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ON THE DEFENSIVE: Real lawyers doing real work
Most lawyers in criminal practice have heard a defendant utter the expression “real lawyer.”
LEGAL CENTS: Virtual law becoming a legal reality
Clients can deal with legal questions on their schedules, from their homes or businesses. Attorneys save a lot of money in bypassing the bricks-and-mortar office, and they can pass the savings on to clients.
Editorial: Protect the protectors
Do a quick Google search of “Karie Cattanach,” and it is all there.
How-to guide explains identity theft policies for businesses
A how-to guide has been published by the Federal Trade Commission to help businesses comply with rules requiring a written policy and procedures to prevent and respond to identity theft.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: We’ve learned our lessons – haven’t we?
Before 2008 the world of the law was a wonderful place.
BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on guidelines amendments trigger Ex Post Facto protections
So just how advisory are the “advisory” federal sentencing guidelines?
Future-proof your firm
The future of private practice has been the subject of much speculation for the last several years. While some partners behave as if things will go back to business as usual, most of those who are paying attention believe we are headed to a “new normal” in our future.
How to alienate a jury (without even trying)
Winning a jury trial requires effective presentation of the evidence and argument. But let’s face it: You’re a lot more likely to win if the jurors like and trust you.
BEV BUTULA: Ravel – A new view on legal research
There are several options when conducting legal research.
The perils of mid-litigation mediation settlements
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to reverse a significant class action this March in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
BLAWG LOG: Hylton on Superman and the Rule of Law; O’Hear on habeas roundup
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Whatever your focus, specialize in value
There are those who believe that no matter the field, one can succeed only through specialization.
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- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
