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Feb. 18, 2009 – Some policy-makers in Madison have floated the option of imposing the tax on professional services, including legal, accounting, and real estate brokerage services. The State Bar of Wisconsin objects to any proposal to expand the state sales tax to include legal and other professional services.

Health of Wisconsin lawyer job market measured by law student prospects

Feb. 18, 2009 – Law students, with minimal legal experience on their resumes, face a recessionary job market. But there is reason to believe students and unemployed lawyers could find prospects brighter in Wisconsin, according to career experts.

Taking a lesson from Cruzan and Schiavo: Five minutes that can spare a family years of pain

Feb. 18, 2009 – William Colby, the lawyer who represented the Nancy Cruzan family and author of Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan and Unplugged: Reclaiming our Right To Die, wonders what if, just once standing over a backyard grill, Terri Schiavo had talked with her family about Nancy Cruzan. Would five minutes have spared the family years of pain?

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New Spanish-language video prepares your clients for depositions

Feb. 18, 2009 – The State Bar recently updated its educational DVDs on how to prepare clients for a deposition, explaining how to avoid simple mistakes that can undermine the testimony of even the best-intentioned witness.