Recent Articles from Dan Shaw, [email protected]
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts three cases, denied several others
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept three cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. Accepted No. 2022AP1158 Oconomowoc Area School District v. Cota Supreme Court case type: Petition for Review & Cross Petition Court of Appeals: District II Circuit Court: Waukesha County, Judge Lloyd V. Carter, […]
Nearly all AT&T customers phone and texts records leaked in massive security breach
Breach impacts AT&T's more than 100 million customers in the U.S. and almost 2.5 million business accounts.
DOJ investigating officer involved Racine County death
DCI is leading this investigation.
Wisconsin Attorney General shares resources following UnitedHealth related cyberattack
"This was an unprecedented data breach" - Wis. Atty. General
Calls for justice grow in death of Black man outside Milwaukee hotel as GOP convention approaches
The outcry comes as Milwaukee is already dealing with heightened security concerns.
Wisconsin secretary of state settles open records lawsuit brought by conservatives
Godlewski has repeatedly denied allegations that Evers handed her the office as a reward for dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in 2022 and endorsing then-Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons
The juvenile prison has been under intense scrutiny for years amid abuse allegations and lawsuits.
Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died after being held down by Milwaukee hotel guards
Sharpton said convention-goers need to know about Mitchell’s death.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard pregnant soon after release from prison for conspiring to kill abusive mother
Blanchard said in the new video that she knows some people think she isn’t ready to be a mother.
100 Wisconsin school districts fielded inquiries, challenges to books
By Rachel Hale / Wisconsin Watch More than 100 Wisconsin school districts — 1 in 4 — fielded inquiries about books or formal requests to remove them since 2020, according to a Wisconsin Watch review of records obtained from all but two of the state’s 421 public school districts. Many requests came from organized conservative […]
Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to revive recall targeting top GOP lawmaker
The Legislature approved new maps that put Vos in a new 33rd Assembly District.
Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights
It’s just one example of a fraught and violent history that for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest.
Legal News
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property