Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
FLSA – Lunch Break Compensation
After she was fired, Wirth sued her former employer, RLJ Dental, S.C., for retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and for violations of Wisconsin’s Wage Payment and Collection Laws.
Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitration
United Natural Foods, Inc., and its corporate affiliates filed suit against Teamsters Local 414 contending that the Local breached its collective bargaining agreement with the company by initiating two strikes at United Natural’s Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution center.
Contracts – Diversity
In May 2019, Yancheng Shanda Yuanfeng Equity Investment Partnership (“Yancheng Shanda”) filed a contract claim in a Chinese court against Kevin Wan, his company, and his brother.
Automatic Gun Possession – Standing
This suit is about a person’s right to have a gun part called a “drop-in auto sear.”
Rights of transgender students and their parents are a challenge for courts
As an increasing number of elementary, middle and high school students in the U.S. have begun to identify as transgender, school leaders have struggled to figure out how to respond, and how – and whether – to communicate about their actions to parents.
Judge: Banning guns for marijuana users unconstitutional
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation's gun laws.
Man given 16 years for shooting at kids throwing snowballs
A Wisconsin man convicted of shooting at a group of children who threw snowballs at his car in 2020 received a 16-year prison sentence on Friday.
Bill would clarify bail amendment set for Wisconsin ballot
As promised, Wisconsin Republicans have circulated legislation that specifies which crimes would be included in a proposed constitutional amendment to make it harder for violent criminal defendants to go free on bail.
Prosecutors won’t charge deputy who killed man in October
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they won't charge a Dane County Sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a man in October.
Public still paying for fraud probe records fights
Many people in Wisconsin are under the impression that the disastrous probe into the state’s 2020 presidential election conducted by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is over, as are its costs to taxpayers. They’re wrong.
Law office founder Sipsma dies at age 69
Longtime attorney and Sipsma Law Office founder Kenneth Sipsma, age 69, died unexpectedly on Jan. 28.
Wisconsin’s largest vote audit finds no machine errors
The Wisconsin Election Commission unanimously approved on Thursday the results of a hand-count audit of the November election, which found that voting machines worked as intended.
Legal News
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- 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
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