Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
DOJ: ‘Significant milestone’ in policing reform
Court approved a 2017 consent decree to address deficiencies identified by the federal investigation, including transport practices that placed detainees at significant risk of harm.
Court ruling blocking JetBlue’s acquisition of Spirit Airlines sparks Justice Department praise
Justice Department officials praised the court's decision.
Wisconsin Senate passes bills clearing the way for electric vehicle charging stations across state
The measure would create a 3-cent per kilowatt hour excise tax on electricity sold at a charging station.
Supreme Court suspends lawyer who has been disciplined 14 times since ’79
Though he has practiced for over 50 years, he has faced discipline that spans over 43 years of his practice.
Evers taps Kristy Nieto to be PSC Commissioner, slams Wisconsin Republicans over Huebner termination
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced Tuesday he is appointing Kristy Nieto, currently a division administrator for energy regulation and analysis at the PSC, as PSC commissioner. Evers criticized Wisconsin State Senate Republicans Tuesday for the termination of Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) Commissioner Tyler Huebner. According to Evers, Tuesday’s vote, “is yet anothe[...]
Voir Dire begins at Donald Trump’s defamation trial
Carroll, 80, plans to testify about the damage to her career and reputation that resulted from Trump's public statements.
The Supreme Court allows a court order to take effect that could cost Apple billions of dollars
Epic claimed Apple’s app store had turned into an illegal monopoly.
60-day time limit for circuit court review of family law judgments is not mandatory
60-day time limit for circuit court review of family law judgments is not mandatory
Termination of Parental Rights
Jacob appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to his son, Hank, based upon a continuing denial of periods of physical placement or visitation pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 48.415(4).
Anti-Lapse Statute-Probate
Alma and LeRoy were husband and wife and had five children.
Franks-Mann Motion-Suppression of Evidence
Townsend appeals from a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for first-degree intentional homicide and armed robbery, both counts as a party to a crime.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional 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