-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
An Overview: Older Clients & Elder Abuse
- This overview kicks off a series of articles that focus on how lawyers can help older clients avoid or end elder abuse. Learn how to recognize potential abuse and develop a holistic understanding of the legal needs and perspective of older clients.
-
-
Screening for Elder Fraud and Abuse
- A lawyer's powers of observation and note-taking, record-keeping, and organizational skills can go far to identify and help older clients who are vulnerable to abuse. Learn appropriate techniques to screen older clients for fraud and abuse.
-
-
Social Media, the First Amendment, and Government Actors
- The electronic device used to access social media might not physically resemble a city park or an auditorium, but if you're a government official, your social media site may be a public forum. Learn the First Amendment implications of social media use.
-
-
Removal to Federal Court by Home-State Defendants
- Two U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal recently upheld a literal interpretation of the federal removal statute, allowing home-state defendants to remove cases from state to federal court because they did so before they were served.
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
-
What's Hot, What's Not: Wisconsin Practice Trends 2020
- Wisconsin lawyers talk about how the economy is affecting their practices and how they're meeting those challenges, whether by taking on new roles or practice areas, streamlining practice management procedures, or better communicating their value to clients.
-
-
-
Misunderstanding POAs: Advocating for Client's Statutory Autonomy
- Health-care and financial powers of attorney protect the people for whom they are created, not deprive them of autonomy and decision-making authority. Learn how to help older clients by crafting and using POA documents appropriately. These articles on POAs continue the series on protecting older clients.
-
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
Crisis Communication: 5 Steps for Damage Control
- Social media has had profound effects on journalism. To prevent and control potential damage to a client, monitoring social media for reputational threats is vital. Here is a page from the author's "damage control playbook" and its five simple rules.
-
-
The Face of Elder Financial Exploitation
- In Wisconsin, financial exploitation is the largest category of elder abuse after self-neglect. This article looks at certain vulnerabilities among older clients, along with options and resources to address them, especially through drafting and statutory provisions for financial powers of attorney.
-
-
Financial Elder Abuse: Returning Control to Victims
- Representing older clients in financial abuse cases requires the readiness to act quickly but also the recognition that traditional law enforcement and judicial system responses might not be appropriate. Here are considerations and steps to take when investigating and remedying financial abuse of an elder.
-
-
Family Court or Not? Raising Child Abuse Allegations Against a Parent
- In Wisconsin, two sets of courts potentially have jurisdiction over children and families. In cases involving child abuse allegations against a parent, consider the advantages and disadvantages to filing for a child abuse injunction first versus raising the allegations as part of an active family law matter. The authors discuss jurisdictional differences and areas of authority.
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
Due Process in the Time of Coronavirus
- A day does not go by without new, often menacing, developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. State and federal governments have strong tools to attempt to counter the pandemic, but individuals retain some due-process protections against potential overreach by elected and appointed officials.
-
-
-
Sex Discrimination Law: Old Problem, New Scrutiny
- Despite constitutional, statutory, and case law civil-rights protections, sex discrimination and sexual harassment continue to occur regularly in workplaces. This article discusses the causes of action, remedies, and defenses available for sex discrimination claims in Wisconsin.
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
The Legal Domino Effect: COVID-19 & Contracts
- Businesses negatively affected by COVID-19 might attempt to avoid contractual obligations, but not every contract can or should be negated. Clients should consider both the relevant contract-law issues and the potential harm to future business relationships.
-
-
SECURE Act: Ensure Safety of Retirement Accounts
- The SECURE Act, enacted in late 2019, made significant changes to treatment of certain retirement accounts. Lawyers should become familiar with the Act now so as to advise clients to make appropriate changes to retirement and estate plans.
-
-
Knock it Off! Harassment & Bullying in the Workplace
- Whether or not mistreatment of an employee is unlawful, such conduct can have negative effects in the workplace. Taking action to prevent bullying and harassment promotes a positive work environment that benefits employers, staff, customers, and clients.
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
-
Sex Trafficking: How Courts Can Combat the Problem
- Wisconsin has a reputation for being in the top five states for human sex trafficking. The court system, with its presence in every Wisconsin county, is well placed to become more involved in combatting this problem.
-
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
On Racial Equity: 26 Voices
- Recently, millions of people across our communities have come together in an historic movement that calls for fundamental change addressing systemic racism. We asked lawyers to tell us what this moment in American racial, social, and legal justice reform means to them.
-
-
Kathy Brost: Leading in Unprecedented Times
- Kathy Brost's strategic and collaborative leadership style – as well as her years' experience as a solo practitioner and as in-house counsel – well suit her for helping guide the State Bar through unprecedented times.
-
-
Law Firm Profitability During a Pandemic
- Several Wisconsin lawyers talk about what their firms are doing in terms of business viability during the pandemic. They say they are focused on retaining staff, improving client relations, and maintaining positive cash flow.
-
-
A Jurist's Language of Interpretation
- Advocates familiar with different interpretation approaches – and which jurists favor them – can gain a distinct advantage when crafting their positions.
|
-
opinions, voices & ideas
also inside
|
FEATURES
-
-
Marsy's Law: Changes for Crime Victims?
- Ratification of the Marsy's Law amendment of the Wisconsin Constitution might have made fewer changes to increase crime victims' rights and left more unresolved issues than the amendment's proponents promised and its opponents feared. This article discusses what Marsy's Law means for crime victims in Wisconsin.
-
-
-
Employment Termination: Computing Economic Losses
- Being terminated because of discrimination might be considered wrongful and provide the basis for suit against the former employer. An economist explains the methods judges and lawyers use to compute damages in wrongful-termination cases.
|
|
|