Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Sex Trafficking of Minors
Coney stood condemned on numerous counts concerning the sex trafficking of minors, predicated upon the "compelling and enduring testimony rendered by the six juvenile victims."
Jury Instructions-Drug Conspiracy
A 34-count indictment was issued by a grand jury against 12 defendants implicated in the sale of heroin.
Evidence-Child Pornography
Having acquired explicit images of child exploitation from an online source associated with Donoho, law enforcement officials proceeded to execute a search warrant at his residence in Wisconsin.
Emily Pinzl Joins Herrling Clark Law Firm as Attorney in Family Law Practice Group
Pinzl worked at Herrling Clark previously as a law clerk.
Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case
Prosecutors noted Trump's tendency to use social media to talk about the legal cases against him and expressed concern that could intimidate witnesses.
Chicago mayor names the police department’s counterterrorism head as new police superintendent
The other two finalists were Shon Barnes, the police chief in Madison, Wisconsin; and Angel Novalez, Chicago police chief of constitutional policing and reform.
Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn arrested in 2021 after groping complaints at club, police records show
Epshteyn pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges in Scottsdale city court after prosecutors dropped charges of attempted sexual abuse, assault-touching and “harass-repeated acts.”
Federal courthouse in Milwaukee receives ‘all clear’ after HAZMAT response
Investigators determined there was no threat to the public and gave the "all clear' later Friday afternoon.
Kenosha police arrested wrong person at Applebee’s
The incident is another blemish for the southeastern Wisconsin city, which endured days of protests three years ago after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake.
Impact of U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision on Private Employer DEI Programs and Recommendations for Employers
Even following the Supreme Court’s decision in SFFA, and despite the AG letter and similar actions by individual legislators, employers can continue to increase diversity in their workforces and set aspirational goals with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion without running afoul of federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws.
Wisconsin judge allows civil case against fake Trump electors to proceed
False Electoral College certificates were submitted declaring Trump the winner of Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Last of 6 men convicted in Wisconsin paper mill death granted parole
Monfils' body was discovered at the bottom of a pulp vat in 1992.
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