Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Evers vetoes Republican-backed bills slashing the income tax, cutting taxes on retirees
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Evers was refusing to support tax cuts that would benefit the middle class.
Haley notches 1st primary win in DC
Trump won an uncontested D.C. primary during his 2020 reelection bid.
Milwaukee attorney loses law license in scathing Supreme Court decision
Milwaukee Attorney Paul Strouse won’t be practicing law anytime soon in the Badger State after the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a scathing decision revoking his law license recently. “Attorney Strouse’s misconduct is disturbing,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court said in a per curiam opinion. “Attorney Strouse appears uninterested in honest, responsible advocacy, and tend[...]
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge
The decision leaves the state's current congressional district boundaries in place for the November election.
Milwaukee City Attorney top deputy Odalo Ohiku resigns amid investigations
The investigations were prompted by 57-page report from city Inspector General Ronda Kohlheim.
Fox Valley man sentenced to 14½ years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl trafficking, firearms
Gene W. Wolf (26) of Menasha, Wis. was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach on Feb. 27, 2024, according to Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. According to court records, on August 31, 2023, agents searched Wolf’s residence in […]
Fraudulent Wisconsin tax return preparer sentenced to prison
The estimated loss associated with Rodney Smith’s scheme was $3.3 million, according to authorities.
Harris will tout apprenticeships in a swing state visit to Wisconsin
Wisconsin is one of just a handful of battleground states in the presidential election.
FTC sues to block grocery store merger impacting Metro Market, Pick ‘n Save prices
Walmart plus the combined Kroger and Albertsons company would control 70% of the grocery market
Shirtless US Senate candidate submerges himself in Wisconsin lake, issues challenge to opponent
Eric Hovde challenged his Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, to take the plunge as well.
United Healthcare Group company hacked, new security concerns and billing delays
FBI Memphis says the FBI is “aware of this incident.”
Evers signs bill increasing out-of-state bow and crossbow deer hunting license fees
Republican-authored measure raises the cost of the licenses by an additional $35 to $200.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies