Changes could be coming to state class actions
A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal that would have the state’s class-action procedures revised to mirror federal rules.
High court votes to repeal dead man’s statute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to repeal an antiquated witness competency statute that has plagued some practitioners.
Cleaning up the rules of evidence
When the Milwaukee attorney Tom Shriner was studying for the Wisconsin bar exam, he discovered a discrepancy between the state's statutory language governing when past criminal convictions can be introduced to impeach a witness and actual courtroom practice.
Proposal to lay dead man’s statute to rest
Wisconsin’s Judicial Council is asking the Supreme Court to put the final nail in the coffin of the state’s dead man’s statute.
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