Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
ADA-EEOC Charge
Kimmons was diagnosed with early cataracts affecting the center of his vision, which might make him eligible for surgery.
Under Pressure: The Milwaukee County Justice System’s Recovery from COVID-19
Some key pillars of Milwaukee County’s justice system are not functioning in the same way or at the same level as prior to the COVID-19 pandemic
Milwaukee Bar Association issues statement on Supreme Court DEI CLE decision
The mission of the Milwaukee Bar Association is to be an inclusive, equitable, and diverse organization.
Doctor convicted for COVID-19 health care fraud scheme
To date, 53 defendants have been charged in nationwide COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Enforcement Actions for causing over $784 million in loss associated with the pandemic.
Teenager charged after throwing gas on a bonfire, triggering explosion that burned 17
A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people.
FBI gives lie-detector tests to family of missing Wisconsin boy
The FBI is helping to look for a 13-year-old Wisconsin boy who disappeared in June, with investigators giving lie-detector tests to relatives and others, a sheriff's detective said.
Teen charged with reckless homicide after accidentally fatally shooting 9-year-old, police say
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree reckless homicide after accidentally fatally shooting a 9-year-old last month, authorities said.
Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
The indictment chronicles how Trump and his Republican allies allegedly attacked a “bedrock function of the U.S. government.”
Jury: Death penalty recommended for Pennsylvania Synagogue shooter
11 people were killed, two additional people were critically wounded, 5 police officers were also injured.
7th Circuit sends decade-long whistleblower case to trial
A three-judge panel in the 7th Circuit has ruled unanimously to send to trial a False Claims Act case alleging Wisconsin Bell submitted and led other to submit false federal subsidy claims under a government program intended to ensure affordable telecom services for schools and libraries.
Police fatally shoot man while trying to arrest him at Wisconsin gas station
Officers fatally shot a man in eastern Wisconsin after he apparently displayed a weapon while they tried to arrest him, police said.
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