... to accommodate further expansion (new contact information below). Morten Lund, formerly a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP in Milwaukee, has experience in a broad variety of financing transactions, with particular focus on the development and financing of wind and solar ... a national ranking for its Renewables and Alternative Energy practice from Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009), rating among the top law firms in this category. The firm has been at the forefront of ...
July 2, 2009 01:32 pm
... is a cause for concern. Creating incentives for physicians to use a certain company's devices or drugs may jeopardize patient care. As a medical malpractice lawyer in Chicago, I support the University of Wisconsin policy that requires physicians to divulge outside income. John Fauber reported for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/20), "At least 11 doctors with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and ...
June 29, 2009 03:17 pm

Retaining Key Target Employees: Lessons For Acquirors

(The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog)
... In early 2007, Compex Legal Services ("Compex"), a provider of legal support services to law firms, decided to divest its Milwaukee and Kansas City facilities. Compex negotiated such divestures with another provider of legal support services, Ivize, ... a pair of Asset Purchase Agreements (one for each facility). During the negotiations, Pete Cobb ("Cobb"), the manager of the Milwaukee facility, was advised of the transaction and that he would not be retained full-time after closing. In response, ...
June 28, 2009 07:22 am
... of a nationwide price-fixing conspiracy, Mr. Susman has commanded the respect of business leaders and lawyers alike, on both sides of the aisle. No lawyer in the United States is more feared and admired. How do you get a sense of what's next? ... that thirty years of Reaganomics are now over. Your firm recently won a $45 million dollar settlement on behalf of Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System for negligence against a consulting firm. I'm wondering if we'll see ...
June 24, 2009 04:33 pm
Ivize of Milwaukee v. Compex Litigation Support, No. 3158-VCL (June 24, 2009), read letter decision here. The recent prior decision of the Chancery Court in this case was summarized here. In its ... entitling the prevailing party to attorneys' fees, the court still analyzes the reasonableness of fees based on Rule 1.5(a) of the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Responsibility, as well as the following factors: "The time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved, ...
June 24, 2009 01:00 pm
... civilization and barbarity, and the time needed to pass from one state to the other, is depressingly short. Police officers in Milwaukee proved this the morning of October 24, 2004. Andrew Spengler held a housewarming party that started on October 23 and ... of our opinions use the word "objection" in the same way the prosecutor did, and they hold (or at least suggest) that lawyers must ask a judge to reconsider the sentence (or other decision) as the price of appellate review. See, e.g., United ...
June 17, 2009 09:32 am
... , the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced final settlements reached with NatCity Investments Inc. of Cleveland (a $300,000 fine), M & T Securities Inc. of Buffalo (a $200,000 fine), M & I Financial Advisors Inc. of Milwaukee (a $150,000 fine), and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC of Philadelphia (a $200,00 fine). FINRA also announced that SunTrust Investment Services Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. decided not to finalize their preliminary settlements. FINRA is still ...
June 1, 2009 09:10 pm

A Good Juror Story

(Deliberations)
... has to tell the much more common good stories once in awhile. Here's one, sent to me by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge John DiMotto, a friend and sometimes commenter on this blog. Judge DiMotto sent this ... questions and concern that jurors feel comfortable with their responsibilities are obviously the reasons for this change. Thanks for making this a meaningful experience. For lawyers and judges, the most important part of Mr. Wied's message is the active verb in the last sentence. Lawyers ...
June 1, 2009 07:46 pm
... You have weathered all the disparaging comments about your cities, your practice, the quality of lawyers that work at your firms. And now, as we stare into the sewage drain of ... Hundred's slow-growth strategies were vindicated. While average revenue per lawyer at The Am Law 100 decreased by 1.2 percent in 2008 (the first decline since ... based in middle markets that showed the most growth. Milwaukee's Second Hundred firms increased their revenue per lawyer by an average of 3.2 percent. Indianapolis's ...
May 28, 2009 10:40 am
By Jonathan Safran, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network An 18 year old student was recently arrested at Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The student was seen carrying a gun in his waistband. The principal called the student into his office and took the .22 caliber semi-automatic weapon / hand gun. Attentiveness and quick thinking on the part of the ...
May 21, 2009 04:00 am
Deliberations is the next blog in our tour of big-firm law-related weblogs. It's published by Anne Reed, a trial lawyer and jury consultant with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren in Milwaukee. As you might expect, she's discussing law, news and thoughts on juries and jury trials -- her areas of interest include jury management and selection, psychology, the politics of juries, and juror misconduct and disqualification, among others.
May 18, 2009 03:18 am

New York Public Personnel Law Blog Post

(New York Public Personnel Law)
... Rescue sez that NACCP race/failure-to-hire suit requires it to take one fire engine out of service · Study Shows Female Lawyers Willing to Leave Firms to Get a Life NM > NEWS · Gallup wrapping up pay-outs in USDOJ Consent Decree resolving failure- ... > SETTLED · Providence Medical Center Settles EEOC age/failure-to-hire suit WI > NEWS · Race: Of 600 Milwaukee Cnty suburb firefighters, 1 is Black· Suspended Darien Police Chief gets hearing; evidence includes e-mails/documents showing racist ...
May 16, 2009 04:06 am
Getting police reports is often a challenge Maryland car accident lawyers. Montgomery County has joined the 21st Century with a new online system where you can download police reports. I hope other Maryland counties follow suit. Related Posts Lawyers Using Police Reports the Wrong Way (the technique used by one Milwaukee auto accident lawyer) Getting Police Reports (since repealed law making it more difficult to get police reports)
May 11, 2009 12:36 pm

Thoughts About Twitter

(In Search of Perfect Client Service)
... As you can see, individual messages are known as "tweets." Cute. But I still can't see how this helps me be a better lawyer or develop new business. My own lack of imagination, however, should not be read as an indictment of Twitter-ing or Twitter ... , I bring you Matt Homann's 100 Tweets: Thinking About Law Practice In 140 Characters Or Less. My friend Anne Reed from Milwaukee now has 606 people following her tweets. Anne writes the highly regarded Deliberations blog. And I often see people linking ...
May 11, 2009 10:19 am
... likely would be a determination of negligence. Each case is independent based on its individual circumstances, and would depend on the amount of damages suffered by the patient and the level of the doctor's negligence. During a jury trial in Milwaukee, Illinois, Daniel Nelson, who was injured in a motorcycle accident in 2000, was awarded $2.1 million for his injuries suffered during his treatment after his motorcycle crash. Nelson was sent to a rehabilitation center where his jaw was wired shut ...
May 8, 2009 01:51 pm
... from a panelist at the most recent SuperConference, Marti Wronski, General Counsel of the Milwaukee Brewers. Posts on this blog have criticized corporate lawyers who look down on their clients or intimidate the non-lawyers among them (See my post of Oct. 24, 2005: a risk if ... : listen to clients, don't patronize them by rushing ahead; May 8, 2007: lawyers can intimidate non-lawyers; and Dec. 10, 2007: "hold the hand" of executives demeans them.). You don't like ...
May 7, 2009 07:15 pm
... need to know about the business of the company they support. Marti Wronski, General Counsel of the Milwaukee Brewers, made the interesting point that ambitious lawyers shouldn't "wish for too much too soon," in part because the higher you rise, ... 't understand how we do things," strikes out. Probably no data is available on professional development training taken by inside lawyers that is oriented toward substantive legal topics as compared to business-related topics. If we had that data, I am sure ...
May 7, 2009 07:14 pm
By Jonathan Safran, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Prompted by the recent death of a four-month old Milwaukee, Wisconsin infant who was left in a child-care transport van, the State Senate and State Assembly have ... nationwide have died since 1994 as a result of being left in child-care vans. In Wisconsin, three children have died in the Milwaukee area since 2005 and seven children have died in similar situations since 1991. Although Wisconsin has laws ...
May 6, 2009 06:00 am

Felon teaches CLE

(Barco 2.0 : Law Library Reference)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that local lawyers earned CLE credits for attending a local seminar featuring a convicted felon posing as an expert on criminal sentencing. Howard O. Kieffer was brought in by Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin to talk to local lawyers about the ins and outs of state and federal criminal prison sentences. According to information from the Milwaukee
April 29, 2009 08:41 am
An Illinois doctor was held liable for medical malpractice when she waited too long before calling for emergency back-up during a code-4 situation. The victim was involved in a motorcycle accident and had a tracheotomy tube. The tube became obstructed and he lost oxygen. An assistant discovered that he was not moving and alerted the defendant physician. According to the plaintiff's attorney, the doctor delayed calling the code team who successfully removed the blockage. The delay in treatment ...
April 28, 2009 10:40 pm
 
 

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