Features

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  • Avoiding the Accidental Franchise
  • Whenever drafting licensing and dealer arrangements, cautious practitioners should consider whether the Wisconsin Franchise Investment and Fair Dealership laws apply. Both laws offer a potential trap for the unwary - the creation of an accidental franchise, with resulting severe penalties and restrictions.
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  • Removing Life Insurance from Taxable Estates
  • LLCs are becoming more popular as an alternative to the irrevocable life insurance trust as a way to remove life insurance from a taxable estate. Learn how LLCs can benefit your clients.
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  • The Wisconsin Court of Appeals: The More Things Change...Reflecting on 25 Years
  • The introduction of an intermediate appellate court in 1978 dramatically restructured Wisconsin's court system. Read how in this article that commemorates the Wisconsin Court of Appeals' 25th anniversary in 2003.
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  • Chief Justice John B. Winslow: Stretching the Procrustean Bed
  • Winslow pleaded with judges and the public for constructive conservatism, arguing that laws should be reformed through the legislative process and not through court decisions. To do otherwise would stretch the unchanged constitution on a Procrustean bedto fit the desired reform.
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  • From the Archives
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court allows the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (BAPR) to publish for educational purposes in an official State Bar publication a summary of facts and professional conduct rule violations in matters in which BAPR has
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  • Lawyer Discipline - Private Reprimand Summaries
  • imposed private reprimands. The summaries do not disclose information identifying the reprimanded atttorneys.

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