Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Evers taps State Bar President-Elect Bucher for Circuit Court Judge
State Bar to hold election in April 2024.
Justice Department beefs up artificial intelligence enforcement
The Justice Department announced charges against a former Google software engineer accused of stealing AI trade secrets.
Woman arrested on quashed warrant due to clerical error
Woman was arrested due to a quashed warrant that remained active as a result of a clerical error.
Lawsuit accuses MIT of allowing antisemitism on campus
Since the war began, Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians.
Federal lawsuit seeks to stop a transmission line from crossing Mississippi River
Opponents have been working to stop the project for years.
Ozaukee County I-43 pedestrian killed Thursday
The victim was identified as a 17-year-old male from the City of Cedarburg.
Wisconsin Supreme Court justice issues dire warning, judge warns Democrats stifling First Amendment
First Amendment rights vs. privacy - which should prevail?
Regents pick New Hampshire provost to replace UW-La Crosse chancellor fired over porn career
Gow maintained the firing was an overreaction that violated his First Amendment rights.
Wisconsin eligible to receive $30 million digital equity grant
Wisconsin’s Digital Equity Plan was accepted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
Kaul announces $2.5 million judgment against timeshare exit company
Refunds slated for Wisconsin Consumers
Brewers executives send max donations to Anti-Trump Republican Wis. legislator
Speaker Robin Vos, the most powerful politician in the Wisconsin State Legislature, received the maximum campaign donation allowed by law from five top executives of the Brewers after the legislature passed a huge public funding bill to renovate the stadium.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- 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
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