Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Slip and Fall – Time-barred
Dennis S. Lendowski was walking to a relative’s house when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice on a public sidewalk abutting a building located at 3946 South Howell Avenue in Milwaukee.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Jeffrey Clemons went to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department on June 5, 2019, to report that his former wife, Lindsey Lundequam, and her daughter, Johanna Survila, were following and chasing him in violation of a restraining order.
Money Laundering
Tam was involved in a scheme aimed at funneling illicit funds derived from Mexican drug traffickers' narcotics deals through Chinese bank accounts.
Wrongful Termination-Title VII
Gnutek alleged that he was wrongfully terminated from his position as a Gaming Senior Special Agent with the Illinois Gaming Board.
Sentencing Guidelines
In 2017, White was actively involved in a series of armed robberies in Indianapolis, primarily serving as a lookout for his coconspirators.
Joint-participant Exception
When a jewelry store in Chicago opened its doors, Diggs and two other individuals emerged from a Lexus SUV displaying Michigan license plates.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
C.B., a minor, grapples with generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and ADHD. During the 2017-2018 school year, the Brownsburg School Corporation identified C.B. as eligible for accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Hirlston held the position of Optical Manager at a Costco store for several years, despite having lifelong disabilities that made bending, walking, and standing difficult for her.
Immigration- Asylum Request
Uulu, residing in Kyrgyzstan with his wife and children, became affiliated with an opposition party.
GOP threat to impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge
Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. Maintaining that power is now at the heart of a drama involving the state Supreme Court that has national political implications.
Wisconsin sawmill agrees to pay $191K to federal regulators after 16-year-old boy killed on the job
A northern Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay nearly $191,000 and stop hiring children under 16 to settle a federal lawsuit labor regulators filed after a teenager was killed on the job this summer and other child employees were hurt in a string of accidents.
Minnesota People & Practices: Sept. 11, 2023
UW Madison Law grad Alexa Thomas joins DeWitt LLP
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