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Campaign finance reform needs work from both sides

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 12:35 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

When it comes to campaign finance reform, liberals largely are wrong and conservatives only offer a partial and shaky response.

Criminal Procedure — exculpatory evidence (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:41 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

10-1486 U.S. v. Mota

Tax evasion — jury instructions (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:39 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-1954 U.S. v. Collins

Evidence — leading questions (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:38 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

10-3838, 10-3840 & 11-1098 U.S. v. Cephus

Civil Procedure — recusal (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:36 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2009AP608 Adams v. State of Wisconsin

Civil Procedure — recusal (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:35 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

2011AP613-LV & 2011AP765-W Ozanne v. Fitzgerald

Practicing law predetermined for Crooks (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 10:25 am

BY: TONY ANDERSON

Ask Michael Crooks what he would have done if he had not been a lawyer and you may find him at a loss for words.

BLAWG LOG: Helding reflects on July 4, oppressive heat; Greipp on iCivics

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 9:43 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Independence Day was a hot one this year. Amid the celebrations and the record high temperatures, I thought about the framers of our constitution, who, in 1787, dealt with similarly oppressive heat.

Court won’t rehear union case without Justice Gableman

The state Supreme Court won’t reconsider a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law without Justice Michael Gableman.

State’s high court won’t rehear dairy case despite Justice Gableman, law firm ties (access required)

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 9:32 am

BY: Amy Karon, amy.karon@wislawjournal.com

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Justice Michael Gableman won’t have to recuse himself from a case involving attorneys from Michael Best & Friedrich, a law firm that gave him thousands of dollars of legal counsel in a campaign ethics case.

5 states to continue lawsuit demanding Asian carp fix

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 9:12 am

BY: Associated Press

Five states are moving forward with a lawsuit against the federal government demanding steps to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite recent congressional action, the Michigan attorney general’s office said Thursday.

Wis. AG invites public to justice council session

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 8:55 am

BY: Associated Press

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is inviting the public to attend a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council listening session next week.

2 companies in Fox River cleanup won’t have to pay

POSTED: Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 8:39 am

BY: Associated Press

A federal judge has decided that two companies won’t have to pay for the cleanup of PCBs from Little Lake Butte des Morts and portions of the Fox River.

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