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Closing Arguments

Jun 22, 2018

CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Was court right to close rules conferences?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted in June 2017 to begin conducting deliberations on the state court system’s formal rules behind closed doors.

Apr 3, 2018

Closing Arguments: Questions remain over state’s Keller dues policies

In a state with a mandatory bar, it’s perhaps inevitable that the dues lawyers must pay to practice law should become a subject of debate from time to time. Wisconsin has been no stranger to these controversies. In recent years, the state has seen a small group of lawyers regularly raise objections over what are […]

Feb 23, 2018

Closing Arguments: Taking sides on tort reform

Shortly after Gov. Scott Walker took office in 2011, he and his fellow Republicans in the state Legislature passed sweeping legislation touching on many corners of the state’s tort laws. Since then, scarcely a year has gone by without Republican lawmakers putting forward at least one piece of major tort-reform legislation. The latest proposals come […]

Mar 10, 2016

Closing Arguments: Is Wisconsin’s collateral-source rule worth preserving?

Wisconsin lawmakers this year are once again gave serious consideration to eliminating the state’s collateral-source rule, a doctrine that has been around in Wisconsin for nearly a century and whose roots extend into common law.

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