Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Race Discrimination-Employment Law
Bronson has sued Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (“Lurie” or “the hospital”) and Susan Ruohonen, Lurie’s Director of Family Services, for race discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute
The decision united liberal and conservative justices in labor's latest loss at the high court.
Wis. Attorney General leads 17 States urging EPA to finalize proposed PFAS drinking water standards
Across the country, PFAS contamination is often found at military bases, firefighting training centers, civilian airports, and industrial facilities.
Michigan vascular surgeon sentenced to 80 months in prison for Health Care fraud
Godiali was ordered to pay $19.5 million in restitution collectively to Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM).
Christensen appointed Clerk of Wisconsin Supreme Court
Christensen will replace current Clerk of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Sheila T. Reiff, who is retiring after 43 years with the courts at the county and state levels.
Wisconsin Republicans look for rebound, Democrats stay on offensive as 2024 fights loom
Wisconsin has long been one of a handful of battleground states, one of the few places where either party can win a statewide contest.
Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital settle with FEDs over alleged ADA violations
Patient was re-admitted to CSM after experiencing complications from the surgery, including an infection of her surgical site.
Federal government lawsuit accuses Wisconsin town of trespassing on tribal reservation
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay unspecified damages for failing to renew access easements on American Indian tribal land.
Lawsuit between Wauwatosa, urban planner moves forward after judge’s signature
A lawsuit between a Milwaukee urban planner and the city of Wauwatosa will move forward after Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Foley signed an alternative writ of mandamus.
Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no stranger to controversy.
Milwaukee school bus engulfed in flames after driver safely evacuates 37 students
A school bus driver in Milwaukee safely evacuated 37 students from her bus just before it became engulfed in flames.
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office squad car crashes into Shorewood home
Sheriff's officials said a detective was pursuing a wanted person when two squad cars collided, one hitting the front porch of a house.
Legal News
- 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
- 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
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