Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Eviction Due to Crime
Deborah Brumit and Andrew Simpson permitted their adult daughter to stay in their leased home occasionally during 2019.
Application for Asylum
Meixiang Cui petitions for review of the denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
Motion to Suppress Incriminating Statements
A jury found defendant-appellant Khalil Jackson guilty on charges of sex-trafficking a minor (“Jane Doe”), child pornography, and cyberstalking. On appeal Jackson seeks a new trial on two grounds.
Bankruptcy
In 2010, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that all assets held by the Soad Wattar Revocable Living Trust—including the Wattar family home—were part of the bankruptcy estate of Richard Sharif.
National advocates call on Wisconsin lawmakers to fund the Office of School Safety
Wisconsin has once again been cast into the national spotlight --- this time calling upon Wisconsin legislators to fund the Office of School Safety.
Fond du Lac County jury convicts defendant of Fentanyl overdose homicide, other charges
Carla M. Czysz-Endeward was convicted of First Degree Reckless Homicide as a Party to a Crime, four counts of Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, three counts of First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, and Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud.
Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team deploys at Summerfest
Suffice it to say, in the 55 years since the music festival began in 1968, security protocols have evolved quite a bit.
Harryman House restaurant owner pleaded guilty to not paying $2.8 million in employment taxes and failing to file personal tax return
Owner allegedly did not pay $2.8 million in employment taxes due.
Wisconsin Republicans pass plan to cut income taxes by 15% on average
"You had a choice between regular Wisconsinites and rich people, and you chose rich people,” Democratic Rep. Tip McGuire said.
Wisconsin GOP lawmakers approve pay raise for state employees, especially corrections officers
Those increases fall short of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' request to raise state employee pay by 5% and 3% in each year of the budget.
Republicans vote to cut University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32M in diversity programs spat
Vos calls the efforts a waste of taxpayer money that only sow racial division.
Milwaukee Woman indicted for perpetrating a $2.3 Million health care fraud
If convicted, in addition to a lengthily prison sentence, Barnes would also forfeit and property derived from the proceeds traceable to the offense, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 982 a7 and 28 U.S.C. § 2461c.
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