removed from bench for allegedly letting a lawyer wear her robe and rule in some cases

A suburban Chicago judge was removed from the bench on Wednesday after allegations surfaced that she let a lawyer wear her robe and rule in at least two of her cases.

Aug 18, 2016

View from around the state: Step up efforts to block synthetic opioid sales

Death at $40 a gram and it's available on the Internet with a few keystrokes and a credit card. Legally.

Aug 16, 2016

Lawyer seeks $30 million over courthouse fight

A lawyer pummeled by a district attorney’s investigator filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking more than $30 million from Orange County, Calif: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/alley-725884-crawford-lawyer.html

Aug 15, 2016

Federal law and Trump’s ‘Mexican judge’ comments

In an election year of equal opportunity hyperbole, presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments in late May and early June about U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel — suggesting that his “Mexican” heritage creates an “absolute conflict” precluding him from presiding over the Trump University class action suit — were certain to ignite strong feelings, fears and days of seeming[...]

Aug 10, 2016

BENCH BLOG: Case answers the call re: text message authentication

The Court of Appeals recently tackled the timely issue of what constitutes evidentiary authentication of cell phone text messages.

Aug 9, 2016

Announcing new Lunch and Learn series

Thank you for supporting the Wisconsin Law Journal. As a thank you for your support, I would like you to join me as my guest (complimentary admission) to our new August 23rd WLJ Lunch & Learn series (normally $39) to enjoy a boxed lunch and learn more about topics that we believe are very valuable […]

Aug 8, 2016

Law and Disorder: Judge Kozinski Won’t Read Your ‘Fat’ Or ‘Chubby’ Brief

Judge Kozinski Won’t Read Your ‘Fat’ Or ‘Chubby’ Brief

Aug 3, 2016

CRITIC’S CORNER: All ‘Riled’ Up: SCOW flops on ethics rule 1.9

In two previous columns I’ve discussed my rule 1.9 petition (written with my fellow attorney Terry Rose and supported by the attorneys Rob and Ellen Henak), in which I asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to amend ethics rule 1.9.

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