A Wisconsin Supreme Court majority has ruled that appellate courts are under no obligation to explain their reasoning for discretionary denials petitions for interlocutory appeal.

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At its next meeting, the Wisconsin Judicial Council plans to discuss whether recent changes to the state’s rules of civil procedure warrant any modifications of separate rules concerning inadvertent disclosures of privileged information during discovery proceedings.

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Gov. Scott Walker was expected on Tuesday to sign legislation making a long list of changes to the state’s civil litigation rules.

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Following the introduction of an amendment that would scale back proposed changes to discovery procedures, a bill that would overhaul various parts of the state’s civil-litigation rules is now scheduled to go before a Senate committee on Wednesday.

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Two Republican lawmakers who are personal-injury lawyers are proposing an amendment that would scale back a so-called tort-reform bill.

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Beyond being subject to less liability for injuries on construction projects, contractors could see a decrease in their legal expenses should lawmakers adopt a proposal that went before a legislative panel on Thursday.

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Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would shorten the statute of limitations for bringing civil lawsuits.

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Trials in Florida were never boring, but there weren’t that many surprises, either.

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Debate is heating up over proposed changes to federal civil procedures rules governing discovery as lawmakers, plaintiff-side attorneys and consumer advocates warn that the amendments could limit some litigants’ access to the courts.

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12-2273 Appleton Papers Inc. v. EPA

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2011AP1825-CR State v. Shannon

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2011AP518-CR State v. Xiong

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2011AP2410-CR State v. Richardson

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A client may tremble with fear or fume with annoyance when asked to produce electronic data but it’s up to the legal support team to talk the client down from the ledge.

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2011AP699-CR State v. Lock

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2011AP2356 Andersen v. Monco Law Offices

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2011AP1550-CR State v. Lesueur

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2011AP2864-CRAC State v. Johnson

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Discovery disputes typically come to the forefront of most bad faith litigation.

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10-3849 Brown v. Columbia Sussex Corp.

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2010AP3019-CR State v. Hammer

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Here’s a word of caution for lawyers who use Twitter professionally: If you part ways with your firm, your ex-employer may get custody of your Tweets.

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10-C-0951 Metso Minerals Industries, Inc., v. Johnson Crushers International, Inc.

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Civil Procedure Discovery; sanctions

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Civil Procedure Discovery

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Criminal Procedure Right to counsel; discovery; ineffective assistance; venue; new trials

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Motor Vehicles OWI; discovery

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Criminal Procedure Discovery; speedy trial

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Civil Procedure Discovery; foreign courts Where a party made no showing that an application for discovery for use in a foreign proceeding was abusive, the application was improperly denied. “The importance of American-style discovery to Heraeus’s ability to prove misappropriation ...

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Criminal Procedure Discovery; in camera inspections Saterus Glass appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on his no contest plea to two counts of being a party to the crime of burglary and from a judgment of conviction of first-degree ...

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