The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the demographics of those seeking to practice law changed, the requirements for becoming a full-fledged lawyer got more difficult. For decades, most students automatically became lawyers upon graduation from law school. Today only one state (Wisconsin) allows graduates to practice law without taking a bar exam.

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Above The Law

MAY 25, 2023

The post It Takes A Skilled Lawyer To Negotiate From Community Service Up To Jail Time appeared first on Above the Law. Talk about No Church For The Wild.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2023

A Season 3 storyline from “Succession,” featuring an outside counsel's ham-handed missteps, provides ethics lessons for white collar defense lawyers, especially in light of the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent corporate enforcement policy shifts, says Megan McDermott at the University of Wisconsin.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

You know, the sort of medical tragedy that definitely needs more lawyers, judges, and briefing. Slate ] * Wisconsin's radical anti-union law could soon meet its match. [ Reuters ] * While Joshua Wright files more ill-advised lawsuits , the judge tossed his first $108M suit until he can allege some actually defamatory statements.

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LegalReader

MARCH 2, 2022

If they do not reconsider their initial decision, your lawyer will start preparing a lawsuit accusing the company of unfair practices. .

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Ginni Thomas Emailed Wisconsin Lawmakers Urging Them To Ignore The Results Of The 2020 Election: On top of all the other shenanigans she pulled. Pay For A Law Degree, Don't Become A Lawyer: Something doesn't add up here. New Discrimination Lawsuit At UMich Law: The complaint is an awful lot.

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Above The Law

JULY 22, 2022

Hit Me With Your Best Shot : Defendant punches lawyer. Toxic : Wisconsin forever chemicals. It's a weird list of schools. Life Is A Highway : Slaughter & May partner must take safety course after killing pedestrian. He's In The Jailhouse Now : Maybe not yet but Steve Bannon's been convicted. That sounds scary.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If a person has a substantial estate or owns a business, not having a trust could cause delayed support and create negative tax consequences.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Wisconsin law allows children as young as 10 years old to be charged as adults for certain violent crimes. The 10-year-old boy is currently being tried as an adult for first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his mother.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 10, 2023

the lawsuit alleges that the lawyer was quite diligent about filing motions for fees. [ Reuters ] * A Wisconsin police department refuses to divulge the name of officers who shoot people citing victim's rights laws and arguing that if they shot someone they must have felt threatened and therefore are the real victims.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Investigators concluded that Pete Hill’s patterns of sexual harassment were “well-known” on campus, and that he had sexually harassed and assaulted both students and employees over the course of his employment.

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LegalReader

JUNE 6, 2022

Filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a big decision. You are committing to a bankruptcy repayment plan that could last for up to five years.

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ABA Journal

JULY 29, 2021

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a request for a hearing in a new-trial bid by Steven Avery, whose case was portrayed in…

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 16, 2021

While legal professionals have been slower to embrace this technology, AI for lawyers is a growing field. Here are five legal fields where AI can bring considerable benefits to lawyers and their clients. AI in sentencing is an area of contention for many, but criminal lawyers can use AI in other, less controversial areas.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When they threatened to report this individual, all of these female workers were summarily fired.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Last week, a young man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, struck a deal in court acknowledging both his youth and his mistakes related to three local misdemeanor hit-and-run cases he was accused of at 17 and 18 years old, pleading guilty to one in exchange for a lighter probationary sentence, Bryan Polcyn reports for FOX6 Milwaukee.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 14, 2020

ONE: If the real world is taking its toll, voting rights lawyer turned novelist Steven Wright has an escape route. He and Rawles talk about his journey to creative writing, teaching his University of Wisconsin Law School classes remotely, and his plans for a TV series based on his book.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association. Lathrop involved a similar freedom association challenge concerning mandatory Bar membership in the state of Wisconsin while Keller dealt with free speech. Donohue and Keller v.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Trellis has now added coverage for courts in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The company was launched in 2018 by Nicole Clark , a lawyer who initially began collecting data on judges for her own use while a litigation associate in Los Angeles. Last year, it raised $14.1

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The Paralegal Society

AUGUST 1, 2017

By: Jamie Collins I’m sure you’ve seen that tech CEO from Wisconsin in the news proclaiming his proud plans to … Continue reading →

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LawSites

MAY 3, 2022

Paladin’s platform is used by law firms, legal departments and other legal entities to enable their lawyers to find and sign up for pro bono opportunities and to track their pro bono work. It is also used by legal services organizations to publicize pro bono opportunities and recruit lawyers to fill them.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Milwaukee jail, which had few cells set aside for women in need, has been under court supervision since 2001 due to repeated findings of inadequate healthcare; the sheriff’s office did not reply to five interview requests and a lawyer representing the county declined comment.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Other honorees will be Hawai’i Supreme Court Justice Sabrina McKenna and Wisconsin U.S. On February 20, the American Bar Association’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity will honor Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins with one of its three Stonewall Awards. Senator Tammy Baldwin.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The pandemic has raised a number of ethical issues for lawyers and resulted in the issuance of several ethics opinions addressing those issues. In addition, lawyers working remotely must consider the security and confidentiality of their procedures and systems. New York County Lawyers Association Formal Opinion 754-2020 (Aug.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2021

District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Epic Systems won an award of $140 million in compensatory damages in a trade-secrets dispute with Tata Consulting Services. Applying a Wisconsin law that limits punitive damages to twice the amount of compensatory damages, the district court capped Epic’s award at $280 million.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

During the homicide trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, lawyers repeatedly turn to the facts surrounding the semiautomatic rifle that he used to kill two men and wound a third during the community unrest in Kenosha, WI last summer. . Wisconsin Gun Laws. He has pleaded not guilty. On the day of Aug.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2021

This year’s group of honorees is composed of a diverse array of lawyers, legal technologists, law librarians, judges, legal researchers, innovators, and people who are committed to reforming and automating the law. Al Hounsell , Senior Innovation Lawyer, Norton Rose Fulbright. Brad Stern , County Attorney, Washington County, Wisconsin.

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LawSites

APRIL 14, 2022

If the client qualifies for pro bono assistance, the LinGo team will match the person with a pro bono lawyer through Paladin to facilitate the work directly. These include: Succession to Service in Colorado, connecting volunteer lawyers to their communities through local legal services organizations to help residents obtain legal help.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2021

As in-person proceedings begin to resume, lawyers are reflecting on the long-term viability of virtual proceedings. Victor Plantinga , a criminal defense attorney who primarily litigates in the federal courts in Wisconsin and Illinois, said remote proceedings have saved money and time. Pandemic, Pile-up and Virtual Proceedings .

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 16, 2021

Now, more than ever, clients involved in litigation need lawyers to monitor expenditures while still getting top-notch legal support services. Marketplaces are that tool that law firms can take advantage of, ensuring clients that their lawyer has their best interest at the forefront. Karen Renee is the CEO of eCourt Reporters, Inc.,

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Lawyers and business professionals who wish to volunteer their services will be able to filter opportunities across organizations by practice area, communities served, type of engagement, and whether the work is in person or remote, Paladin says.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Lawyers and business professionals who wish to volunteer their services will be able to filter opportunities across organizations by practice area, communities served, type of engagement, and whether the work is in person or remote, Paladin says.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Nearly a year ago, Darrell Brooks drove his red Ford Escape SUV into the Waukesha, Wisconsin holiday parade, killing six people and injuring 61 others. The underpinning of his argument on appeal will surely be “ineffective assistance of counsel”—he had a bad lawyer (himself). J udge Jennifer Dorow faces off against Darrell Brooks.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Catherine Tang (@attorneycat) is a business and trademark lawyer licensed in California and Wisconsin. He is also a sought-after trainer and presenter for lawyers who seek to integrate Macs and iPads into their practice. Related reading: “ Lawyer Tech Tips: Collaboration Tools.”).

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2022

If that wasn’t disturbing enough, a retired Wisconsin judge was recently gunned down outside his home. When I examined the issue of personal safety for lawyers a few years ago, statistics showed that violence against lawyers and other legal professionals was on the rise. Understanding Lawyers’ Personal Safety Risk .

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

So, we assign advocates to present the case: one lawyer for the state; one for the accused. Both lawyers present the strongest case for their side, and both attempt to undermine the case presented for the other side. Doyle is a Boston defense lawyer and author, and a regular columnist for The Crime Report.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

West’s lawyer Nicholas Gowen conceded that Buhle not being allowed to strip-search West would differentiate him from his cisgender colleagues. Gowen also pointed out that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ own rules prohibits cross-sex strip-searches.

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