Overview Experience People Events News Intelligence Milwaukee 777 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202-5306 P 414.271.2400 F 414.297.4900 Directions 123next 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: The Court Takes No Action on the Cert Petition 16 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law To update our earlier post on this case: The Court took no action on Elmbrook School District’s cert petition in its April 15, 2013 order. The case has... 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... 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... 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... Estate of Kriefall v. Sizzler: Fee Shifting Under the Weinhagen Rule 16 August 2012 Wisconsin Appellate Law June’s decision from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Estate of Kriefall v. Sizzler contains a brief exposition on fees that’s worth noting. It establishes... 123next 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: The Court Takes No Action on the Cert Petition 16 April 2013 Wisconsin Appellate Law To update our earlier post on this case: The Court took no action on Elmbrook School District’s cert petition in its April 15, 2013 order. The case has...
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...
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...
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...
Estate of Kriefall v. Sizzler: Fee Shifting Under the Weinhagen Rule 16 August 2012 Wisconsin Appellate Law June’s decision from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Estate of Kriefall v. Sizzler contains a brief exposition on fees that’s worth noting. It establishes...