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Tribe asks judge to halt Ho-Chunk casino expansion
TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An American Indian tribe in northern Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to block another band from expanding a competing casino, arguing the project violates both tribes’ gambling compacts with the state. The Ho-Chunk Nation wants to add hundreds of slot machines, table games, a […]
Ex-Wisconsin deputy who killed wife, sister-in-law dies
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy who killed his wife and sister-in-law but was found not legally responsible because of his ailing health has died. Attorney Jessa Nicholson Goetz represented ex-deputy Andrew Steele during his trial. She says the 42-year-old died Tuesday at UW Hospital in Madison of complications from Lou Gehrig’s […]
Looking back at the ride
Attorneys find U.S. Supreme Court oral argument energizing, tiring
Taking it to the top
Federal defenders prepare for appearance before U.S. Supreme Court
Should constitution define marriage?
The proposed amendment to the state constitution that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot has attorneys from many areas of practice considering its purposes and potential effects. The amendment would create a section of article XIII of the state constitution that would provide that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall […]
Should constitution define marriage?
The proposed amendment to the state constitution that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot has attorneys from many areas of practice considering its purposes and potential effects. The amendment would create a section of article XIII of the state constitution that would provide that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall […]
Class action law raises jurisdictional issues
Many Wisconsin legal observers familiar with the federal Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 seem to agree that it is likely to divert some class actions from state courts into federal courts. But recent interviews reveal a divide in their assessments of whether that would be a generally positive development, and if so, for whom. […]
Women of Intellectual Property
Firm sees benefit to marketing women in IP practice
Law schools help public interest graduates
Many lawyers seeking employment in the types of law traditionally considered public interest work soon discover that the market for those positions is tight. But even those who find jobs may wonder whether they can afford to take them. Wisconsin’s two law schools are helping to make it easier for their graduates to consider public […]
OLR seeks increase in citizen participation
More members of the general public may serve in the lawyer discipline process if the Wisconsin Supreme Court approves rule changes proposed in a petition the director of the Office of Lawyer Regulation filed in early November. Among other revisions, the petition proposes an increase in the goal for the proportion of non-lawyer membership in […]
Revelations about fire evidence
Imagine it is two years after a fire. The original theory that the toaster caused it is now toast, following a thorough examination by a new fire investigator. Can the real cause still be identified? That could be impossible if the entire scene was not documented promptly after the fire, according to Andrew R. Carpenter, […]
Antitrust case targets taverns for cutting drink specials
The case has been stayed for at least a few months while the parties brief an insurers motion for summary judgment, but Eichenseer, et al. vs. Madison-Dane County Tavern League, Inc., et al., has already had 15 minutes of fame. The lawsuit, filed in March, alleges that more than 20 downtown Madison taverns conspired to […]
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- A judge tosses claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed 3 people in five years
- Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity
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- Evers taps Marcus Hawkins to Public Service Commission
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- Milwaukee Bucks partner with WisDOT to expand reckless driving prevention campaign
- Evers taps State Bar President-Elect Bucher for Circuit Court Judge
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