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- Saying Goodbye: Compensating Departing Law Firm Partners
- Most courts have held that financial disincentive provisions in law firm partnership agreements are invalid, because they restrict competition. A few courts have decided the other way. These provisions have been the subject of increasing litigation nationwide, but Wisconsin appellate courts have yet to weigh in.
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- The Future of the Economic Loss Doctrine in Wisconsin
- Recent court decisions seem to indicate that there is a concerted effort to rethink the economic loss doctrine. Is the Wisconsin Supreme Court ready to articulate an economic loss doctrine with a well-defined and logical reach?
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- Wisconsin's Construction Trust Fund Statute: Protecting Against Theft by Contractor
- Money paid by a property owner to a contractor on a construction project constitutes a trust fund until all legitimate claims for labor and materials are paid. Misappropriation of the funds is theft by contractor.
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Clients expect that attorneys will satisfy their legal needs. When attorneys also show understanding of the client's situation and deliver an unexpected service or courtesy, clients are well-pleased.	As recent events nationwide have shown, every lawyer must make the effort to educate the public about our judicial system and the value of lawyers, judges, and other participants in it.
Throughout his 13-year judicial career, Louis Butler has believed that being a judge involves much more than judging. Now that he's the Wisconsin Supreme Court's newest justice, he still thinks so.	Ethics Clarifying the Trust Account Rule Changes to SCR 20:1.15, the Trust Account Rule, clarify lawyers' obligations to distribute to third parties funds or property held in trust for a client.