Features

The New Wave of Litigation: An Early Report on COVID-19 Claims

The authors identify practice areas in which cases related to the COVID-19 outbreak have been or are likely to be brought, including employment, consumer, personal injury, and insurance law.

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.

Adult Protective Services: On the Front Line Against Elder Abuse

Whether and how to respond to elder abuse is not always obvious. Learn more about the role of Wisconsin’s APS agencies in providing expert, compassionate services when elder abuse allegedly has taken place.

Opinions, Voices & Ideas

President's Message
Breaking Barriers in the Law
Jill Kastner says recognizing lawyers who attain milestones helps everyone seeking to overcome obstacles personally and in society as a whole.

Your State Bar
Ensuring Four Essential Freedoms
Larry Martin believes it is a good time to pause and reflect on the vital role played by the legal profession in ensuring essential liberties for our communities.

Profile
Cody Splitt: A Century of Living
Appleton lawyer Cody Splitt, at nearly 101, was born in the midst of a previous pandemic. She reflects on a century of adventures.

As I See It
Improving Interpleader: Discharge Stakeholders from Litigation
John Finerty Jr. says Wis. Stat. section 803.07 should allow for the mandatory discharge of third-party holders of funds from litigation over disputed fund ownership and distribution.

Solutions
The Future of Assisted Living: A Crisis in the Making?
Carol Wessels and Michelle Putz discuss how more vulnerable people needing care and fewer people to provide it will affect the future of assisted living.

Solutions
Managing Remote Workers: Build New Management Muscles
In this article, Melodie Wiseman provides tips on how law firm supervisors can manage a remote workforce.

Ethics
Polite Behavior: An Unwritten Ethics Rule
Tempers might be short because of the pandemic, but Dean Dietrich says lawyers still are expected to behave professionally.

Technology
End-to-End Encryption: Is It Right For You?
Chad Post explains how end-to-end service providers use mathematically linked keys to provide an extra level of security to protect users' data.

Reflections
Work-life Balance: An Impossible Dream?
Deanne Koll says we might not achieve actual “balance,” but if we shift our expectations, we might be happier about our choices.