Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Insurance-Contract
Thirteen Investment Company, Inc. sued Foremost Insurance Company to pay for a fire loss covered under an insurance policy.
Employment-Racial Discrimination
In 2001, Wince began work as a maintenance mechanic in the facilities department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Class Action- Genetic Information Privacy Act
Carolyn Bridges and Raymond Cunningham provided their DNA to Ancestry.com, the largest genealogy company in the world.
Resentencing under the First Step Act
William Curtis is serving several consecutive sentences for his connection to a drug conspiracy involving crack cocaine.
Trump’s video deposition in rape lawsuit made public
The video was made available Friday to news organizations covering the proceedings.
Wisconsin governor orders election to fill Assembly seat
Evers issued an executive order setting a special election for Knodl's seat on July 18.
New clarification bill targets roadbuilders and utilities
Both utilities and roadbuilders supported the bill seeking to have the Wisconsin Department of Transportation compensate contractors who run into delays during transportation projects.
Authorities: DUI suspect shoots Wisconsin deputy then self
A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop before running into some nearby woods and killing himself.
Speaker Vos: Assistant District Attorney wages should be increased ‘substantially’
Vos said he wants to increase District Attorney pay for exisiting staff and new hires.
University of Wisconsin football player Latu settles sex assault lawsuit
Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura and Wisconsin safety Kamo’i Latu have settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said the two sexually assaulted her in 2018 after a football game at their Hawaii high school.
Sen. Ron Johnson: ‘Where are all the feminists?’
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says he is trying to protect women's rights after earlier saying he supported overturning Roe V. Wade. Johnson also denied publishing a false Facebook post, obtained by the Wisconsin Law Journal.
Wis. Attorney General Kaul: State Bar has good process in place when lawyers face criminal charges
The State Bar of Wisconsin doesn't "want to generally move forward with administrative proceedings while criminal proceedings are pending," Kaul said.
Legal News
- 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
- 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
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