WisBar.org | Headline News Headlines from WisBar.org. en-us http://www.wisbar.org/ Copyright 2009, State Bar of Wisconsin webmaster@wisbar.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Graphics/Template/logobwprint-new.gif State Bar of Wisconsin http://www.wisbar.org/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Fastcase offers free legal research webcast seminars – the next date is Jan. 15 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~3/503489169/Template.cfm State Bar members are invited to attend free webcast seminars from Fastcase explaining this new member benefit. Fastcase offers free, unlimited access to a comprehensive 50-state and federal case-law database including coverage of federal appellate and bankruptcy courts; the U.S. Supreme Court, and access to Wisconsin statutes, the Administrative Code, Supreme Court rules, the Constitution, attorney general opinions since 1982, and acts since 1989. Choose the date that works for you. The next seminar is scheduled for Jan. 15.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~4/503489169" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 CDT /AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76289&feed=wisbar_headlines http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76289&feed=wisbar_headlines Six dos and don'ts for thriving in tough economic times http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~3/503661370/Template.cfm Firm management consultant Dustin Cole offers tips to small firms weathering the economic downturn in advance of his CLE seminar at the State Bar Center in Madison on Feb. 11. Cole intends to help firms not just to withstand the recession, but to thrive.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~4/503661370" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 CDT /AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76816&feed=wisbar_headlines http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76816&feed=wisbar_headlines Timing is everything for retirement benefit, supreme court holds http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~3/503749110/Template.cfm The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the City of Milwaukee's unilateral offer of free health care to its retirees did not become binding after an employee worked the requisite number of years. The offer only became a contract obligation if the employee was also at least 60-years-old and retired prior to changes in the benefit plan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~4/503749110" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:00:00 CDT /AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76815&feed=wisbar_headlines http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76815&feed=wisbar_headlines Police may search unarrested passenger's belongings found outside car http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~3/498906627/Template.cfm Concerns about a police officer's safety and preservation of evidence prompted the Wisconsin Supreme Court to approve a search of an unarrested passenger's belongings found outside the vehicle.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisBarHeadlineNews/~4/498906627" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:00:00 CDT /AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76692&feed=wisbar_headlines http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&contentid=76692&feed=wisbar_headlines