June 15, 2016 – Last year was another eventful one for courts, legislative bodies, and administrative agencies in Wisconsin, as they addressed numerous issues that appeared in headlines across the state and the country – ranging from right-to-work legislation to the rights of transgender students. All these issues and more from 25 diverse areas of law are covered in the 2016 edition of the State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE^® Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law.

A Year’s Worth of Developments in One Volume

Tracking the past year’s many changes in the law can easily overwhelm an individual attorney – but it’s easily managed with the new Annual Survey. The book’s attorney-authors share the results of their hundreds of hours sifting through recent developments in the law, and the result is a concise summary of the legal developments most significant to Wisconsin lawyers.

Whether you’re looking for the Wisconsin Legislature’s changes to owner liability for a dog bite (outlining the harm required before double damages can be awarded), the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s view on a challenge to administrative rules on the siting of wind energy systems (upholding the Public Service Commission’s rules), or the federal Securities and Exchange Commission’s final regulations on crowdfunding (allowing interstate offerings of securities on the internet), you’ll find them all in the 2016 Annual Survey.

The Collective Product of Dozens of Attorney-Authors

Here are just a few of the many topics discussed in the Annual Survey’s 25 chapters:

• Environmental Law and Real Property: Legislative amendments affecting shoreland zoning;

• Worker’s Compensation: The Wisconsin Legislature’s extensive revisions to the Worker’s Compensation Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2016;

• Health Law: Ongoing judicial challenges to Wisconsin abortion legislation and the federal Affordable Care Act;

• Constitutional, Criminal Law, and Evidence: Numerous appellate court decisions addressing constitutional challenges and other issues in various criminal law cases (such as whether a police officer’s mistake of law can form a proper basis for a traffic stop);

• Civil Procedure: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s adoption of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, changing the procedures for obtaining discovery in Wisconsin for out-of-state civil cases, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s adoption of various Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

How to Order

The 2016 edition of Annual Survey, whose chapters each cover a different practice area, is available in print to members for $79 and nonmembers for $99, plus tax, shipping, and handling.

Subscribers to the State Bar’s automatic supplementation service will receive future updates at a discount off the regular price.

The Annual Survey is also available via Books UnBound. Annual subscriptions to Books UnBound start at $159 per title and $769 for the full library (single-user prices; call for law-firm pricing).

For more information, visit WisBar.org Marketplace or call the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.