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Updated May 9, 2008 09:49 CDT
At the May 7 Board of Governors meeting, President Thomas J. Basting Sr. ad-dressed the impact of a recent initiative, the Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee.


After an entrepreneur’s promises of a commuter airline failed to take wing, an angry investor does not need to prove that he relied on those misstatements in order to bring a lawsuit under Wisconsin’s securities fraud statute.
A petition by the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation (WisTAF) is banking on the interest of State Bar of Wisconsin members, literally. 
LEGAL BLOG
May 9, 2008 9:26 AM CDT
by Bev Butula
Consumer information on vehicle safety and recalls can be found at SaferCar.gov.   The site is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and offers several databases.  Search for vehicle recalls/defects or child restraint recalls.   A relatively new feature is the RSS option to receive notification of new recalls.
May 8, 2008 2:52 PM CDT
by David Ziemer
As a writer for a legal journal, I’d love to write an inside scoop of what goes on in a jury room. But, alas, every time I’ve been called for jury duty, I managed to get myself removed by one attorney or another with his peremptory strikes.
May 7, 2008 2:03 PM CDT
by Anne Reed
Is the Fifth Circuit trying to change the way prosecutors talk to jurors?

CASE DIGESTS
2007AP1641 In the matter of the guardianship and protective placement of Michael L.
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2007AP1970 Pierce v. La Crosse Truck Center Inc., et al.
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07-2267, 07-2283 & 07-2308 Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C., v. 950.80 Acres of Land
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07-2405 Soumare v. Mukasey
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07-2074 Huang v. Mukasey
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07-2584 & 07-2585 U.S. v. Orsburn
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