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• • Tariffs: Billions in Duties, One Supreme Court Decision
  • Can a president impose sweeping tariffs using emergency powers meant for foreign threats? A look at the constitutional clash now before the U.S. Supreme Court and the separation-of-powers questions that could reshape trade regulation.

Features

• • Primer on Wisconsin Securities Laws for LLC Interests
  • Regardless of a lawyer's area of practice, lawyers are likely to encounter a scenario where a client wants to form a legal entity. Oftentimes, that legal entity is an LLC. Nadelle Grossman cautions that lawyers must always be mindful of state and federal securities laws when forming the legal entity with their clients.

• • We Should All Know Better By Now, But We Don't
  • Don't use AI if you don't know what you're doing, and make sure you check each citation if you do. Easy enough, right?

• • January CLE Programs Focus on Competency, Forensic Evidence, and Crimmigration
  • January CLE programs cover critical issues in criminal defense, including client competency, forensic evidence, and crimmigration. Learn more and register through WisBar's Marketplace.

• • Volunteer Opportunity: Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournaments
  • The Wisconsin High School Mock Trial program seeks attorneys and judges to volunteer and help make its upcoming tournaments a success.

• • Help Educate the Public, Expand Your Reach: Contribute to 'Know Your Legal Rights'
  • 'Know Your Legal Rights' is a statewide newspaper column to help educate the public on common legal issues. It is sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Lawyer Referral Service (LRS), which directly connects attorneys with clients. Now through March 31, 2026, get a 50% discount on the annual membership fee to become an LRS panelist.

• • Prepayment Plan for Supreme Court Assessments and State Bar Dues: Sign Up by Jan. 9
  • Through the prepayment plan, members can pay FY27 Supreme Court assessments and State Bar dues in installments over six months: Just sign up by early January.

• • Local Court Rules Updates: La Crosse and Washington Counties
  • The following court rules have been updated recently: La Crosse and Washington counties.