Recent Articles from Associated Press
Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
Indianapolis police responded to St. Vincent Hospital around 2:15 a.m. on July 9, 2020, after Banks arrived there after being shot multiple times.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
Appellants Fun F/X II, Inc. and Cao Enterprises II, LLC (collectively “Fun F/X”) sought insurance coverage after a warehouse fire.
Contractual Damages – Individual Privilege
Creation Supply, Inc., bought insurance from Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast. Selective denied coverage, and Creation sued for breach of contract and won.
Wrongful Termination – NLRB Ruling – Contempt
Parties ignore court orders at their peril.
Contracts- Employment Law
Plaintiff Ross worked as a sales representative for defendant First Financial Corporate Services, Inc. until January 2018.
Postconviction Motion – Sentence Reduction
Appellant Miedzianowski is serving a life sentence for leading a criminal conspiracy while he was also working as a Chicago police officer.
Wittenberg selected to OCHDL’s Board of Directors
O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing's Christa Wittenberg has been elected to serve on the firm’s Board of Directors, beginning on July 1.
Americans kidnapped in Mexican border city, FBI says
Four U.S. citizens were kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday in a CBS News Report. Ken Salazar, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, said in a statement that “an innocent Mexican citizen was tragically killed” in the same incident. The four had entered Matamoros, […]
Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok
HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data […]
Exxon Mobil sued as 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility
Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit. According to the government, in January 2020, a Black employee found a hangman’s noose at his worksite at the Baton Rouge complex run […]
Wisconsin substance center owes $2M in Medicaid fraud case
A federal judge has ruled that a now-shuttered Wisconsin substance abuse center and its CEO owe the state and federal government more than $2 million in a Medicaid fraud case.
The most important spring statewide election in the country?
Having just emerged from a busy election season, Wisconsin is already turning its attention back to the polls where control of the state Supreme Court hangs in the balance.
Legal News
- U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad recognizes service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement
- Gov. Evers calls special elections for the 4th Senate District and 8th Congressional District
- Wisconsin GOP-led Senate votes to override nine Evers vetoes in mostly symbolic action
- Bill to curb mask-wearing at protests could make it illegal for medical reasons too
- University board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
- Second defendant convicted in Fond du Lac 2016 firebombing
- ‘Louder than a dog whistle’: Milwaukee protesters clear illegal tents, face no legal consequences
- Redistricting could draw attention to Wisconsin’s Med Mal legal gap
- Disbarred Attorney directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trial
- Rural Wisconsin voters face additional hurdles without ballot drop boxes
- Gov. Evers sues Republican legislators
- Man pleads guilty to producing videos depicting monkey torture
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