Month: May 2010

From Positivity Blog: 7 Of My Favorite Timeless Tips From The Last 2500 Years

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 25, 2010
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These 7 tips describe very practical approaches and attitudes for life challenges. The quoted tip below reminds me of the Supreme Court, and all the confirmation-process talky-talk where Justices are described with labels like “activists” (bad label) or “umpires” (good label).Behind all the labels and analogies, as well as behind the intellectual rationalizations of complex […]

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Cloverleaf On-Ramps And The Law

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 21, 2010
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When I was in law school, a professor discussed an interesting analogy. It involved the invention of cloverleaf-shaped on-ramps. The new on-ramps were self-imposed structures, which- like the self-imposition of new laws- improved safety and prevented us from making human errors. Prior to the cloverleaf on-ramp, people merged on to a busy highway the same […]

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LexUniversal Post: H-1B Site Visits Soon Will Be Routine

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 21, 2010
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Per LexUniversal: 25,000 companies will be randomly selected for investigation this year if they employ H-1B workers according to Robert Blackwood, FDNS, Fraud Detection Branch Chief at USCIS, responsible for overseeing the management of the site visit program.

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New Blog (“On Point”) By The Wisconsin State Public Defender

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 20, 2010
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The WI Public Defender has launched a new blog, which is described as follows: The Wisconsin State Public Defender distills the latest decisions concerning criminal law and tracks issues pending before the United States and Wisconsin Supreme Courts. For the Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer, this is an indispensable source for news and analysis of cases […]

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Employee Tip: Save Important Documents, And Don’t Write On Them!

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 19, 2010
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If you have an important document relating to a dispute with your employer- for example, a termination letter or a pay stub showing underpaid wages- please save that document. (You can read a more detailed post here about all the types of good documentation, and how to preserve it). Sounds simple, right? But it’s easy to inadvertently misplace or […]

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For Employees In WI Considering A Do-It-Yourself Discrimination Complaint, Consider This…

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 17, 2010
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On many occasions, employees have called me for advice after they have filed a discrimination complaint with Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development Equal Rights Division (ERD), or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). When I review their situations, I find that many of those employees should not, in my opinion, have filed their discrimination complaints. These employees’ […]

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Bill Moyers: Chevron’s “Crude” Attempt To Suppress Free Speech

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 16, 2010
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This article discusses the Chevron case, and the parties’ battle between two important principles: (1) journalists’ right to confidentiality for their sources/source info; versus (2) litigants’ right to access evidence that is important to their litigation. The article also had an interesting quote about lawyers: In a 1905 speech before the Harvard Ethical Society, Brandeis […]

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Article About High Worker Productivity- Here For The Long Haul?

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 11, 2010
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Interesting article that discusses an increase in U.S. workers’ productivity, but questions whether the gains are part of a short-term burnout that will actually hurt us over the long haul. Tony Schwartz: The Productivity Myth Consider this:  The average American sleeps 6 ½ hours a night – and the costs include not just much […]

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Atty. Dan Cross Authors Child Support Calculation Sheets Used By State Bar, Family Law Section

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

May 05, 2010
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PBC attorney Dan Cross authored child support calculation spreadsheets, called DCF 150 40 Sheets, which calculate child support under Wisconsin law’s child support standards at Ch. DCF 150, Regs. The State Bar’s Family Law Section links to the DCF 150 Sheets, for use by persons involved in Wisconsin’s family law system. Dan recently updated the […]

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