Walker releases names of potential Prosser replacements (UPDATE)
More than half of the applicants vying to replace retiring Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser already owe their jobs to Gov. Scott Walker — and now he could tap one of them for the state's highest court.
Juries factor down economy into verdicts
Attorneys better pick a powerful target if they want juries to hand out large verdicts in a down economy.
Attorneys debate economists’ worth
The pressure is on forensic economists to prove their worth in a tight market. While some attorneys, particularly for plaintiffs, say hiring a forensic economist to evaluate cases is worth charges of upwards of $300 an hour, others prefer to crunch the numbers on their own. Paul Scoptur, a personal injury lawyer with Milwaukee-based Aiken […]
Consultants can be well worth the money
You don’t want to find out what 12 people think about your case on the first day of trial. You want to think about it a long time before then.
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