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Homann kicks off WSSFC with innovative solutions to new age problems in law practice
Oct. 28, 2010 – State Bar of Wisconsin members rolled in this morning to kickoff of the Wisconsin Solo Small Firm Conference at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, which continues through Saturday and features some 40 speakers in the areas of substantive law, technology, practice management, and ethics.
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LLC cannot escape prepayment penalty fee of $1.6 million, an appeals court recently held
Oct. 27, 2010 – The District I Wisconsin appeals court recently nailed a limited liability company that commenced litigation to challenge a prepayment penalty fee of $1.6 million despite a lender’s offer to reduce the fee to accommodate the company.
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Seventh Circuit denies rehearing petition in Kingstad case, won’t rehear Keller challenge
Oct. 26, 2010 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has denied a petition for rehearing filed on Sept. 22 by three State Bar of Wisconsin members who objected to the use of mandatory State Bar dues to fund an attorney public image campaign in 2007.
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Bat guano is not "pollution" for purposes of a pollution exclusion insurance clause
Oct. 25, 2010 – An insurance policy that excluded coverage for damage caused by "pollution" did not exclude coverage for damage caused by bat guano, the District III Wisconsin court of appeals recently held.
Appeals court defines "surface water" in examining water damage exclusion clause
Oct. 22, 2010 – In a highly intriguing case in which a homeowner suffered a loss due to heavy rains in 2008, the Wisconsin court of appeals defined, for the first time, how the term "surface water" impacts coverage under an insurance policy with a water damage exclusion clause.
Probationer's incriminating statements cannot be used to increase revocation sentence
Oct. 21, 2010 – Incriminating evidence derived from counseling sessions in which a probationer admitted past crimes involving sexual contact with children were inadmissible in determining the probationer's sentence after probation revocation.
Punitive damages not available under Wisconsin’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act
Oct. 20, 2010
Wisconsin Supreme Court reschedules hearings after threat forces evacuation
Oct. 20, 2010
Appeals court upholds LIRC decision that home caregiver is county employee
Oct. 19, 2010
NCAA’s ticket distribution system under review as possible "illegal lottery" 
Oct. 18, 2010
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