Author: Stephen P. Hurley After a hard fought series of motions and discovery battles, you and the Assistant District Attorney have reached a settlement in a difficult case. Both sides have recognized evidentiary difficulties which would face them at trial. You have spent significant time explaining and weighing the settlement offer versus the choice to […]
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Best in Show: Admissibility of Police Dog Evidence
Author: Stephen P. Hurley Co-author: Marcus J. Berghahn A few years ago, we undertook the defense of a “cold case” and, in the course of that case, had to learn about dogs and their olfactory abilities. Our client was accused of killing his former spouse thirty years prior; the former spouse had gone missing around […]
Understanding Domestic Partnerships in Wisconsin
Author: Howard A. Sweet With the passage of the 2009 budget bill, enacted as 2009 Wisconsin Act 28 (the Act),1 Wisconsin has now joined the lengthening list of states that have enacted statutes to define domestic partnerships and govern the relationships between domestic partners. The Act’s domestic partnership provisions affect many areas of the law: […]
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