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The 2024-25 Wisconsin Supreme Court term wrapped up with some high-profile decisions, including on abortion, administrative rulemaking, and the governor's partial veto power. This article summarizes some of the court’s most notable 2024-25 rulings, including several that implicate democracy and state constitutional law.
By Bryna Godar
This article reviews eight federal decisions in 2024 and 2025 interpreting and applying Wisconsin statutes and common law relating to, among other issues, economic duress in contract cases, public and private nuisances, abnormally dangerous activities, the product liability statute of repose, negligent inspection liability, and the relationship between insurers’ duties to defend and indemnify.
By Daniel A. Manna
What should drivers and passengers do and not do when a law enforcement officer pulls over a vehicle? This article explores police roadside encounters for both drivers and passengers, so practitioners can assist their clients in avoiding pitfalls both criminal and civil.
By Peter R. Heyne

Opinions, Voices & Ideas

  • Practice Pulse
  • When AI 'Lies': The Legal Risks of Hallucinations
  • The legal profession is built on accuracy, precedent, and trust. When AI hallucinations infiltrate legal work, it threatens to undermine these foundations in several ways. Brent Hoeft explains.
  • Ethics
  • Ethical Screens and Lawyers' Conflicts of Interest
  • Dean Dietrich says a conflict of interest of one lawyer at a firm or a governmental organization does not necessarily foreclose other lawyers with the same entity from representing the client or taking on the matter.

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