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Justices to consider error methodology
Few rulings on appeal are as frustrating for a defense attorney as one that holds the defense is correct on the merits, but that the error was harmless.
EDITORIAL: Sleepwalking through CLE
The credibility of Wisconsin’s required legal education is fading slowly to the soundtrack of rumbling snores and rustling newspapers.
Contract lawyers see opportunities, limits in same-sex cases
Dissolving same-sex relationships offer business and transactional attorneys a relatively untapped, unexpected market.
At the class certification stage, a harder look at experts
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for large groups of plaintiffs to prove that they should proceed in a class action, courts have been taking a harder look at a key type of evidence plaintiffs use to make that case: expert witness testimony.
Democrats use Gableman case to propose series of ethics reforms
Assembly Democrats are proposing a series of reforms that would make the state Legislature subject to the open meetings law and force members of the Supreme Court to step down from cases involving law firms they've received donations from.
Sen. Democrats urge Chief Justice to release Supreme Court ethics rules
Several Democratic members of the Senate sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts this week urging him to release the Supreme Court’s ethics rules and confirm the court’s justices follow the same ethics code that binds other federal judges.
Bill to mandate cameras in US Supreme Court advances
The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would require U.S. Supreme Court proceedings to be televised.
BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Are appellate reconsideration motions worth it?
Weighing the decision to appeal an adverse decision from the Court of Appeals is a lot like any decision these days involving money: Is it really worth it?
Court denies request by man who shot cops
A state court denied an appeal Tuesday from a man convicted of shooting and injuring two Milwaukee police officers in 2009.
Milwaukee lawyer reprimanded by state’s Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Milwaukee solo practitioner Michael Hicks for failing to adequately represent three clients appointed by the State Public Defender during 2007-08.
High court suspends Jackson lawyer’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday suspended the law license of Jackson attorney Arik Guenther for 90 days.
State’s high court suspends attorneys’ licenses
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued two disciplinary orders.
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