Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
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.
Murdaugh friend pleads guilty to second slate of charges
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh ‘s old college buddy has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges for helping the disgraced South Carolina attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper.
Faculty member fatally shot on University of North Carolina campus
A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for a suspect.
Medical Capacity to Perform Duties of an Attorney
Attorney Jeffrey Lee Murrell was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin in 1995 and practices in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Motion for Mistrial-Postconviction Relief
This case arises out of J.S.’s report to the police that, while standing in his front yard, a man approached him and stole two necklaces from him on June 8, 2018.
Immigration
Munoz, originally from Honduras, relocated to Guatemala without obtaining legal status there.
Jury Misconduct
Garcia provided logistical assistance while another individual unloaded items from a concealed compartment on an empty bus, with these items being controlled substances.
Forfeiture
In 2020, Skaggs was found guilty of producing and possessing child pornography.
Competency to Plea
While executing a search warrant at Kamkarian's residence, FBI agents seized computers that contained 12 videos and over 46,000 images of child pornography.
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