Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Employment Law-Benefits Eligibility
Plaintiffs, a group of police officers and firefighters for the City of Milwaukee, appeal an order of the circuit court denying their motion for declaratory judgment and dismissing their action.
Tenant Eviction-Wisconsin Consumer Act-Attorney Fees
This case began as an eviction action by Koble Investments against its tenant, Elicia Marquardt.
Immigration-Jurisdiction
An immigration judge (IJ) denied Morris Ndlovu's application for cancellation of removal.
Civil Procedure
The three plaintiffs, Xingjian Sun, Xing Zhao, and Ao Wang sued their professor, Gary Gang Xu, involving various allegations.
Eminent Domain
Before us is another chapter in Pamela Antosh and Ned Lashley’s litigation challenging the Village of Mount Pleasant’s use of its eminent-domain power to acquire their property.
Invalid Search-Fourth Amendment
Dylan Ostrum was being investigated for alleged drug dealing and possession of firearms.
Medicaid Act
The background of the case centers around Saint Anthony Hospital's financial struggles, attributed to delayed and reduced payments by MCOs, which manage Medicaid benefits under Illinois’ shifted system from a fee-for-service model to managed care.
Sentencing-Procedural Challenge
William Campbell with his cousin, allegedly committed burglary in an Indiana residence, stealing more than 25 firearms, subsequently sold to another individual.
Unpaid Rent
This case revolves around a disagreement concerning unpaid rent for a department store located within an Illinois mall.
Trade Secrets-Corporate Ownership Dispute
The founders of GeLab Cosmetics LLC, an online nail polish retailer based in New Jersey, Xingwang Chen and Shijian Li, both Chinese citizens, are embroiled in a dispute regarding GeLab's ownership and accusations of trade secret theft.
Admission of Evidence
While on federal supervised release, David Perez was caught on a police surveillance camera holding what appeared to be a firearm, a clear violation of both his release conditions and federal law.
Medical Care Beneath Constitutional Standards
Richard Rodgers, a prisoner with a medical history of scoliosis and back pain, had steel rods implanted in his back prior to his imprisonment.
Legal News
- 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
- 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
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