Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Powerlist – Tamara Packard – Pines Bach
Tamara Packard has dedicated more than two decades to advocating for employee rights, social justice and civil rights. Joining Madison’s Pines Bach in 1999, Packard doesn’t imagine spending her legal career anywhere else partly because her first case had a profound professional and personal impact. The case involved Madison Teachers Incorporated (MTI), a union that […]
Powerlist – Jennifer L. Ciralsky – Littler Mendelson
Jennifer L. Ciralsky has been with Littler Mendelson for 15 years, where as office managing shareholder she has a track record for providing top-notch legal advice and representation in the employment sector. Ciralsky noted what sets her firm apart from the competition is more than 50 U.S. offices serving clients in every state, with offices […]
Wisconsin joins coalition urging court to uphold FTC’s ban on deceptive TurboTax advertising
A coalition of 50 States and the District of Columbia secured $141 million from Intuit as part of a settlement.
Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin finds Biden and Trump tied
Biden is the choice of 51% and Trump the choice of 49%.
Wisconsin Supreme Court seeks investigation after abortion draft order leaks
The abortion cases are among the highest profile before the court that flipped to liberal control in 2023.
Man sentenced for impersonating a federal officer and wire fraud
Homeland Security Investigations in Chicago calls the crimes "intolerable."
Illinois man rejects deal to plead guilty to 7 murder charges in Highland Park 4th of July shooting
Many in the full courtroom had hoped to give statements in court Wednesday and were left baffled by the abrupt change.
Wisconsin Court: Man’s Fourth Amendment rights violated
While an investigatory stop is deemed reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, “it does demand more than a hunch."
Judge allows disabled voters in Wisconsin to electronically vote from home
A little more than 307,000 adults have difficulty moving.
Law school scholarship gaps don’t surprise BIPOC groups
There are fewer black lawyers than there were 10 years ago.
Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is a Trump appointee.
Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on a review by the state elections commission released Tuesday. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet Thursday to vote […]
Legal News
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property