Commentary

Feb 12, 2015

LEGAL LOOP: Are lawyer blogs ads?

When blogging started to become commonplace a decade ago, it wasn’t something many lawyers concerned themselves with. Eventually, lawyers began to blog and many began to wonder whether blogs constituted lawyer advertising and thus required disclaimers.

Feb 10, 2015

BENCH BLOG: High court correct in substitution ruling

In a rare unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court acted to protect a criminal defendant’s statutory right to peremptory substitution of judge.

Feb 9, 2015

Legal Writing Notebook: One or two spaces after a period?

Few subjects arouse such irritation (on all sides) as the enduring question of how many spaces to put after a period at the end of a sentence. Some say two. Some say one.

Feb 6, 2015

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Team play wins the game

With the highlights of Super Bowl XLIX still firmly in our minds, it is a good time to think about the importance of teamwork and how teamwork leads to the success of any team, whether on the field or in a business office.

Feb 5, 2015

BEV BUTULA: New search engine PubAg beefs up agricultural research

The National Agricultural Library recently released a new search engine called PubAg.

Feb 4, 2015

ON ETHICS: Snitches get stitches, except in Wisconsin

While I imagine there are few things more difficult for a lawyer than having to report a client to the court because of misconduct, members of the Wisconsin bar are obliged to do so.

Feb 3, 2015

( Not ) the whole truth: What to do when your client wants to lie

Perjury is the classic, and extreme, problem in ethical witness preparation.

Feb 2, 2015

ON THE DEFENSIVE: Civil forfeiture lucrative but open to abuse

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced the immediate termination of “equitable sharing,” a civil-asset forfeiture program run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jan 30, 2015

Court: No religious exception to providing Social Security number

Even if you believe a Social Security number is connected to an evil, demonic being, a federal appeals court has again ruled that you still have to provide it to an employer to get hired: http://bit.ly/1KePw40

Jan 30, 2015

BENCH BLOG: Decision should guide cases involving Internet advertising

Internet advertising is commonplace. But what happens when the sale of advertised goods goes awry and an out-of-state advertiser is sued in Wisconsin?

Jan 29, 2015

View from around the state: Politics, money hurt state’s high court

The problem with the Wisconsin Supreme Court isn't the age of some members. Nor is it the process for picking a chief justice.

Jan 28, 2015

Tech Toolkit: Identity theft can hit businesses, too — here’s how to protect your firm

When most people think of identity theft, they tend to imagine a hacker using stolen credit card information to buy high-ticket items, or using Social Security numbers to open fraudulent accounts.

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