How attorneys should navigate the confusing world of social media
Along with the Internet, for most professionals social media is an aspect of the way we do business.
Attorneys are humans, too
It’s no secret that attorneys particularly struggle with work-life balance.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: The importance of job descriptions
Having a comprehensive job description for every position in the law office is essential for several reasons.
Letter to the editor: Project bonding offers protections
This is in response to a Jan. 14 column, by Joshua Levy and Bailey Steffes, called “Tools of the Trade: Avoiding subcontractor defaults.”
Circumcision just the tip of a legal battle, protests
An estranged Florida couple's court battle over whether to circumcise their son has become a rallying cry for those who denounce the procedure as barbaric: http://nbcnews.to/1E2R8ix
BENCH BLOG: High court muddies the waters
In a pair of decisions released on the same day, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided that manure and septage are pollutants at the point they contaminate wells.
Chief justice proposal seen as rip on Abrahamson
A measure for a proposed state constitutional amendment to change how the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s chief justice is selected is on its way to passing a second consecutive legislative session, in time to appear on the April 7 ballot.
BEV BUTULA: Tax season doesn’t have to be taxing
With tax season upon us, many legal researchers search for basic tax rates and schedules.
Judge’s affair makes it to US Supreme Court
A case involving former Wayne Circuit Court (Mich.) Judge Wade McCree over a lawsuit involving his alleged former mistress has made its way to the nation’s highest court: http://bit.ly/14Knlvz
Taylor man loses fake leg while running from police
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A 47-year-old man allegedly trying to outrun deputies through western Wisconsin surrendered when he lost his prosthetic leg: http://bit.ly/1INXlgm
Tools of the trade: Protecting against subcontractor defaults
The construction industry is experiencing a rise in business as a result of greater investment in facility improvements across the board, but the increase brings with it greater risk.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: The key to client satisfaction
Empowering staff is a strategic way to make clients happy.
Legal News
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property