Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Commentary

Jun 26, 2017

CRITIC’S CORNER: ‘Mistakes were made’: A reply to Michael Griesbach

Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach recently wrote, “To be sure, mistakes were made in the Avery case.”

Jun 20, 2017

BENCH BLOG: On this much they agree: DOJ database seriously flawed

Read the case of Teague v. Schimel at your peril.

Jun 20, 2017

View from around the state: Trial shows need for cop cameras in Madison

Madison should pay close attention to the Milwaukee trial of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.

Jun 12, 2017

ON MEDIATION: Using the full strength of your case in mediation

Mediation is often portrayed as a rational and logical choice that saves money and time. Well, it is that. But let’s face it, it’s also usually required by the court and something that you might not do if it weren’t. That means there’s a risk that it becomes perfunctory.

Jun 5, 2017

View from around the state: US high court has chance to reject gerrymandering

My, my, how time flies when we are having redistricting fun.

May 30, 2017

BENCH BLOG: Client behavior: Enough to draw a tier

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently reaffirmed its two-tiered framework for loss of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. It overruled another case requiring a finding of intentionality and once again declined to mandate warnings to a defendant before forfeiture.

May 26, 2017

The truth about originalism

President Donald Trump has managed to seat a new justice on the U.S. Supreme Court's bench — Neil Gorsuch, formerly a judge in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In doing so, the president once again drew attention to the doctrine which “conservatives” have historically preached from whatever hilltop perch they could find, using words which former D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Bork[...]

May 22, 2017

BENCH BLOG: Accrual of a legal malpractice claim

The Court of Appeals took the opportunity to again offer instruction regarding when a tort claim accrues for purposes of the statute of limitations.

May 10, 2017

CRITIC’S CORNER: Critical omissions in ‘Making a Murderer’?

Whenever I write a motion or a brief on behalf of a client, it inevitably requires that I quote language from a published case, the criminal complaint, or some other document.

May 8, 2017

In Pharmacal case, court puts forward insurer-friendly synthesis

In our first installment in the April 12 Wisconsin Law Journal issue, we analyzed the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Wisconsin Pharmacal Co., LLC v. Nebraska Cultures of California, Inc., 2016 WI 14.

May 2, 2017

BENCH BLOG: Officer’s question to suspect a lesson for deposition preparation

A police officer’s question to a suspect led the Wisconsin Supreme Court on a 42-page exploration of the constitutional consequences recently. State v. Harris tells the tale.

Apr 24, 2017

7th Circuit stands alone in ‘sex’ discrimination decision

In July, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its panel decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and affirmed a district court’s ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not redress sexual-orientation discrimination in the workplace. 830 F.3d 698.

Polls

Should Steven Avery be granted a new evidentiary hearing?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests