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Eric Ellis – Hupy and Abraham
In the past five years, Eric Ellis has made more than 1,000 videos for Hupy and Abraham. That sounds like a lot, but Ellis is not complaining. Ellis, multimedia specialist at the firm, said every day at Hupy and Abraham is different. Sometimes he’ll be out at a local event filming video; at others, he’ll […]
James Livingston – Quarles & Brady
When people stop James Livingston in the hallways of Quarles & Brady, they have his undivided attention — no matter how important their issue or what he has on his long to-do list.
LOSS FOR WORDS: Stenographer shortage prompts industry to seek out different solutions
Business is booming for Chris Willette, a stenographer and the owner of Willette Court Reporting in Wausau.
Supreme Court overturns ‘unsound’ eyewitness identification ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is realigning state law with U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning the necessary criteria that must be must to ensure due process is carried out in eyewitness identifications. A majority of the state Supreme Court justices ruled Tuesday to overturn the burden placed on the state in State v. Dubose, calling the ruling “unsound in principle.”
Ahead of elections, Godfrey & Kahn shareholder asks for opinion on sale of polling data
Ahead of the 2020 elections, a shareholder at Godfrey & Kahn has asked the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to provide an advisory opinion on the sale of polling research and other data.
Easement
This is an appeal of a final judgment resolving property disputes between the owners of two adjacent parcels of land in Monroe County.
Due Process Violation
R.A.S. appeals an order involuntarily committing him under WIS. STAT. ch. 51 after a jury trial, arguing that the special verdict question pertaining to dangerousness violated his right to due process because the question did not require five-sixths of the jurors to agree that he was dangerous under WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2.c. or that he was dangerous under § 51.20(1)(a)2.d.
Court Error – Statutory Interpretation – Franchise Taxation
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) appeals a Dane County Circuit Court order that affirmed a decision of the Tax Appeals Commission.
Unlawful-stop Claim
Tunis Jay LaFever appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood, third offense, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(am).
Court Error – Divorce – Asset Distribution
Michael M. Hrdi appeals from the judgment of divorce from his former wife Cindy Lund, f/k/a Cindy Hrdi, who petitioned for divorce after a fourteen-year marriage.
Plea Withdrawal
Christopher Shannon appeals from a judgment and an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal or, in the alternative, resentencing.
First conviction, sentence comes from backlogged testing of sexual-assault kits
A Waupaca County court handed down the first conviction and sentence resulting from the testing of a backlog of thousands of sexual-assault kits in Wisconsin.
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- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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