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View from around the state: More leaders want to be smart on crime
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, is talking about "unreasonably long sentences" that "may actually make people more likely to return to crime."
FAMILY LAW: A handy decision for divorcees considering a move
If you tell the child’s other parent where you intend to move the child, permission to remove is specific to that location. The removing parent doesn’t have carte blanche to move wherever he or she chooses.
US Supreme Court’s missing man
When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something unheard of at the nation's highest court: BEV BUTULA: Get reliable medical research
Need to do some medical research and want to ensure that the websites you are searching contain reliable information?
Abraham Lincoln: An early champion of ADR
Our nation continues to be fascinated by Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” delivered 150 years ago. Lincoln’s most famous speech became known as the “words that remade America.”
To mediate, arbitrate or litigate; that is the question
I have always been an advocate of mediation and arbitration versus litigation, especially in the construction practice of law.
BENCH BLOG: Appeals court clarifies identity theft confusion
During a season when theft in all forms increases, the Court of Appeals delved into the nature of the intentionality underlying identity theft and thereby clarified the elements of the crime.
COMMENTARY: Traits shared by effective mediators
The first generation of lawsuit mediators experienced settlement negotiations from a unique perspective: not from the sides of the table, but at the center, where you see and hear much more, especially during confidential caucuses.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Firms, public expecting more from lawyers
Lawyers owe many duties to any number of people, but they’re increasingly being asked to do even more.
The dirty, little secret about grand jury proceedings
By the time Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch first addressed the St. Louis County grand jury in the case involving Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the jury had already sat weekly for nearly four months hearing more mundane cases.
BEV BUTULA: Tax research doesn’t have to be intimidating
I have to admit that, depending on the request, I can find tax research to be a bit intimidating.
TORT REPORT: Documenting accidents in premises liability cases
For commercial property owners or managers, properly documenting an accident can be critical to defending a premises liability case.
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- 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
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
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
