Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
DOJ saves OSS, reallocated $1.3 million in unused funds slated to expire for crime lab
Wisconsin DOJ has re-allocated $1,340,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) funds slated for crime lab evidence to extend the operations of OSS.
Fond du Lac attempted homicide defendant convicted
$1 million dollars cash bond was revoked.
President Biden focuses on factory jobs in Wisconsin, ignoring latest Trump indictment
Charles Franklin, director of Marquette Law School Poll, said the trip could help Biden win support from independents.
Opportunity Wisconsin statement on President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee
Inflation Reduction Act saving Wisconsinites hundreds of dollars, investing $2.9 billion in Wisconsin’s infrastructure
Defining Winning
What is the definition of winning? “Win” has a clear meaning in sports, but what about in Law?
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to remove roadblocks set up by Wisconsin tribe
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block a northern Wisconsin tribe from barricading roads on its reservation, saying the nontribal land owners who brought the action didn't have a case under federal law.
Continuing to Advance Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education
Justice officials say they remain firmly committed to equitable educational opportunities for all students.
Legal experts question judge’s order telling Southwest Airlines lawyers to get religious-liberty training
A federal judge in Dallas this week ordered the training for three Southwest Airlines lawyers.
Police chase in Milwaukee leaves 1 dead, 9 hurt
A 17-year-old male in a stolen vehicle was killed.
Biden heads to battleground Wisconsin to talk about the economy a week before GOP debate
Biden plans to tour Ingeteam, a clean energy manufacturer of onshore wind turbine generators in Milwaukee, to talk up provisions of the law that spends hundreds of millions of dollars to boost domestic manufacturing and clean energy.
Trump indicted, again
In all, Trump faces 40 felonies in the classified documents case. The most serious charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese
Federal judges said legislative districts containing disconnected “islands” of land were similar to towns that had been legally permitted to annex noncontiguous areas.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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