Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Menominee County Register of Deeds
Those interested in applying must submit an online application with a cover letter detailing professional and academic qualifications, civic activities, and community involvement.
Wisconsin Attorney General Kaul releases 2022 annual crime lab report
Attorney General: Wisconsin State Crime Labs surpass national averages in majority of areas.
Rep. Bryan Steil’s constituents are met with a locked door on Inflation Reduction Act anniversary
Constituents visiting Congressman Bryan Steil’s Racine office to mark the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act were met with a locked door Wednesday. Wisconsin residents were greeted with a message that the congressman’s staff is only available two hours a week in the district’s most populated county, according to a spokesperson for Opportunity Wisconsin. […]
Appeals Court upholds legality of abortion pill, with restrictions
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday the abortion pill Mifepristone remains legal, however, set restrictions on patient access, according to court documents obtained by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The Appeals Court ruling sets the stage for a final decision before the United States Supreme Court on the future legality of one of the most frequently […]
Commission won’t tell Wisconsin’s top elections official whether to appear at reappointment hearing
Wisconsin Elections Commission has declined to vote on whether the top elections official should appear before a state Senate hearing on her reappointment.
Disbarment sought for former prosecutor charged with killing his ex-wife
Odegaard was terminated as a prosecutor for cause.
Was Havana syndrome caused by an energy weapon?
Report: Signs and symptoms of Havana syndrome are 'genuine and compelling.'
Fired Wisconsin courts director files complaints against liberal Supreme Court justices
The former director of Wisconsin's court system who was fired by liberal state Supreme Court justices the day after they gained control of the panel has filed complaints against his replacement and the justices who voted to oust him.
Wisconsin GOP chair referenced in Georgia Trump Indictment
Two Wisconsinites including Brian Schimming, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, have been called out for their alleged role in organizing fraudulent electors in Wisconsin during the 2020 Presidential Election. As Wisconsin has once again been thrust into the national spotlight, Wisconsin-native and one of Trump’s attorney, Kenneth Chesebro, was one of five Trump […]
Articles of impeachment introduced against Biden for high crimes and misdemeanors
U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden for high crimes and misdemeanors Friday.
DOJ saves OSS, reallocated $1.3 million in unused funds slated to expire for crime lab
Wisconsin DOJ has re-allocated $1,340,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) funds slated for crime lab evidence to extend the operations of OSS.
Fond du Lac attempted homicide defendant convicted
$1 million dollars cash bond was revoked.
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