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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 restaurant and a ... Subscribe ...

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 disease. Investigators ... Subscribe Login ...

Attorneys find U.S. Supreme Court oral argument energizing, tiring

Federal defenders prepare for appearance before U.S. Supreme Court

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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 ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 Print, ...

Firm sees benefit to marketing women in IP practice

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 ...

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 ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 ...

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, ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 Print, ...

The case has been stayed for at least a few months while the parties brief an insurer’s 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 ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 ...

Overcoming trial challenges

“They’re not the easiest cases to try, just about everybody on a jury owns a dog and likes dogs and sees themselves in the position of the defendant.” Lynn R. Laufenberg, Laufenberg & Hoefle, Milwaukee Dog-bite cases dominated the ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 Print, digital and mobile1 Year$329 Print, digital and mobile1 Year$329 Digital ...

“[T]here effectively is going to be no separate award for pain and suffering damages between the time that the injury occurred and the time of the death, regardless of how prolonged that period might be”Lynn Laufenberg Laufenberg & Hoefle S.C. ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 Print, digital and mobile1 Year$329 Print, digital and mobile1 Year$329 ...

Milwaukee County officials' attempt to avoid a budget crisis in the courts through an increase in state funding of guardian ad litem and interpreter costs stalled in the Legislature this month.The county hoped to receive about $2 million from legislation that would have increased court fees. The generated funds ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 Print, ...

In what might be one of the most important discovery disputes in the state since State ex rel. Dudek v. Circuit Court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court may soon determine whether a lawyer responding to a discovery request can independently waive the attorney-client privilege by producing privileged documents to opposing counsel.During ... Subscribe Login Digital and mobile only1 MonthIntro Rate$34----------1 Year$289 ...

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