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Expert witness rule changes significant
Starting Dec. 1, there was a significant change to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for expert witness reports.
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Read More »DiMotto on business records; Berman on federal sentencing
What it takes to be a national law firm
In 1960, fewer than 40 law firms in this country had 50 or more lawyers. In the latest listing of the 250 largest U.S. firms, even after two years of declines in total employment, number 250 on the list still employed 160 attorneys. Many of these firms began practice in a single city or small region before their growth took them to a national level. Often such law firms followed their corporate clients, which for decades have lived by the philosophy that bigger was better.
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Read More »Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide
If you are interested in or researching Maritime law, a nice website is the Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide.
Read More »Nobel Prizes usually ignoble event
O’Donnell partial facade collapse moving into legal phase
Let the long-anticipated O’Donnell Park legal battle begin.
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Read More »Holiday parties can be frugal and festive
Sure, times are tough, and there might not be excess cash for a holiday party. But there's no need to be a Scrooge.
Read More »Federal Evidence Review on declarations against interest; Volokh on U.S. v. Szymuszkiewicz
Good briefs critical to successful appeal
Most disputes resolve without litigation. Of the few that make it to court, most settle before trial. Of those few that reach judgment, only a small number are appealed. For many attorneys, then, preparing an appellate brief is a rare, if not alien, event.
Read More »No merit doesn’t mean no problem
The no-merit report procedure laid out in WIS. STAT. (RULE) 809.32 applies only to appointed counsel on direct appeal. The process can be confusing, but when to start it should not be.
Read More »Bauer on risk factors; Goodwin on confirmation in foreclosures
Utah State Climate Center
One place I stop when looking for current and historical climate data is the Utah State Climate Center. This website contains an extensive amount of data. Some options for the researcher include building climate data sets, viewing radar loops, and dynamic climate reports.
Read More »They don’t know what ‘frivolous’ is
This week, The Dark Side is going to do something it has never done before - write something that everyone, even progressives, will agree with - with one small caveat: I don't expect the judges on the 7th Circuit to agree.
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Read More »Arizona-like immigration law would be wrong for Wisconsin
Rep. Don Pridemore of Hartford recently announced he plans to introduce an "Arizona-like" immigration bill in the Wisconsin Legislature when the new session begins this January. To put it bluntly, this legislation is wasteful, unconstitutional and has the potential for unintended racist consequences.
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Read More »Cicchini on SPD rates,Federal Evidence Review on foreign language recordings
How to get ahead of the new legal trends
Trends exist for nearly every profession. Capitalizing on those trends requires differentiation from competitors - regardless of whether trends indicate market movement up, down or sideways. Every market shift drives the need for continuous honing of how your firm is different and more valuable than competitors.
Read More »Bauer on boot camps; Shucha on CCAP
Supreme Court takes on a unique divorce
Periodically in this column, I have suggested that the Wisconsin Supreme Court accept review on a family law case decided by the Court of Appeals.
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Read More »Van Wagner on hunting; Federal Evidence Review on spoliation
On cheesecakes and Constitutions
Thanksgiving is this week, which means I'm being heavily badgered by folks who want me to make them pumpkin cheesecakes for the holiday, or at least give them my recipe.
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Read More »Government Attic
If you aren't familiar with Government Attic, it is a newly re-designed website that "provides electronic copies of hundreds of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."
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Read More »Schober on property condition reports; O’Hear on the federal murder statute
Benefits of good health outweigh costs
Attorney Tony O'Malley didn't quite know what to think his wife, Sandie, gave him a gift certificate for massage therapy, meditation and yoga classes a couple of years ago. He put it away after the holidays and nearly forgot about it - he was way too busy practicing law to actually think about his own mental and physical health, after all.
Read More »Pettit on inspecting rental property; Cicchini on reasonable doubt
Racial preference a challenging issue
One of the basic tenets of employment law - or at least one of the points most often raised by counsel when defending against charges of discrimination - is that employers are given great latitude when making business decisions.
Read More »Bauer on juvenile sex offenders; DiMotto on excited utterances
Vegan meals just aren’t kosher
I recently read about an Orthodox Jew in prison in Indiana who successfully sued the Indiana Department of Corrections for violating his First Amendment by giving him vegan meals instead of kosher meals.
Read More »British and Irish Legal Information Institute
The British and Irish Legal Information Institute "provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet."
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