Overview Experience People Events News Intelligence Appellate 12345next Lees v. Carthage College: A Seventh Circuit Decision on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony for the Standard of Care 20 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The Seventh Circuit recently issued two opinions with interesting evidentiary issues. We wrote about the multiple levels of hearsay in Jordan v. Binns, No. 11-2134... Elmbrook School District v. Doe: Will the U.S. Supreme Court Rule on the Constitutionality of Holding Public High School Graduations in Elmbrook Church? 11 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law During its conference this Friday, April 12, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider Elmbrook School District’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking... Jordan v. Binns: The Seventh Circuit Grapples With Multiple Levels of Hearsay 09 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The Seventh Circuit has a gift for lawyers looking to brush up on the Federal Rules of Evidence. It comes wrapped as last week’s decision in Jordan v. Binns,... In re Canopy Financial, Inc.: A Primer From the Seventh Circuit on Excusable Neglect 02 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law What is “excusable neglect” under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1)? The answer is that it depends, but generally it’s not much. That’s the first lesson from the Seventh... Zip Code Requests Off-Limits in Massachusetts Credit Card Transactions 21 March 2013 Legal News Alert: Litigation In a recent decision, Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that zip codes are “personal identification information” and... Malpractice Cases Against Patent Lawyers Stay in State Court, as Supreme Court Continues to Refine Reach of Grable 21 February 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law In the course of deciding that malpractice cases against patent lawyers belong in state courts (when there is no diversity of citizenship), the United States Supreme... Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Hospital Merger Case on Scope of State Action Immunity 20 February 2013 Legal News Alert: Antitrust On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a local hospital authority’s acquisition of a hospital in Georgia was not immunized from the... Wisconsin Auto Title Loans v. Jones: Another Round in the Fight Over Concepcion and Federal Arbitration Act Preemption 06 February 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law Last year, around this time in fact, we wrote about the Federal Arbitration Act and the effect of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), on... Update Your ECF Email Address: Or Risk Losing Your Client's Appeal Rights 28 January 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Communications Network Int’l, Ltd. v. MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc., a 2-1 decision issued on January... Del Marcelle: The Standard for Assessing Class-of-One Equal-Protection Claims Remains Unresolved in the Seventh Circuit 03 December 2012 Wisconsin Appellate Law With the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari on November 26, 2012, in Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp., No. 12-367, the Seventh Circuit’s inability to resolve... 12345next Related 1 2 3
Lees v. Carthage College: A Seventh Circuit Decision on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony for the Standard of Care 20 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The Seventh Circuit recently issued two opinions with interesting evidentiary issues. We wrote about the multiple levels of hearsay in Jordan v. Binns, No. 11-2134...
Elmbrook School District v. Doe: Will the U.S. Supreme Court Rule on the Constitutionality of Holding Public High School Graduations in Elmbrook Church? 11 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law During its conference this Friday, April 12, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider Elmbrook School District’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking...
Jordan v. Binns: The Seventh Circuit Grapples With Multiple Levels of Hearsay 09 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The Seventh Circuit has a gift for lawyers looking to brush up on the Federal Rules of Evidence. It comes wrapped as last week’s decision in Jordan v. Binns,...
In re Canopy Financial, Inc.: A Primer From the Seventh Circuit on Excusable Neglect 02 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law What is “excusable neglect” under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1)? The answer is that it depends, but generally it’s not much. That’s the first lesson from the Seventh...
Zip Code Requests Off-Limits in Massachusetts Credit Card Transactions 21 March 2013 Legal News Alert: Litigation In a recent decision, Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that zip codes are “personal identification information” and...
Malpractice Cases Against Patent Lawyers Stay in State Court, as Supreme Court Continues to Refine Reach of Grable 21 February 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law In the course of deciding that malpractice cases against patent lawyers belong in state courts (when there is no diversity of citizenship), the United States Supreme...
Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Hospital Merger Case on Scope of State Action Immunity 20 February 2013 Legal News Alert: Antitrust On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a local hospital authority’s acquisition of a hospital in Georgia was not immunized from the...
Wisconsin Auto Title Loans v. Jones: Another Round in the Fight Over Concepcion and Federal Arbitration Act Preemption 06 February 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law Last year, around this time in fact, we wrote about the Federal Arbitration Act and the effect of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), on...
Update Your ECF Email Address: Or Risk Losing Your Client's Appeal Rights 28 January 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Communications Network Int’l, Ltd. v. MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc., a 2-1 decision issued on January...
Del Marcelle: The Standard for Assessing Class-of-One Equal-Protection Claims Remains Unresolved in the Seventh Circuit 03 December 2012 Wisconsin Appellate Law With the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari on November 26, 2012, in Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp., No. 12-367, the Seventh Circuit’s inability to resolve...