Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
EEOC proposes ‘expansive’ Pregnant Worker Act rule
Attorneys see the newly proposed rule to implement the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act as painting the employee’s right to a reasonable accommodation with a broad brush.
Effects of website designer ruling uncertain
The court’s decision sparked anger and confusion from LGBTQ activists and legal experts.
Milwaukee Police Granted Re-accreditation from WILEAG
MPD needed to comply with over 260 standards in order to achieve re-accredited status.
Qakbot Malware Disrupted in International Cyber Takedown
The FBI was able to gain access to Qakbot infrastructure and identify over 700,000 computers worldwide.
Election deniers rail in Wisconsin as state Senate moves toward firing top election official
Republicans who control the Legislature called the hearing to consider whether to reappoint Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe.
Wisconsin Supreme Court emails detail chaotic first week of liberal control (UPDATE)
Liberal majority told Chief Justice Annette Ziegler they didn’t plan to release the changes to administrative rules on Friday, Aug. 4, but after Ziegler demanded a copy she sent them out to news outlets before a statement was issued to court personnel.
3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits
The settlement, consisting of $5 billion in cash and $1 billion in 3M stock, will be made in payments that will run through 2029.
Wisconsin Republicans consider bill to weaken oversight of roadside zoos
Wisconsin zoos could escape state oversight if the operations earn accreditation from an organization that animal rights advocates have blasted for having what they argue are weak animal treatment standards under a Republican bill heard Tuesday.
Milwaukee doctor loses appeal against Cedarburg for injury sustained from alleged negligent road maintenance
On August 16, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the Circuit Court's decision.
Wisconsin Republicans revive income tax cut after Evers vetoed similar plan
Republicans called for tapping the state's projected $4 billion budget surplus to pay for the tax cut.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberal majority of staging a ‘coup’
“Again, I will not condone such lawless destruction of the constitution, the judiciary, or the court,” Ziegler wrote.
Workplace dispute, racial bias claims get mixed results in 8th Circuit ruling
A contract attorney of Asian descent sued her former employer and co-workers for allegedly targeting her with slurs and other tortious conduct. On Aug. 22, in May Yang v. Robert Half Int. Inc., the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed most of the employee’s claims.
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