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Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ensures protection to employees nationwide and gives Wisconsin employees an alternative measure for enforcing the right to not be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. Learn the differences between state and federal employment law to choose the appropriate forum in which to bring discrimination claims.

You can improve your chances of persuasion by making your briefs typographically superior. It won’t make your arguments better, but it will ensure that judges grasp and retain your points. Here are best practices and recommendations to help you get ahead.

The preservation of electronically stored information can be expensive, time-consuming, and amenable to spoliation claims and accusations of unethical conduct. Here is a refresher of lawyer's obligations under Wisconsin's proportionality standard, and tips for efficient preservation practices that are proportional to the needs of a given case.

Kathy Brost has previewed the new virtual format and offerings for this year's Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference, and she's impressed!

Members and colleagues are giving their time, talent, and treasure to help those in greater need despite the challenges they themselves face. If you are able to help others, Larry Martin says, please do so.

Remote hearings offer survivors of violence a new tool for accessing the justice system. The authors provide tips to help clients prepare for their hearings.

Kenosha lawyer and U.S. Army veteran Aileen Henry runs a small criminal defense law firm. Born in Jamaica, she learned the value of hard work and giving back to the community from her grandparents.

Owen Byrd says using legal analytics to access data-driven insights about trends in litigation and the behaviors of particular judges, parties, and opposing counsel gives smaller firms a competitive edge.

The Professional Ethics Committee discusses the duties owed when a lawyer examines a current or former client as an adverse witness.

Poll workers are essential to the exercise of our most important right and freedom – voting. Andrew Chevrez invites you to join him in becoming a poll worker.

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In this column, Profs. Daniel D. Blinka and Thomas J. Hammer summarize select published opinions of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Full-text decisions are linked below.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation, an agency of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, provides these summaries for educational purposes.

Who's become a partner, changed firms, received an award & more.

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.

Since relocating from Puerto Rico to the United States, the author has worked at national, regional, and local firms of all sizes. Based on his own experiences, he shares insights and practical tips to increase diversity in law firms.

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.

Kathy Brost says learning to use new technology is easier and there's more tolerance for errors when everyone is learning together.

Larry Martin says Lane Ware’s generous nature and commitment to lawyers are evident in the efforts he championed through the Wisconsin Law Foundation.