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Do Video Games Dream of Electric Speech? - Tim Wu had an interesting op-ed column in yesterday’s New York Times: Free Speech for Computers? Wu’s op-ed is in part a response to a paper co-authored by Eugene Volokh, entitled “First Amendment Protection for Search Engine

New Poll Results: Thompson Leads in US Senate Race - Former Gov. Tommy Thompson leads three other candidates in the race for the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat open in Wisconsin this year, according to results of the Marquette Law School Poll released on Wednesday. Thompson also drew

Muppet Theory - I just heard Dahlia Lithwick over the weekend on NPR describing her new theory of the world — Muppet Theory — and I am convinced that this could usefully explain much of the legal system as well. Lithwick, a writer for Slate Magazine

Cats and Dogs, Libertarians and Social Conservatives - There’s been an interesting exchange among libertarians in response to the Catholic Church’s kick-off of a campaign against application of the HHS mandate on contraception and “morning after” pills to certain religious

Money and the Recall - Paul Secunda, as a labor law professor, weighs in on the aftermath of the recall. He makes some good points. But as (I think) one of two people in Wisconsin who teach Election Law (Mike Wittenwyler, an adjunct at UW, is the other), I would like to

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Wisconsin Lawyer June 2012: Valuing Retirement Benefits in Divorce - Married couples' retirement plans may be among their most valuable and complicated assets. Appraising plan values correctly for a fair division at divorce is a challenge many attorneys do not feel qualified to undertake. This overview of retirement

Wisconsin Lawyer June 2012: Greenwash: Overselling a Product's 'Greenness' - Businesses and consumers eager to sell or buy environmentally friendly products should know that not every representation accurately conveys the "greenness" of the product.Read more...

Wisconsin Lawyer June 2012: Viewpoint: Making Wisconsin's Child Welfare Law Work - Too often, the child welfare system focuses on false issues, engenders adversarial rather than collaborative relationships, and delays addressing the real issues: timely resolving the safety and permanency issues crucial to a child's welfare. We

Wisconsin Lawyer June 2012: WebXtra Video: 'Greenwash': Overselling a Product's 'Greenness' - In this video, authors David Gilles and Matthew Kemp discuss how the government regulates environmental marketing claims to protect consumers from deception and confusion.Read more...

Wisconsin Lawyer May 2012: The ADAAA: Key Changes to Disability Law - In the ADAAA, Congress amended federal disability-discrimination law to restore a breadth of coverage under the ADA. Federal courts have since made initial findings of disability in a broad spectrum of discrimination cases in which they once would

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InsideTrack Jun. 20, 2012 - WisBar InsideTrack for June 20, 2012.

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