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	<title>Wisconsin Civil Justice Council, Inc.</title>
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		<title>Proposal Would Modify Chief Justice Selection Process</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/02/02/proposal-would-modify-chief-justice-selection-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Legislature is considering two proposals that would change the way the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is selected.
The process for designating the chief justice is currently contained in Art. VII, Sec. 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution, which provides, “The justice having been longest a continuous member of said court, or in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Gableman Denies Recusal Motions Seeking to Force Him Off of Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice Michael Gableman on Friday denied motions by attorneys in three separate cases asking the Justice to recuse himself from pending cases. The parties sought his removal after it was determined that Justice Gableman received contingency fee representation from an attorney with a law firm that had cases pending before the Court. The three cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Hears Oral Arguments in Collateral Source Rule Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an important case, Orlowski v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 2009AP2848, which will determine whether the collateral source rule applies to underinsured motorist (UIM) policies.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has explained that the “collateral source rule states that benefits an injured person receives from sources that have nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daubert Comes to Wisconsin a Success</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/01/13/daubert-comes-to-wisconsin-a-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important pieces of legislation supported by the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council in 2011 was the adoption of the Daubert standards for the admission of expert opinion evidence, bringing Wisconsin in line with the entire federal system and a majority of states. A comprehensive understanding of decisions and trends from other jurisdictions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Magazine Explains the Need for Bill Eliminating Law Providing Convicted Felons Protected Class Status under WFEA</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2012/01/09/business-magazine-explains-the-need-for-bill-eliminating-law-providing-convicted-felons-protected-class-status-under-wfea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Business magazine just issued its latest print edition and its cover story is an excellent article explaining why Wisconsin’s current law protecting convicted felons as a protected class under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) is overly burdensome for employers. The article further discusses Assembly Bill 286/Senate Bill 207, which would alleviate this burden on employers by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venue Statute Tested in Recall Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the major civil justice reforms passed by the Wisconsin Legislature and signed by Governor Walker in 2011, was 2011 Wisconsin Act 61,  which modified Wisconsin’s venue statutes in cases where the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. The new law was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead to 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2011/12/19/looking-ahead-to-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While 2011 was a historic and productive year when it comes to passing substantive civil justice reforms, WCJC still has a number of priorities it would like to see pass in 2012. Among them are two bills pending in the Legislature:

Repealing 2009 Act 20, which for the first time adopted punitive and compensatory damages in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Year Report</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2011/12/19/end-of-the-year-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 truly has been an historic year for civil justice reforms in Wisconsin. The strong support of Wisconsin Civil Justice Council’s (WCJC) Board, Partners, and Friends is one of the reasons our legal reform campaign has been so successful.
With that in mind, WCJC invites you to celebrate our successes by making a donation to WCJC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCJC Honors Sen. Rich Zipperer and Rep. Jim Ott for Commitment to Lawsuit Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Civil Justice Council (WCJC) at its annual luncheon honored Sen. Rich Zipperer (R-Pewaukee) and Rep. Jim Ott (R-Mequon) for their outstanding leadership in the area of civil justice reform.
“2011 has been a historic year for lawsuit reforms in Wisconsin, and Sen. Zipperer and Rep. Jim Ott have been instrumental in helping pass these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Walker, Wisconsin Legislature Receive National Accolades for Enacting Lawsuit Reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/2011/12/15/gov-walker-wisconsin-legislature-receive-national-accolades-for-enacting-lawsuit-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) today came out with its annual Judicial Hellholes report, and instead of receiving negative scrutiny, Wisconsin received acclaims for the significant lawsuit reforms recently signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature.
Although ATRA’s Judicial Hellholes report is renowned for documenting abuses of the civil justice system in [...]]]></description>
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