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Postconviction Motion-Sentencing Guidelines
Husnik appeals from the denial of his postconviction motion for additional sentence credit, stemming from his no-contest pleas to two counts of delivery of cocaine.
ERISA
On remand from Hughes v. Northwestern University, 142 S. Ct. 737 (2022), the Seventh Circuit reexamines plaintiffs’ allegations that plan fiduciary Northwestern breached its duty of prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a).
Election Law
In 2016, David Gill ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’s 13th Congressional District.
Prison Litigation Reform Act- Grievance Procedure
King is a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail. He sued Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, Officer R. Szul, and Cook County for claims arising out of a March 29, 2019, incident in which another detainee punched him and threw hot coffee on him, causing third-degree burns.
Insurance
Lorrie Meier sought to collect on a life insurance policy from Pacific Life Insurance Company following the death of her husband Ron.
Employment Discrimination-Title VII
Crain, a Black female, was reassigned to a new position at the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans’ Administration Medical Center (the “VA Center”) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ron Johnson aide asked felon convicted of fraud for opinion
Ron Johnson’s reelection campaign's top aide asked for advice about Democrats’ campaign activities from a convicted felon who once claimed without evidence that a “sect” of Milwaukee officials illegally printed ballots for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
How cash bail laws are at stake on Wisconsin’s April ballot
Cash bail has been the subject of heated debate in statehouses across the country after a 2022 midterm where Republicans spent millions slamming Democratic candidates as soft on crime.
Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally, protests erupt in New York
Throngs of protesters gathered at the Manhattan courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their embattled hero as Trump faces a potential indictment and holds the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas.
Disabled Wisconsin voters say absentee law not followed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can’t have another person return their absentee ballot for them. Absentee ballots, and who can return them, has been a political flashpoint in battleground Wisconsin, […]
Wisconsin DOJ, factory farm reach $215K pollution settlement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations. The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a meeting Tuesday. According to an analysis of the deal by the Legislature’s attorneys, the deal will settle allegations that Kinnard Farms improperly […]
Powder, threat sent to Manhattan DA investigating Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance was found Friday with a threatening letter in a mailroom at the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the latest security scare as the prosecutor weighs a potential historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, authorities said. New York City police and environmental protection officials isolated and removed […]
Legal News
- Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings
- For 20 years, RCS has been bringing trial visuals to life
- Justices reject appeal from former Guantanamo detainee
- Lawyers burn midnight oil studying Title IX revisions
- 70 years after Brown, school integration stymied
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
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