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Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants for appointment to the Juneau County Circuit Court.
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Read More »Attorney general reveals opioid investigation
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has taken the unusual step of revealing the state Department of Justice is investigating opioid manufacturers to see what role they may have played in creating ...
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Read More »Schimel won’t say whether he’ll sue over immigration ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel isn’t saying whether he might challenge President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions or whether he supports them. Schimel, a Republican, said during a news conference Monday that he would consider legal action ...
Tagged with: Brad Schimel Immigration
Read More »Please rise for this Ruth Bader Ginsburg Halloween costume
The Huff Post has ruled this baby guilty of being too freakin' cute for words: http://huff.to/1wOtO2s
Read More »Have 20 bucks? Start a law firm
About every two days you see an advertisement about how to start a law firm for $10,000 and an adjustable-rate mortgage. Forget that: http://bit.ly/1tVztDq
Read More »‘More cookies please’
A 72-year-old woman has sued a California hair salon, alleging she ate a cookie laced with marijuana from a hospitality tray left out for customers: http://cbsloc.al/1lihNAx
Read More »State high court picks up 5 new cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday voted to accept five new cases and denied review of 13 others.
Tagged with: State v. Brown Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Marquette, MBA launch mobile legal clinic
Marquette Law School and the Milwaukee Bar Association are partnering to launch the Milwaukee Justice Center Mobile Legal Clinic, a bus designed to provide free, brief legal advice to individuals who are outside of the areas currently served by legal volunteer efforts in metropolitan Milwaukee.
Tagged with: Marquette Law School MBA Michael Best & Friedrich Mike Gonring Milwaukee Bar Association Quarles & Brady
Read More »Van Hecke named Judicial Commission’s executive director
Jeremiah Van Hecke has been named the Wisconsin Judicial Commission's executive director.
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Read More »Man found dead worked at Kohn Law Firm
Glenn Willis, 62, an employee at Kohn Law Firm, was found dead around 10 a.m. Friday in his downtown Milwaukee apartment.
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Read More »Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan named Microsoft legal provider
Milwaukee minority law firm Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP has been named a Premier Provider for Legal and Corporate Affairs by Microsoft Corp.
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Read More »US Supreme Court’s cert denial leaves ADA issue unresolved
Leaving unresolved a question that has split the circuits and perplexed employment attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to reassign a disabled employee to a vacant position that would have otherwise been filled by a competitive process.
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ADA Americans with Disabilities Act EEOC U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »State’s judges in middle of pack for pay
One way or another, the approximately 300 judges in Minnesota are getting a raise next year. There are no such raises, however, planned for Wisconsin judges.
Tagged with: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Gramling Perez to run for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge seat
Laura Gramling Perez on Tuesday officially announced she is running for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 32.
Tagged with: Laura Gramling Perez Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Read More »Abrahamson says state’s court system provides high rate of return
The financial partnership between Wisconsin counties and the state court system provides a justice system with a high rate of return on investment for the people of Wisconsin, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson told members of the Wisconsin Counties Association on Wednesday.
Tagged with: Pro se Shirley Abrahamson TAD Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases
The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.
Tagged with: Court of Appeals Defense of Marriage Act same-sex marriage U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Judge upholds chemical cleanup plan for Fox River
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Efforts to dredge toxic industrial chemicals from the Fox River should continue, a federal judge has ruled. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Natural Resources filed a federal lawsuit against NCR Corp. and 11 ...
Tagged with: DNR Fox River pollution William Griesbach
Read More »Former Wis. Supreme Court Justice Coffey dies at 90
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice John L. Coffey died Saturday at the age of 90.
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Shirley Abrahamson Supreme Court
Read More »Supreme Court Justices question consequences of wrongful acquittals
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tackled a tough question on Tuesday, considering what consequences result under the Double Jeopardy Clause from an acquittal that was caused by a judge’s error.
Tagged with: Anthony Kennedy Antonin Scalia John Roberts Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Walker: Wis. won’t act on health care ruling
Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vowed not to do anything until after the November election.
Tagged with: health care J.B. Van Hollen Obamacare Scott Walker
Read More »Court reverses judgement in breach-of-contract case between construction cos.
The Wisconsin District 3 Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a judgment in a breach-of-contract case involving United Concrete and Construction Inc., Appleton, and its concrete subcontractor, Red-D-Mix Concrete Inc., Green Bay.
Read More »LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Law student loans are key component of next ‘debt bomb’
A spate of recent news stories suggests trouble for America’s 200-plus accredited law schools as a result of increasing debt among students.
Tagged with: Ed Poll Lawbiz Coaches Corner
Read More »Brookfield woman files first lawsuit over Salmonella outbreak
A Brookfield woman has filed the first lawsuit over a Salmonella outbreak that health officials have linked to raw tuna. She filed the lawsuit Wednesday in California.
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Read More »Criminal Search and Seizure — GPS devices
The Government's attachment of a GPS device to a vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor that vehicle, constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Tagged with: Criminal Digest GPS SCOTUS Digest Search and Seizure Digest Supreme Court U.S. v. Jones
Read More »Social media develops as practice area
Linda Emery works from her office at von Briesen & Roper SC on July 26 in Milwaukee. Emery often focuses on social media issues within her roll at the firm. ( Staff photo by Kevin Harnack) Not too long ago, a ...
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Read More »Minn. man gets 18 months in Wis. woman’s OD death
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota man will serve 18 months in prison for supplying drugs that led to the overdose death of a 22-year-old Eau Claire woman last summer. Twenty-nine-year-old Craig Harp of Red Wing, Minn., was sentenced ...
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Read More »Letter to the editor: Conditional admission rule is a win-win
While I welcome the coverage the Wisconsin Law Journal in the June 27, 2011, edition afforded to the new conditional admission rule adopted last month by the state Supreme Court, I hope that your readers will not be distracted by the possible implication of the article, that the new CA rule is somehow intended to (or likely to) put further hurdles in front of applicants for admission to the bar.
Tagged with: BBE State Bar Supreme Court Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program
Read More »Walker to sign budget bill into law this weekend
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign his budget bill into law this weekend in Green Bay. His office said Thursday the signing will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday at Badger Sheet Metal Works. The event ...
Tagged with: budget collective bargaining Scott Walker unions
Read More »AG’s office settles well drilling suit
The state’s Attorney General’s office announced a settlement Wednesday against a drilling company for a failure to get permits on jobs dating back to 2007. Michael Hartman and his company, Michael Hartman Well Drilling & Pump Inc., North Lake, settled ...
Tagged with: Department of Justice Department of Natural Resources DNR lawsuit
Read More »Appeals judge overturns deep tunnel ruling
A Wisconsin appeals court Tuesday overturned a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge’s order requiring the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District place concrete lining in a section of Milwaukee’s deep tunnel. The ruling means MMSD will not be required to do the ...
Tagged with: Deep Tunnel lawsuit Milwaukee County Circuit Court Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District MMSD
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