Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
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.
Fraudulent Inflation of Stock Price
Appvion, Inc., a paper company based in Wisconsin was purchased by its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 2001.
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.
Insurance Coverage
Tommy Harris developed bacterial sepsis due to recurring infections during dialysis treatment at a Belleville, Illinois clinic.
Sentencing-Premises Enhancement
In October 2019, Randall Craft admitted guilt to a charge of conspiring to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine.
Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
Antisemitic messages line the streets of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
A federally elected Wisconsin official is among possible victims of Havana Syndrome.
Questions of transparency, leadership responsibility linger over State Bar trust
Complaints about the fiduciary responsibility of the leadership and concerns of many members linger.
Firm demands $4.3M in dispute with Wisconsin client
Why did a BigLaw firm in Boston wait nearly five years before suing a client over millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills?
Chesebro among those charged with interfering in 2020 election
Chesebro was also named in the Wisconsin civil lawsuit.
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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