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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    November 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer November 2000

    Vol. 73, No. 11, November 2000


    Timely Service Abroad in Diversity Suits

    Figure climbing a globeby Daniel J. La Fave

    With the global world of e-commerce, attorneys should know that when filing cases in Wisconsin against foreign defendants, service must be effectuated within 90 days of filing suit, as required by Wis. Stat. sections 801.02 and 893.02. Failure to comply with these sections can mean dismissal of one's actions as time-barred.

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    Protecting American Inventors

    Protecting American Inventors by Timothy E. Newholm & Mary E. Eberle

    On Nov. 29, 2000, some of the most controversial provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 go into effect. Because the Act has far-ranging impacts on how patents are procurred and enforced in today's global business environment, companies and their counsel need to know about them and their potential pitfalls.

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    FY00 State Bar Annual Report:
    Charting the Bar's Direction

    Charting the Bar's Direction The State Bar Board of Governors adopted 10 long-term goals to direct the State Bar's ongoing activities and to determine the direction of new initiatives. The goals serve as the structure to evaluate and summarize the activities, accomplishments, and challenges of the past year and to direct our future efforts.

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    *Columns

    Inside the Bar

    Information delivered
    via the Internet is not "free"

    President's Message
    Forces already are
    influencing the future
    of the legal profession
    and our Bar

    Ethics
    The dual role of
    attorney and
    director for a client

    Practice Tips
    Update: Recent cases
    stress the remedial
    nature of the
    Lemon Law

    Departments

    Supreme Court Orders

    Court of Appeals Digest

    Book Reviews

    Lawyer Discipline

    In the News

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