Commentary

Oct 6, 2015

View from around the state: Walker should not give any candidate an advantage

Just because former Gov. Tommy Thompson did it, doesn't mean Gov. Scott Walker should.

Sep 30, 2015

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: A rough industry guideline to expense tracking

Expenses in a law firm can be predicted with greater certainty than revenues, because in a professional practice setting, the expenses tend to be limited in kind and repetitive.

Sep 25, 2015

ON THE DEFENSIVE: The expanding Fourth Amendment

In recent years, some of the biggest cases before the United States Supreme Court have dealt with how Fourth Amendment protections should apply in modern circumstances.

Sep 24, 2015

Sheriff apologizes to lawyers asked to remove bras at jail

A sheriff apologized Thursday to a pair of female lawyers who were told they needed to take off their underwire bras at jail to avoid setting off the metal detector if they wanted to talk to their incarcerated clients.

Sep 22, 2015

ON ETHICS: Billable hours for watching ’48 Hours’?

With the onset of fall, the kids are back in school and football has begun.

Sep 10, 2015

BENCH BLOG: Defamation on Facebook

In this age of cyberspace incivility, do remarks on Facebook that impugn a person’s reputation and character constitute defamation?

Sep 4, 2015

BENCH BLOG: Dog bite case leads to unusual turn to emergency doctrine

In a case that saw a woman injured while trying to pull her dog from the jaws of a pit bull, a judge’s unrequested jury instruction concerning the emergency doctrine and unrequested restructuring of the verdict form's damages section led to a remand for a new trial.

Sep 2, 2015

Mequon lawyer arrested for assaulting golf course beer cart attendant

A Mequon lawyer is free on $10,000 bail after his arrest on potential charges of sexually assaulting a beer cart attendant during a golf outing: http://bit.ly/1Oa91hn

Sep 2, 2015

Closing Arguments: Should two justices have recused themselves in John Doe case?

In July, the Wisconsin Supreme Court handed down a 4-2 decision that brought to a halt a John Doe investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign, during the 2012 recall election, worked illegally with outside groups. Two of the justices who ruled with the majority — David Prosser and Michael Gableman — had previously been asked to recuse themselves.

Aug 31, 2015

Freshman year 2.0: Year 1 in the real world

The nightmare is finally over. You know the one: It's the first day of law-school exams, and you realize that not only have you have slept through your alarm, you have also forgotten to attend class — throughout the entire semester. You wake up as you burst into the exam room, where your classmates have just finished typing their final answers. You have failed. You'll never be an attorney.

Aug 28, 2015

ON THE DEFENSIVE: Citations shouldn’t be cash cow for municipalities

Americans are over-legislated, a fact that partly explains why we incarcerate more people than any other country on the planet.

Aug 27, 2015

View from around the state: Elections, ethics watchdog just trying to do its job

As we suspected, a state audit released last week found no major problems with Wisconsin's nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, which handles ethics complaints and supervises state elections.

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