Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Sentencing Guidelines-Consent for Video Sentencing
In this instance, the accused, Miguel Navarrete, a convicted felon, faced charges for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Wisconsin Republicans call for layoffs and criticize remote work policies as wasting office spaces
Republican lawmakers on Friday called for layoffs at Wisconsin agencies and criticized remote work policies after an audit revealed that state employees were spending substantially more time working from home than in their offices.
Dad who said ‘If I can’t have them neither can you’ pleads guilty to killing 3 kids
A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife “If I can’t have them neither can you” pleaded guilty but mentally ill Friday to three counts of first-degree murder for killing their three young children, a prosecutor said.
UPDATED: Ozaukee Sheriff seeks public help with I-43 Mequon shooting investigation
The suspect vehicle involved in the I-43 shooting incident was described by the victim as a white KIA 4 door, unknown model, unknown license plate.
Wisconsin corn mill agrees to pay $1.8 million in penalties after fatal 2017 explosion
A Wisconsin milling company has agreed to pay an additional $1.8 million in penalties after a corn dust explosion that killed five workers and injured more than a dozen others at its Cambria plant in 2017, the federal Labor Department announced on Thursday.
Alleged drunk and harassing former Wisconsin District Attorney loses license for one year
Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a one-year suspension and near $6000 fine Friday.
Victim of MPD excessive force seeks nearly $475,000 in attorney fees
Walker is also seeking an enhanced legal fee of 33.33% (Extra $104,848.18) based on the alleged City’s prior failed attempts to resolve and the Common Council’s purposeful circumvention of settlement in this matter.
Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors
Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump's Wisconsin lawyer to step down.
What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week
Supreme Court to hear abortion drug case in 2024.
Supreme Court refuses to ban semiautomatic weapons
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 Highland Park 4th of July parade.
Minnesota Lawyer’s Minnesota Icons of 2023
This year marks the third year of honoring Minnesota’s rising stars and business icons together.
Pope, once a victim of AI-generated imagery, calls for treaty to regulate artificial intelligence
Pope Francis on Thursday called for an international treaty to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically, arguing that the risks of technology lacking human values of compassion, mercy, morality and forgiveness are too great.
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