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Paying Child Support? Apparently Less Than 50% of People Are…
According to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau, child support is paid in less that half of all cases where it is...
 
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Broward County Criminal Attorney: Secondary Crime Scene
In Broward County, crime scenes can be considered primary or secondary. The primary scene is where the crime actually occurred,...
 
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Seventh Circuit Criminal Case of the Week: More on Other Bad Acts Evidence
The Seventh Circuit had only one new opinion in a criminal case this week, and it is not one in which the court broke new legal...
 
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Open Quantity Contracts: Beyond Good Faith
Business concerns sometimes enter into sales agreements that do not specify a particular quantity to be sold.  This might be...
 
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Federalism and Criminal Law
This is the fourth in a series of posts reviewing last term’s criminal cases in the United States Supreme Court and...
 
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Horace Scurry: Our First African-American Law Student
Horace S. Scurry was one of many fascinating individuals who passed through the Milwaukee Law School between the time of its...
 
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Criminal Lawyer in Fort Lauderdale on Proving Drug Use (DUI)
As a Criminal Lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, I have found that a prosecutor's proving drug use in seeking a DUI conviction is far...
 
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Marking the Tenth International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
As I wrote about a year ago today, November 25th has been designated by the United Nations as “International Day for...
 
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Legal Education: “Both/And” not “Either/Or”
Lisa’s post on international law in legal education brought to mind an ongoing internet debate about the impact of the...
 
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Marquette University Law School in 1939
In 1938, Jim Ghiardi transferred to Marquette University after his sophomore year at Northern State College (now Northern...
 
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Men, Goats, and Torture
The fantastical movie The Men Who Stare at Goats, inspired by Jon Ronson’s non-fiction bestseller by the same title , arrived...
 
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Memo To The New Justices: That’s Not How We Do Things On The Court
At last month’s Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the panel discussing the Court’s business law cases during the...
 
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The Mystery Of Eugene Scott: MU Law School’s First (?) African-American Male.
Although the career of Mabel Raimey, the first black woman to attend Marquette Law School is well documented—see Phoebe...
 
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Usher Divorce Follow-up
Famous R&B singer Usher, formally know as Usher Raymond V, divorced his wife Tameka after two years of marriage.The couple...
 
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Lenity and Mandatory Minimums
This is the third in a series of posts reviewing last term’s criminal cases in the Supreme Court and previewing the new...
 
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Constitutional View, Not Catholicism, Behind Scalia’s Opinions on Abortion
As a Catholic whose views are in line with those of Pope Benedict XVI, US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia personally...
 
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Seventh Circuit Criminal Case of the Week: A Second Amendment Blockbuster (or Maybe Not)
So, the Heller revolution may have legs after all.  In District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008), the Supreme...
 
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Christian Realism, Subsidiarity, and the Economic Crisis
Over the weekend, the the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy at the University of St. Thomas Law...
 
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Parisian Divorce Fair Promotes a Fresh Start for Divorcees
Paris is a city that is most often associated with romance and love, couples arm-in-arm strolling the city streets.A recent...
 
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Should We Abolish Copyright in Academic Journal Articles?
Some years ago, when I was on the Marquette Law Review editorial board, my responsibilities included obtaining a rudimentary...
 
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Google Law
Earlier this week Google announced a slew of new products (check out the official Google Blog for a full list). Of particular...
 
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Work Email: “I Always Feel Like … Somebody’s Watching Me”
No, this post is not about the singer Rockwell or that annoying Geico commercial, but about whether you should just assume that...
 
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Lessons from my Grandmother
It has been ten days since my grandmother’s funeral and I have been, if not enjoying this past week, definitely enjoying...
 
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Socialize Like an Egyptian: Evolving Social Taboos
Social taboos on the topic of divorce are changing in Egypt, according to a CNN article.Before, divorce and relationships were...
 
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Iraqi Father Runs Down Daughter in Parking Lot
Many fathers and daughters fight over typical issues like going on dates or extending a curfew.Usually these disagreements...
 
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Mainstreaming International Law in Legal Education
This week is “International Education Week”, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of...
 
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Fort Lauderdale Criminal Lawyers on Driving Under the Influence
Driving under the influence, or DUI, is a serious crime in the state of Florida, according to Fort Lauderdale criminal attorney...
 
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The Tierneys and the Law
I had the opportunity last month to be involved in the presentation by our National Sports Law Institute of its Master of the...
 
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Sentences Merit Closer Scrutiny by Appellate Courts
I have a new article on SSRN entitled “Appellate Review of Sentences: Reconsidering Deference.”  As the title...
 
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What Is a Lie and Is It Constitutionally Protected?
I think that the three judge panel’s decision to recommend dismissal of ethics charges against Justice Michael Gableman...
 
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An academic expert weighs in for mayoral school control
Prof. Kenneth K. Wong of Brown University and several associates put out a book two years ago titled “The Education Mayor:...
 
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Total Divorce Celebrity Divorce Recap
Fame, fortune and divorce can be a toxic combination. Every little piece of information can be brought to light in an...
 
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CRIMINAL LAWYER IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OVERVIEW: THE CRIME SCENE LOGBOOK
Criminal Lawyers in Palm Beach County know that at the scene of a major crime, a uniformed officer is assigned to maintain a...
 
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Redskins Prevail in Offensive Trademark Case
Earlier today (Nov. 16) the United States Supreme Court denied cert. in the case of Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc., bringing to a...
 
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Ambiguity Is Ambiguous
In an earlier post, I offered some preliminary thoughts about the Supreme Court’s six criminal statutory interpretation...
 
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Ambiguity Is Ambiguous
In an earlier post, I offered some preliminary thoughts about the Supreme Court’s six criminal statutory interpretation...
 
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Criminal Lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Homicide Investigation Overview
The first officer on the scene of a homicide, or any crime scene, is most often a uniformed patrol officer. The dispatcher...
 
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Gratitude is an Attitude: Teachings from Cedric Prakash, S.J., a Human Rights Defender from India
Last week, I learned from Cedric Prakash, S.J., who currently holds the Marquette University’s Distinguished Wade Chair, that...
 
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Seventh Circuit Criminal Case of the Week: Yes, Eco-Terrorists Are Real Terrorists
On the night of July 20, 2000, Katherine Christianson, Bryan Rivera, and two companions damaged or destroyed more than 500...
 
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Feingold: Sept. 11 Prosecutions Will Advance Justice and American World Standing
The decision to prosecute five people accused of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in federal court in New...
 
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Important Caterpillar 401(k) Fees Litigation On The Way to Settlement
From Forbes.com yesterday:In the war over hidden and excessive 401(k) fees, investors may have won a battle in...
 
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Men More Likely to Leave a Sick Wife?
According to a recent article in the New York Times they are.Dr. Marc Chamberlain, a Seattle oncologist, noticed a trend among...
 
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Do the Justices Play Nicely Together?
For the second autumn in a row, the federal public defenders here in Milwaukee were kind enough to invite me to speak on the...
 
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Commodifying Environmental Resources
Many people value certain environmental resources even if they have never actually visited or “used” those resources.  For...
 
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SCOTUS Fantasy League Debuts
Hey, Supreme Court buffs, think you can handicap the high court’s cases better than you can Packers games?  If so, you...
 
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$250 Million Worth of Fuss
The U.S. Department of Education released the final rules Thursday for the high-stakes competition called the Race to the Top....
 
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Supporting Servicemembers and Veterans
On this Veterans Day we remember the service of so many in the armed forces and merchant marine.   We are grateful for their...
 
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Wanted: Lawyers Who Speak Spanish
Writing in 2004, Anne Marie Slaughter, the current Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and...
 
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Take Down This Wall
With the twentieth anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall yesterday, I have been reflecting a lot on divides.  I...
 
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“I’m a Dominating Bully”
“I’m a dominating bully” — how often do you hear sentences like that? For that matter, how often do you hear...