THE DARK SIDE: Medicaid case fails test for jury
Last month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the state is entitled to a jury trial when suing a private actor for Medicaid fraud under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (State v. Abbott Laboratories, 2012 WI 62).
THE DARK SIDE: On dogs and baseball
The skills that make a person a great attorney are not so limited as they are in baseball.
THE DARK SIDE: Everything about practicing law I learned from Ecclesiastes
Practicing law well is a lot like living a well-lived life.
THE DARK SIDE: Lack of judicial temperament is like obscenity
The other day, some of us were discussing “judicial temperament,” or more specifically, we were swapping war stories about the lack of it.
THE DARK SIDE: I love ‘not guilty’ verdicts
I recently spent a little downtime scouring Article I of the U.S. Constitution. What I was looking for was the provision saying that Congress has authority to hold investigations into steroid use by baseball players.
THE DARK SIDE: Where have all the burglars gone?
As a matter of policy, I generally avoid modern literature.
THE DARK SIDE: Citation to unpublished opinions is like crying Wolff
I recently received a very nice letter from Chief Justice Abrahamson, thanking me for my service on the Supreme Court’s committee to study citation to unpublished opinions.
THE DARK SIDE: On ‘filled milk’ and the Beatles
A conversation occurs whenever an argument breaks out over U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938), which deals with unconscionably upholding the criminalization of shipping filled milk across a state line.
THE DARK SIDE: Don’t let your clients sign land contracts
It is safe to say there is very little about which an old-school conservative like me and an advocate for majoritarian tyranny, such as Roscoe Pound, could agree.
THE DARK SIDE: Appeal to what is best in jurors
Many years ago, a former Alabama congressman told me the following story:
THE DARK SIDE: Hold the broccoli, Congress
Unless it’s served with lots of beef and slathered with Hunan sauce, I don’t much care for broccoli.
THE DARK SIDE: Reality matters, not perception
From time to time, I hear people say something like, “It’s not only important the judicial system be fair; it is important the judicial system be perceived as fair.”
Legal News
- President Trump calls out Democrat ‘liars’ and ‘fake news media’
- Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
- Evers orders taxpayer funded oral contraception to be free for Badgercare members
- COMMENTARY: State Bar Board displays ‘irresponsibility, buffoonery and ineptitude’
- Schuster wins top honors from Wisconsin Newspaper Association
- Trump GA case advances as former President faces other legal challenges
- Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
- A judge tosses claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed 3 people in five years
- Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity
- Steven Avery’s attorney Zellner files ‘bombshell’ Manitowoc motion
- Evers taps Marcus Hawkins to Public Service Commission
- School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders
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