Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
US Supreme Court won’t block $6B student debt relief settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a roughly $6 billion legal settlement to go forward that will cancel student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers who say they were misled by their schools.
US Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.
Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade to pay more restitution
A Wisconsin judge ordered a man convicted of killing six people when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to pay tens of thousands of dollars more in restitution Thursday, saying she wants to make sure he doesn't profit from any potential movie or book deal.
Regulating AI: 3 experts explain why it’s difficult to do and important to get right
From fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police officers to a chatbot describing a very-much-alive computer scientist as having died tragically, the ability of the new generation of generative artificial intelligence systems to create convincing but fictional text and images is setting off alarms about fraud and misinformation on steroids.
DOJ to ask US Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold
A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but restored restrictions on the drug in a decision that the Justice Department said Thursday it would swiftly challenge at the Supreme Court.
Man pleads not guilty in anti-abortion office firebombing
The man accused of firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion group's office has pleaded not guilty.
Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states
Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday.
Dem, GOP convention picks show Midwest’s political influence
Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 by breaking up the famed electoral "blue wall," snatching the Midwestern battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Pennsylvania, from Democrats. He lost the White House four years later when those same states flipped to Joe Biden.
Editorial: Supreme Court race only opening round of in-state politics
In an historic and high-spending race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz crushed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly.
Kaul joins multistate coalition pushing back on decision to block access to abortion drug
General Attorney Josh Kaul joined 24 other attorneys general to file an amicus brief after a Texas judge's decision threatened to block access to medical abortions.
Lawyer granted release in $460M ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme
A Las Vegas lawyer accused of orchestrating a $460 million "slip-and-fall" Ponzi scheme across the U.S. West was granted release Friday after spending more than a year in federal custody.
Abortion questions intensify in US courts, legislatures
Dueling judicial opinions on the future availability of abortion pills could shake up the U.S. landscape.
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