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When it comes to association memberships, the first thing lawyers do is join the right organizations — those in which clients, referral sources and prospective clients hang out — and be active in them.

The FOIA Project is a website that collects documents related to Freedom of Information Act cases filed against government defendants from October 2009 forward.

In the United States, American Rule requires that people pay for their own attorney’s fees regardless of the outcome of a lawsuit.

The days of requiring a large onsite server room to store mass quantities of data may be coming to an end, but with the new array of offsite options come potential ethical concerns.

Google has thrown a party with its much-hyped social networking platform Google+ but it appears no one in Wisconsin’s legal community is showing up.

The American Bar Association in February will be asked to endorse a proposed uniform law aiming at new standards for state government websites that host legal materials.

The first results from the Marquette Law School Poll, the largest political polling project in Wisconsin history, were released Wednesday morning, providing a fresh and provocative view of public opinion across the state.

Back in the day, a bumper sticker on many a van read: “A**, gas or grass, nobody rides for free.”

Bloomberg, a financial news corporation, offers four mobile apps to access their products. The company offers a separate app for Bloomberg, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg TV, and Bloomberg Businessweek.

Logic doesn’t often prevail in the politics versus social services debate.

Many urban governments in Oregon have adopted housing codes to regulate substandard housing.

Wisconsin law governing fraudulent misrepresentations can fairly be described as charitable. It’s too bad the law doesn’t apply to so-called charities, which are some of the worst fraudsters operating in this state.

After he retired in 2010, John Paul Stevens published "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir."

If you’ve made a resolution to focus on business development in the coming year, you may be asking: “Where do I start?”

Earlier this month, Google announced that it is adding an “Elections” section to their News homepage. It is located on the left hand side of the main Google news page and selecting it will narrow your news stories to just those dealing with the election.

The cost of malpractice insurance is an issue for every lawyer.

Much has been made of Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s outward expressions of his Christian faith, especially his practice of kneeling in moments of prayer—“Tebowing” as it is now called—after touchdowns, some of them admittedly a bit miraculous.

According to a New York Times article written by Tara Parker Pope, about 100 million Americans, nearly half of all adults, are unmarried.

Large, international law firms like Howrey and Heller Erhman that went under in the Great Recession became the targets of personnel raids before their demise.

“The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde is not just one of the most extraordinary novels ever written, but an allegory of the history of the U.S. Constitution.

The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau just released The Wisconsin Scorecard.

Wisconsin Statute 807.01 provides the framework for offers of judgment and offers of settlement in civil litigation. Both offers have unique benefits for the party using them.

A recent Wisconsin Law Journal article questioned the necessity of the Wisconsin Supreme Court rule allowing citation of certain unpublished cases.

For the second time in the last few years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering what a trial judge should do when he/she has a close family member in the pool of potential jurors.

Do you remember where you were when you heard the news of the United States Supreme Court's opinion in U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)?

I remember watching the 1960 World Series on television, but the first year that I really followed major league baseball was 1961, the year of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle’s historic assault on Babe Ruth’s single season home run record.

In light of the recent story about the ABA’s proposal regarding firm ownership, it is both timely and prudent to examine the question of whether non-lawyers may be better suited to run law firms.

There are a variety of resources available when looking for Presidential documents.

Just when you thought it was safe, more disappointing news came out this month about our state Supreme Court.

Now that, after an 11-year hiatus, I've returned to being a full-time courthouse rat, people ask me what's the biggest difference.