Wisconsin Lawyer

Official publication of the
State Bar of Wisconsin
Vol. 70, No. 8
August 1997

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Features

Investing in Cases: Can You Profit from Contingency Fee Work?

Contingency fee work, across a set of cases, produces profits over what lawyers charge on a normal basis, but for most lawyers this is not a path to riches. Data collected for the Wisconsin Contingent Fee Practice Study provides systematic information on the contingency fee charged and earned in Wisconsin. More

Is Our Judiciary a Co-Equal Branch of Government?

Will the judiciary ever get past the need to remind the public and the other two branches of government that it, too, is a co-equal branch? Perhaps not. But a State Bar commission came up with ideas on how to better get across the message. More

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 contains a combination of incentives and penalties to encourage seniors to self-insure rather than divest assets. More

Columns

President's message
How can we complain if we're not involved?

Ethics
E-96-1, E-97-1, E-97-2 and E-97-3


Departments

Letters

News Briefs

Book reviews

Court of Appeals digest

Supreme Court orders

Supreme Court digest

Lawyer discipline

In the News

At Issue
Proposed 1997 LRB 3037 seeks to amend the statutes to specify the inventory of a decedent's estate list only property that is subject to administration by the register in probate and that the inventory filing fee is based only upon property listed in the inventory.

Board of Governors Actions
The following State Bar Board of Governors' actions were taken at the June 24 meeting in Milwaukee.

Recently Passed Legislation
Recently passed legislation is a feature of the At Issue column in response to your requests for more information on new laws.

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