State Bar of Wisconsin | Legislative News Legislative news from WisBar.org. en-us http://www.wisbar.org/ Copyright 2010, State Bar of Wisconsin webmaster@wisbar.org Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:00:10 GMT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Graphics/Template/logobwprint-new.gif State Bar of Wisconsin http://www.wisbar.org/ Judicial Council looks back on another successful year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/XnPGKdtB4oU/Template.cfm July 26, 2010 – Wisconsin's Judicial Council has wrapped up another year marked by several significant achievements, including new Supreme Court rules governing the discovery of electronically stored information. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94828 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94828 Special committees formed to review major policy issues between legislative sessions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/X8x27JQQ37g/Template.cfm July 28, 2010 – The 2009 Regular Session of the Wisconsin Legislature may have adjourned, but that doesn't mean that legislative business has ground to a halt on Madison's Capitol Square. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94884 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94884 Senate Judiciary Committee recommends Vaudreuil as U.S. Attorney for Western District of Wisconsin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/H2aEYzSo_JY/Template.cfm July 30, 2010 – The Senate Judiciary Committee has recommended approval of John W. Vaudreuil's nomination as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. Vaudreuil currently serves in the Western District as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=95251 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=95251 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will have no enforcement or supervisory authority over attorneys http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/l6GP1w80nk0/Template.cfm July 7, 2010 –Thanks to the combined efforts of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bar Association, and bar associations and attorneys across the country, the final version House Bill H.R. 4173 contains an exclusion for the practice of law, leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without any supervisory authority over attorneys. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94492 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94492 Legislature makes changes to Uniform Commercial Code articles http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/VFQi4TD0aVc/Template.cfm June 22, 2010 – Shortly before the Wisconsin State Legislature adjourned its session in May, they made a number of changes to three articles of Wisconsin's Uniform Commercial Code. Three of the changes were recommended by the National Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a non-governmental body created over a century ago to promote the "uniformity of state law." Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94159 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94159 Scales of Justice Award highlights the contributions of legislators to a stronger justice system http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/84dLUjT3-3A/Template.cfm July 1, 2010 - Five members of the Wisconsin Legislature have received the State Bar's "Scales of Justice Award" for their efforts to foster and maintain the high standards of Wisconsin's judicial system and legal profession. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94218 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94218 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will have no enforcement or supervisory authority over attorneys http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/JFVak9I4bTs/Template.cfm July 7, 2010 – Thanks to the combined efforts of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bar Association, and bar associations and attorneys across the country, the final version House Bill H.R. 4173 contains an exclusion for the practice of law. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94242 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=94242 Bill to increase SPD private bar rate dies as Legislature adjourns for the year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/FQiDXdNytDs/Template.cfm May 12, 2010 – When the Legislature adjourned its regular session in April 2010, it also left unfinished a bill that would have significantly increased the hourly rate for private bar State Public Defender appointments from $40 to $70. Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92929 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92929 State Bar celebrates the end of a victorious 2009-10 legislative session http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WisBarLegislativeNews/~3/TUfT1zeHO9w/Template.cfm highly productive lobbying season for the State Bar of Wisconsin. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92542 http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92542