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Conservation Easements: Important Tools to Preserve Land

A conservation easement preserves open spaces and other environmentally significant resources while providing income, property, and estate tax savings to the landowner.

Out of the Dark: The Emergence of Toxic Mold Litigation

Wisconsin law gives little direct guidance to plaintiffs and defendants on determining whether insurance policy exclusion clauses will operate to exclude toxic mold claims. With the rise in toxic mold litigation, perhaps one or more appellate decisions will assist lawyers in advising their clients on the probability of coverage.

Accessories Under the Lemon Law

While the Lemon Law defines neither "accessories" nor "components," read how recent cases involving them have interpreted the Lemon Law to balance fairness to manufacturers with the availability of consumer remedies.

Legal News and Trends

Opinions, Voices & Ideas

Inside the Bar
I am overwhelmed by a sense of history. Between meetings at the ABA Mid-Year Meeting in Philadelphia, I walked from my hotel to the Old City neighborhood. At Independence Hall, I stood in the hallways and rooms where the voices of Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and all our nation's founders still echoed with their debates about their future and ours.

Out of the Dark
The Emergence of Toxic Mold Litigation - Mold in Wisconsin Schools
Wisconsin law gives little direct guidance to plaintiffs and defendants on determining whether insurance policy exclusion clauses will operate to exclude toxic mold claims. With the rise in toxic mold litigation, perhaps one or more appellate decisions will assist lawyers in advising their clients on the probability of coverage.

President's Message
The legislature should mandate civics or american government course for state students.

Letters to the Editor

Ethics
Communicating Your Practice Area
Lawyers may identify their practice focus areas but may not state they're a specialist or certified in a particular field unless they meet certain criteria.

Technology
Practical Tips for Successful Implementation, Part I: Benefits of Case Management Systems
In this first of a two-part series on successfully implementing case management systems, learn how educating everyone in your firm about the benefits of such systems - what they are, what they do, how they change workflow and work practices - will help build critical consensus and buy-in from the participants.

Recently Passed Legislation
Recently passed legislation is offered in response to member requests for more, although highly abbreviated, information on new Wisconsin laws.