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Weekly Case Digests
Weekly Case Digests – March 21, 2022 - March 25, 2022
Weekly Case Digests – November 29, 2021 – December 3, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – November 29, 2021 - December 3, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – November 8, 2021 – November 12, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – November 8, 2021 - November 12, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – October 25, 2021 – October 29, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – October 25, 2021 - October 29, 2021
Malicious Prosecution Action
This case is about the tort of malicious prosecution.
Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – August 16, 2021 – August 20, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021
1 year and 105 jury trials later, Milwaukee County courts continue efforts to return to normal
It has been nearly a year of in-person, pandemic-related operations for Wisconsin’s First Judicial District, and every day still brings new questions for Chief Judge Mary Triggiano. As she describes how Milwaukee County courts have been returning to in-person proceedings, a staff member interrupts to ask: Where should warrant return walk-ins be sent? “There are […]
Weekly Case Digests – June 21, 2021 – June 25, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – June 21, 2021 – June 25, 2021
Recommitment Order – Sufficiency of Evidence
WI Court of Appeals – District I Case Name: Milwaukee County v. T.L.T. Case No.: 2020AP426 Officials: DUGAN, J. Focus: Recommitment Order – Sufficiency of Evidence T.L.T. appeals a one-year recommitment order entered on May 28, 2019, and argues that the circuit court lost its competency when the expert reports bearing on the issue of […]
THE GATES DIVORCE: Proof, if any were needed, that money doesn’t equal happiness
The most discussed divorce case in social media today is the one recently filed by Bill and Melinda Gates. Although certainly not a typical divorce case, a few comments seem warranted, perhaps because of its unusual quality.
Hickey aims to be accessible to all members as State Bar president-elect
When Margaret Wrenn Hickey, a Milwaukee family and elder law attorney, got a call asking her to run for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin, she knew she had the experience needed for the job.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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