Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Parental Rights Termination
On December 17, 2018, when her daughter, A.M.H. was eleven years old, M.S.H. contacted the Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services and asked them to remove A.M.H. from her home.
Sentence Modification-Speedy Trial
Carroll appeals his judgment of conviction for first-degree reckless homicide with the use of a dangerous weapon, attempted armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Sexual Assault-Postconviction Relief-Plea Withdrawal
Bye appeals judgments, entered upon his guilty and no-contest pleas, convicting him of fourth-degree sexual assault and intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child—the second charge as a repeater.
Attorney Ethical Duties
Mac Naughton, an attorney from New Jersey, initially represented Harmelech in a lawsuit against RMG.
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
G.G., who ran away from home at the age of 13 and fell into the hands of a sex trafficker.
Equal Protection-First Amendment
The Bail Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating cash bail and covering bail expenses.
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process
Luster was in the process of purchasing a house on contract and had already paid the owner a substantial portion of the home's price (at least 20 percent).
Due Process-Employment
Snowden challenges her discharge from the Illinois Department of Human Services (the “Department”).
ADA
Frazier-Hill, a former CTA bus driver, filed a lawsuit against her former employer, alleging a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Program-Telecommunications Act 110 Stat. 56
The 1996 E-Rate program, also known as the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support program under the Telecommunications Act 110 Stat. 56, aims to make telecommunication services affordable for schools and libraries in rural and economically disadvantaged regions.
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
While at O'Hare airport, Wilson was traveling with $33,783 in cash.
Sex Discrimination-Title IX
Three transgender boys filed a lawsuit after being denied access to the boys' bathrooms at their school.
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