Effective today, Wisconsin trust account rules have sort-of caught up with the rest of the country, and finally acknowledge that electronic transactions really aren’t that scary. Under the Rules applicable from 2016 to yesterday (which the Wisconsin Lawyer optimistically described
Halling & Cayo. S.C.
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While I Was Out, All of the Sanctions Happened
So I was in DC last week, and, shockingly, offline for most of it. (Supreme Court photo accompanying this blog entry was a “just visiting” picture.) We’ve missed a few things while I was gone:
- The judge in the Mata
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Why I Didn't Say "Hi" at the Bar Conference
We in Wisconsin are in the middle of the State Bar Annual Meeting & Conference, right here in Milwaukee. The venue is a couple of blocks from my office so I’ve been and will be popping out.So far, I’ve…
Where does AI go from here?
Remember when you were a kid, you were told not to copy directly from the encyclopedia? (I guess that’s an age test.) And then at some point you were told not to rely on Wikipedia for research, because any random…
“When did you feel like you really ‘became’ a lawyer?”
This question was posed by the State Bar of Wisconsin on its social media today, and because I am on deadline and should be writing about [things that are my actual work] and instead I am procrastinating, I responded…
Talking Honestly About Honesty (When You Can't Really Talk About Government Ethics)
Yesterday, I (and several of my nerd friends, as it would turn out) spoke with Benjamin Penn for an article that ran today in Bloomberg Law about outgoing US Attorney Rachel Rollins, who was found by the Department of…
Crowdfunding, Re-(Re?) Visited
A couple of years ago (has it been that long? Has it only been a couple of years?) I wrote about Sidney Powell (of Kraken election lolsuit fame) and her attempt to join a legal defense team for January 6…
A Belated Update So I Don’t Trigger 8.4(c) By Saying I Blog “Regularly”
Hi folks! The problem with telling the whole world that you blog regularly about legal ethics is that you have to actually do it. And when you’ve got an elections practice in an election month, and you teach dentists, and…
Is there really that much daylight between a lawyer and client?
“After completing his time on the Supreme Court, Daniel Kelly provided legal counsel to several clients, amongst which were the RNC and RPW,” [Kelly’s spokesman Jim] Dick said (paywalled, sorry). “It is a maxim in the legal profession that the…
I Write Other Stuff Too
The March 2023 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer is live (print copies should arrive shortly), so please check out my short article, “When A Professional Needs A Professional.” The Web page tells me I’m supposed to cite the article…