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William Conley

May 27, 2019

Judge: Anheuser-Busch must pull some ads about MillerCoors

A Wisconsin judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop suggesting in advertising that MillerCoors' light beers contain corn syrup, wading into a fight between two beer giants that are losing market share to small independent brewers.

Apr 23, 2019

Judge denies Republicans’ attempt to join abortion lawsuit

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Wisconsin Republican lawmakers' attempt to intervene in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging the state's abortion restrictions, saying in a strongly worded order that they presented no evidence that the Democratic attorney general wouldn't adequately defend the laws.

Mar 11, 2019

Woman gets 3 years for sending meth to Red Cliff reservation

A judge has sentenced a California woman to three years in prison for shipping methamphetamine to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation in northern Wisconsin.

Jan 18, 2019

Judge: GOP can’t block liberal group’s Twitter comments

A federal judge says top Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature violated the First Amendment when they blocked a liberal-advocacy group from seeing their Twitter feeds.

Dec 20, 2017

Man who stole guns, wrote manifesto sentenced to 14 years

A Wisconsin man who stole a cache of firearms from a gun shop and sent a rambling anti-government manifesto to President Donald Trump has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.

Oct 5, 2017

Judge orders Spectrum Brands to pay $1.9M in civil penalties

A Wisconsin-based consumer products company has been ordered to pay $1.9 million in civil penalties for waiting to report a defect in coffee carafes that resulted in injuries to nearly 70 people, and for continuing to sell the carafes even after they were recalled.

Sep 26, 2017

Jury convicts man in weapons, manhunt case (UPDATE)

Jurors have convicted a man accused of stealing an arsenal of firearms from a southern Wisconsin gun shop and sending an anti-government manifesto to President Donald Trump.

Mar 22, 2017

Federal court says ex-lawyer waited too long to appeal order to pay OLR

A federal appeals court has ruled that a district court judge got it right when he refused to let a former La Crosse lawyer appeal a bankruptcy judge’s order to pay for his disciplinary hearing.

Mar 20, 2017

Trump expedites visas for family of Syrian in Wisconsin

President Donald Trump's administration says it's expediting a Syrian man's applications to bring his wife and daughter to Wisconsin in the face of a federal lawsuit.

Mar 17, 2017

Trump administration fights Syrian’s travel ban lawsuit

A federal judge should let President Donald Trump's travel ban apply to a Syrian family trying to relocate to Wisconsin, U.S. Justice Department attorneys argue in a new court filing.

Mar 16, 2017

Federal judge dismisses Walker-related John Doe lawsuit

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against investigators and former state officials involved in a now-halted secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign.

Mar 10, 2017

Judge exempts Syrian family from Trump ban

A Syrian refugee trying to bring his family to Wisconsin renewed his challenge of President Donald Trump's travel ban in federal court Friday, arguing the new order is clearly anti-Muslim and just as illegal as the president's first travel ban.

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