Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Liability Insurance
Plaintiffs Astellas US Holding, Inc. and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (treated here as one entity, Astellas) paid the federal government $100 million to settle potential claims for violations of the federal Antikickback Statute and the federal False Claims Act.
Feds and local authorities dismantle Fentanyl distribution organization
Those arrested are alleged to be responsible for obtaining and distributing approximately 1 million fentanyl pills throughout Northeast Wisconsin in less than one year. The street value of this quantity of fentanyl pills is approximately $5 million.
Patient’s Rights
The petitioner, Gahl holds health care power of attorney for his uncle, Zingsheim.
Involuntary Medication Order
In 2003, the Milwaukee County Circuit Court committed Hardy to the Department of Health Services (DHS), after determining that he was a sexually violent person pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 980. Hardy has been at the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center since that time.
Postconviction Motion
Jackson confessed to shooting and killing his girlfriend, Anicka Labourgeois.
Plea Withdrawal
According to the criminal complaint, nine-year-old Lucy told law enforcement that then-sixteen-year-old Larson had sexually assaulted her in October 2015 when she was spending the night at his home.
Landlord-tenant
In this landlord-tenant dispute, Wausau Landmark Corp. (“Landmark”) was ordered to pay $1,250 to its former tenant, Tommy Blakley, which included $250 in attorney fees.
Unlawful Seizure – Suppression of Evidence
Jamie Duval appeals a judgment, entered following a no-contest plea, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood, as a fourth offense and as a repeater.
Sentencing Guidelines
After a local high school student died from a fentanyl overdose, the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, opened an investigation to track down the source of the fatal drugs.
Exhausting Prisoner’s Grievance Process
Ingram contends that, while confined in the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute, he was beaten by guards, after which the medical staff denied him access to necessary care.
Breach of Contract
Sunny Handicraft and Bin Teh Handicraft (collectively Sunny) sold seasonal merchandise to Walgreens, with Envision This! as an intermediary.
Sex Offender Registration
Shane Kitterman has been a frequent filer in both the federal and state courts of Illinois.
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