No. 2006, December 2006

Index

• "Villain of the Year" Wisconsin Supreme Court justice speaks to lawyers.
• $6.5 million civil case decided in Grant County.
• $70M ethanol plant in Dover proposed.
• $70M ethanol plant in Dover proposed.
• 'Tis the budgeting season.
• 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holds Sarbanes-Oxley Act has no extraterritorial effect.
• 7th Circuit Court rules 'alternative' sentences must be appealed.
• 7th Circuit rules convictions under ordinance can't be included to determine criminal history score.
• Audit in Milwaukee County supports courts' staffing in.
• Both nationally and in Wisconsin, bankruptcy filings down from last year.
• Brevity key to effective brief writing.
• Capitol celebration honors WI Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson.
• China Practice: Advice to Wisconsin law firms establishing offices in China.
• CLE on Demand.
• Collaborative divorce process in Wisconsin adds coaches to team.
• Commentary: A look at fraud facts and figures.
• Commentary: Case was poor candidate for publication.
• Commentary: Expense report abuse: Much ado about nothing?
• Commentary: Fraud Prevention 101.
• Commentary: Frisch is wrong case to address.
• Commentary: If at first you don't succeed - appeal.
• Commentary: Insufficient FMLA notice leads to employee's termination.
• Commentary: Open letter to Wisconsin's appellate judges.
• Commentary: Title VII retaliation protections cover conduct that would not constitute discrimination.
• Commentary: U.S. Supreme Court accepts two anti-trust cases.
• Commentary: U.S. Supreme Court hears an important Title VII Case.
• Commentary: WI Supreme Court rules on equal placement.
• Communication is key to juvenile issues.
• Conference held on upcoming revisions concerning electronic discovery.
• CSI Effect: Can the popularity of a television show bring that influence into a trial?
• Dane County Courthouse closes its holding cells for not holding up.
• DNR's duty trumps agency's own rules.
• Doyle directs WisDOT to work on Zoo Interchange.
• Doyle unveils MBE initiative.
• Employee's complaint doesn't relate back to predecessor company.
• Fighting fraud with proactive prevention techniques.
• Final touches put on new ethics rules by WI Supreme Court.
• Financing your practice.
• Foley firms settle name dispute.
• Former chairman of the Republican Party of WI departs for Prague.
• Former resident of Berlin arrested for threatening to kill judge.
• Fresh Start programs are funded.
• Frivolous lawsuit bill moves forward in Wisconsin Legislature.
• Frivolous lawsuit rule is retroactive.
• Future City Competition is on at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Generations in the law.
• Illinois study unlikely to change WI Department of Justice's recommendations.
• Immigration law rife with unintended consequences.
• Indian Law in Wisconsin needs on the rise.
• Jury Tips: What not to do.
• Law firms seeing the benefits of digital dictation.
• Lawyers, legislators discuss highlights of Wisconsin Legislature's 2005-06 session.
• Local reaction to revision of Thompson Memo.
• Malicious injury claim advances.
• Marquette School of Law admissions increase.
• Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match.
• Military asked to play role in development.
• Milwaukee court limits applicability of enhancements for obstruction of justice cases.
• Milwaukee court rules alien permanent residents are citizens of both the state and native country.
• Milwaukee sees increase in violent crime.
• Murphy Oil USA Inc. ordered to pay $10M+.
• New bankruptcy rules test Wisconsin judges.
• Oshkosh-based C.R. Meyer becomes first VPP member of OSHA.
• Paul Davis sets out to restore America.
• Pocan appointed as Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge.
• Quarry Quest.
• Questions confront courts, litigants in Kontowicz v. American Standard Insurance Company of WI.
• Reducing clause conflicts with UIM coverage.
• Resort in Wisconsin benefits from statute of repose.
• Roundtable Discussion Part II: Panel of experts speak on family law.
• Roundtable discussion with panel from WI's two law schools.
• Seventh Circuit Court finds one day sentence unreasonable.
• Seventh Circuit Court finds search reasonable.
• Seventh Circuit finds appeal over the reasonableness of a guideline sentence to be frivolous.
• Seventh Circuit holds attorney was properly sanctioned.
• Seventh Circuit holds ruling to reverse attorney fees.
• Seventh Circuit rules a 'rebuttable presumption' is just that, 'rebuttable.
• Seventh Circuit rules indigency excuses payment of costs.
• Seventh Circuit rules on doctrine of claim preclusion.
• Seventh Circuit rules res ipsa loquitor inapplicable.
• Seventh Circuit rules tail can wag dog at sentencing.
• Seventh Circuit upholds illegal entry.
• Shanghai to Madison.
• Should (IOLA) be treated the same as any other business account?
• Should constitution define marriage in Wisconsin?
• State Bar honors 4 legislative leaders in Wisconsin.
• Structured settlement planners to create pro designation.
• Supreme Court limits Wisconsin's Good Samaritan immunity.
• The Wisconsin Constitution doesn't guarantee the right to carry firearms in a vehicle for protection.
• Three new chief judges share visions for districts in Wisconsin.
• Transit systems pool resources for ad campaign.
• U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari in two cases.
• Veteran lawyers, judges offer words of wisdom to Milwaukee law students.
• WI Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. reflects on time.
• WI COS 7th Circuit denies claim for $1.2M attorney fees as damages in a legal malpractice suit.
• WI COS holds attorney filing of no-merit brief is violation of rules of professional responsibility.
• WI Court of Appeals reforms remedies for UIM notice violation.
• WI Court of Appeals rules 'Partial no-merit briefs' not required.
• WI Court of Appeals rules 'Public' in sec. 100.18 includes prior customers.
• WI Court of Appeals rules amounts actually paid inadmissible evidence.