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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    May 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer May 2000

    Vol. 73, No. 5, May 2000

     

    The Effect of Jandrt on Satellite Litigation

    Earthby Janine P. Geske &
    William C. Gleisner III

    The supreme court's decision to uphold a frivolous litigation sanction in Jandrt v. Jerome Foods Inc. will alter the nature of satellite litigation under sections 802.05 and 814.025 and may very well change the overall practice methods of all civil litigators in Wisconsin.

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    Truth-in-Sentencing Comes to Wisconsin

    Handsby Michael B. Brennan &
    Donald V. Latorraca

    Each house of the Wisconsin Legislature has passed a version of legislation reclassifying crimes and otherwise implementing Truth-in-Sentencing, but those versions have not been reconciled. Until such a reconciled version is passed, here's a look at Wisconsin's new determinate sentencing law today.

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    Mid-1800s to Early 1900s:
    Practicing in the Wilds of Manitowoc County

    Directionby James Sibree Anderson

    Judge James Sibree Anderson brings to life the pioneering folk who practiced law in the wilderness of Wisconsin's Manitowoc County and beyond. This excerpt from Judge Anderson's recollections was first published in 1921 in Pioneer Courts and Lawyers of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

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    Practice Tips

    Directionby Mary Hoeft Smith

    Wisconsin lawyers who do not comply with the Trust Account Overdraft Reporting Rule by filing their Overdraft Reporting Agreement and/or "Exhibit A" with the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility by June 30, 2000, may be found in violation of SCR 20:1.15(n).

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