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Emails: DNR board chairman consulted with GOP about staying
The leader of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board consulted with Republicans on his decision to stay on the panel after his term expired, emails show.
Wisconsin governor: $680K for election probe is ‘outrageous’
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that it was "outrageous" that Republicans planned to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin, accusing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of "drinking the Kool-Aid" after meeting with former President Donald Trump.
Blake, paralyzed in police shooting, hopeful he’ll walk soon
A Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin expects to be walking soon, an accomplishment he says is tempered by fears of it happening again.
State Supreme Court refuses to take up mask challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to take up a conservative legal group's challenge to Dane County's mask mandate.
Jury Instructions
Robert Farnik was arrested in 2013 for alleged animal cruelty after Chicago Police were contacted about a sickly dog making desperate sounds in Farnik’s backyard.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
After Lawrence Krivak fell and injured himself in a Home Depot parking lot, he sued the store but failed time and again to prosecute his case.
Copyright Infringement
Copyright law protects individual expression while encouraging creativity and maintaining the public interest in spreading ideas.
Prisoner – ADA and Rehabilitation Act Violation
Cook County inmate Marque Bowers filed this federal civil rights lawsuit after other inmates at‐ tacked him in 2012.
Title VII Violation – Retaliation Claim
Debra Eaton brought a Title VII claim against J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc. (“Findorff”), asserting that the company twice refused to hire her in retaliation for an earlier sex discrimination charge that she had leveled against the company.
Sentencing Guidelines – First Step Act
In 2009, defendant-appellant Olaitan Fowowe was sentenced for a conviction for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Statutory Interpretation – Hobbs Act
Andrew McHaney is not the first defendant to try to persuade this court that Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied – 4th Amendment Violation
Officer Erik Cowick pulled over Jacques Gholston just after midnight on April 29, 2018, for turning without signaling.
Legal News
- 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
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
WLJ People
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