Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
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.
Business lobbying group sues Wisconsin Justice Department over open records request
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce asked the Justice Department in March 2022 for records of communications.
Wisconsin Supreme Court appoints first female ever as Director of State Courts
Judge Audrey K. Skwierawski will be the first woman to serve as Director of State Courts in Wisconsin history.
Gov. Evers condemns University of Wisconsin Board of regents decision to slash Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
On Wednesday night, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a statement condemning the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents decision to cut funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign begins Friday
The national effort begins December 15 and runs through New Year’s Day.
Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lawsuit challenging voucher school program
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to end the state's taxpayer-funded private school voucher program.
University of Wisconsin regents back GOP deal for funding in exchange for limiting diversity efforts
In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects.
New York removes medical debt from credit reports
Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.
Law Journal honors its 2023 Legal All-Stars
The Wisconsin Law Journal honored 29 Legal All-Stars on Wednesday afternoon at the Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee.
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