Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
University of Wisconsin and Marquette Law Schools move up in 2023- 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
Marquette University Law School moved up to the 71st best law school in the nation. Previously Marquette was ranked the 105th best law school in the nation. University of Wisconsin Law School moved up to 40th best law school in country, up three slots from the 43rd best law school in the country.
Knodl, who attempted to delay certification of 2020 presidental election, tapped to lead Wis. Senate elections committee
Just moments before the January 6, 2021 insurrection, Knodl joined dozens of lawmakers across the country, including more than a dozen in Wisconsin in executing a letter to then-Vice President Mike Pence demanding the Vice President not certify 2020 presidential results that Biden won.
What to know about Trump’s CNN town hall: Lies about election and abortion, attacks on accuser
CNN Town Hall with Trump covered a wide range of topics including dining with a Holocaust denying white nationalist, treatment of women, repeating election lies, defense of Jan 6 insurrection, and false abortion claims.
Juror who listened to conservative podcaster Tim Pool joined verdict against Donald Trump
The judge let the juror stay on the panel.
Evers signs carjacking, reckless driving penalty bills
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a pair of bipartisan bills Friday that would increase penalties for carjacking and reckless driving.
Losing Supreme Court Candidate Dan Kelly reappears on Twitter
Recent Tweets from the Justice Daniel Kelly parody account mock the former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice.
Republican Rep. George Santos charged in web of fraud, including stealing from campaign to buy designer clothes
The indictment was a reckoning for a web of fraud and deceit that prosecutors say overlapped with Santos' fantastical public image as a wealthy businessman — a fictional biography that began to unravel after he won election last fall.
550 US active duty troops arriving at border
About 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border in the first group of military support ahead of an expected increase of migrants, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.
Milwaukee County rejects abortion travel funds
The Committee on Personnel voted 3-1 rejecting the resolution.
Operation MEDUSA: Feds cut off the head of Russia’s ‘Snake’ cyber espionage tool targeting US businesses, journalists
Operation MEDUSA was the second recent U.S. operation in recent days, which was described as "a whack-a-mole game between law enforcement and miscreants.
Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M
Carroll, 79, testified that she had a chance encounter with Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman store across the street from Trump Tower.
Vaccine mandate and masking requirements end immediately in Milwaukee County
Federal government announced the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on Thursday, May 11.
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