Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Board members question Bar sponsorship of campaign committee

Jack Zemlicka reports in the Wisconsin Law Journal, March 5, 2008

(see this earlier post)


Update: Voelker field questions about electronic filing. Jack Zemlicka reports further in the Wisconsin Law Journal, March 5, 2008, on a presentation by A. John Voelker, Director of State Courts, to our State Bar's February 29, 2008 Board of Governors meeting.

(see this earlier post)

On another item,
The board hesitantly answered the American Bar Association’s call to support legislation designed to strengthen attorney-client privilege.

Rather than join local bar associations from 10 other states in backing U.S. Senate Bill 186 [companion to HR3013] , which seeks to reverse the recent trend of pressuring companies to waive attorney-client privileges, the State Bar drafted a revised policy statement.