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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    February 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer February 2000

    Vol. 73, No. 2, February 2000

     

    Advising Civil Clients:
    When the FBI Comes to the Door

    Cartoonby David Cannon & Steven Biskupic

    If your civil client is contacted by a federal agent, will you know what to advise? This primer on criminal investigations is for civil lawyers who find their clients and practices suddenly immersed in a federal criminal case.

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    Written Contract Alternatives

    Handshakeby Mark R. Hinkston

    Wisconsin law affords plaintiffs a variety of remedies when they have performed valuable services in contexts where there has been no written agreement. This article focuses on oral agreements, quantum meruit, unjust enrichment, and promissory estoppel. Learn how to counsel, not console, your client when "it's not in writing."

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    Wisconsin's Approach
    to Proximate Cause

    Dominoesby Kendall W. Harrison

    Under Wisconsin law, the doctrine of proximate cause consists of six public policy factors. Using these factors, Wisconsin courts attempt to strike a balance between deterring socially irresponsible conduct and shielding individuals from unlimited liability for the infinite results of their actions.

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    Public Service:
    Reshaping Justice Systems Worldwide

    Judgesby Dianne Molvig

    Many countries are seeking insight and instruction as they reshape their justice systems. Some are turning to Wisconsin judges for help. Wisconsin judges have taught in China, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Uruguay, and other countries. Here are a few of their stories.

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    Columns

    *President's Message
    *Executive director
    *search update

    *Legislative Watch
    *OAR and OWS law
    * changes became
    *effective Jan. 1, 2000

    *Public Service
    *Many Wisconsin
    *Judges are helping
    *to reshape justice
    *systems worldwide

    Departments

    Letters

    *Legal News & Trends
    *Revised real estate
    *transfer form now in effect

    *Book Reviews

    *Lawyer Discipline

    *Supreme Court Digest

    *Court of Appeals Digest

    *In the News

    *Marketplace

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