Recent Articles from Erika Strebel, [email protected]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Legal News
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Congress to formally investigate Secret Service
- 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
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
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