Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Buffalo County Register of Deeds
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced Tuesday he is seeking applicants for appointment as register of deeds in Buffalo County. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Carol Burmeister on Jan. 2, 2024. The new register of deeds will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends Jan. 5, 2025. […]
FTC and Wisconsin take action against Rhinelander Auto Center for discrimination
The dealerships allegedly tacked on significant illegal junk fees onto car prices and discriminated against certain customers charging them higher financing costs and fees.
Benjamin Wagner joins the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Benjamin Wagner of Habush Habush & Rottier in Milwaukee became a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) on October 20th, 2023. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 Fellows from the United States in addition to Fellows from nearly 40 countries across the globe. IATL seeks out, identifies, acknowledges, and honors those who have achieved a [...]
Hupy and Abraham, S.C. promotes JohnPiero Joyce to Attorney position in Milwaukee Office
John Piero Joyce has been promoted from law clerk to attorney at the firm's Milwaukee office.
Wisconsin Attorney General joins bipartisan coalition filing a Federal lawsuit against Meta (Facebook)
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 42 Attorneys General throughout the country in suing Meta (Formerly known as Facebook) in federal and state courts.
Former NSA employee pleads guilty to attempted espionage
Digital dead drop: Former NSA employee thought he was selling classified documents to Russia --- instead an undercover FBI employee received them.
DOJ investigating Germantown Middle School parking lot fatal shooting
Officers contained the incident to the exterior of the building, keeping the 50-70 middle school children inside safe.
Department of Labor announces new Davis-Bacon Act rules now in effect
The federal government returned to a previous definition for prevailing wage among other changes to the Davis-Bacon Act.
Attorney to plead guilty over efforts to overturn election
Ellis is also accused of urging state legislators to unlawfully appoint a set of presidential electors loyal to Trump at a hearing in Pennsylvania, and she later appeared with some of those lawmakers and Trump at a meeting on the topic at the White House.
Evers administration allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants
Gov. Tony Evers is allocating more than $402 million to address polluted drinking water in Wisconsin, his office announced Monday.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary resigning after 10 months on the job
Adam Payne sent a letter to Gov. Tony Evers on Friday announcing his intention to leave the agency on Nov. 1 and retire next year.
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