Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Misinformation still a top concern from election officials
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon: “You hope for the best, but plan for the worst. So, we’re planning for the worst, which is that multiple communications channels will be filled with false and misleading information.”
Extradited to Milwaukee, Dominican National faces international narcotics trafficking charges
His detention hearing is scheduled for July 19, 2023.
Summerfest’s latest lawsuit targets Major League Baseball team
According to court documents, the Minnesota festival was previously called Summer Jam, but that ended in 2022. The Minnesota Twins and Mankato promoter Jerry Braam are hosting TC Summer Fest in 2023.
Residents of PFAS-polluted island file $42.4 million in claims against Wisconsin city
Residents of an island polluted with PFAS chemicals have filed claims demanding more than $40 million from a western Wisconsin city they say is responsible for the contamination.
Milwaukee Mayor Johnson discusses Milwaukee’s legal and crime challenges and opportunities
By Steve Schuster [email protected] Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson stood before a room full of journalists at the Milwaukee Press Club Thursday discussing recent victories including preventing the city from going bankrupt through the levying of a local 2% sales tax, and a significant drop in the city’s homicides rate. Although with the successes he and […]
Gov. Evers Appoints Jillian Pfeifer as Oneida County District Attorney
Pfeifer lives near Rhinelander with her family and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University Law School.
Gov. Evers Appoints Angela Palmer-Fisher as Vernon County District Attorney
Palmer-Fisher is a sole practitioner who has also served as the court commissioner for Vernon County Circuit Court Judge Darcy J. Rood since 2017.
Gov. Evers Appoints Ian Mickelson as Grant County District Attorney
Mickelson has been an assistant state public defender since 2019, starting in the Kenosha office before transferring to Lancaster, where he represents indigent clients in Grant and surrounding counties.
The coming wave of PFAS litigation?
Over time, PFAS was added to millions of everyday products: shampoo, dental floss, cosmetics, clothes, carpeting, sofas, pizza boxes, food wrappers, cookware and rain gear.
FBI Director defends against GOP criticism
This new dynamic has forced Democrats into a position of defending these law enforcement agencies they have long criticized.
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Approval marks the first daily oral contraceptive pill approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription.
Community pharmacies see big win against Pharmacy Benefit Manager OptumRX
A Philadelphia lawyer who is representing more than 70 Wisconsin community pharmacies has won a recent case in Marinette County against big pharma manager OptumRx, the nation's third largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM).
Legal News
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
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