Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Wisconsin warden and 8 staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths
Republican legislators renewed their calls Wednesday for Evers to close the prison in Waupun.
Judge throws out Democrat favored Illinois voting law
Several Republican candidates filed the lawsuit.
Man sentenced for 20 ‘swatting’ calls of false threats in US, Canada
Law enforcement entered some of the homes with guns drawn and detained people, authorities said.
Evers Administration requests Dodge County Sheriff’s Office keep investigation open
Evers orders DOC to continue their ongoing, internal investigation.
Police change mass arrests policy ahead of National Convention
Law enforcement agencies have been planning for more than a year for the convention.
Conservative University of Wisconsin regent resigns after initially refusing to step down
He said his actions were motivated out of a concern with the university's relationship with the Legislature.
With GOP maps out, Democrats hope for more legislative power in battleground Wisconsin
Republicans will likely retain their majority in the Senate in November's elections.
Milwaukee schools superintendent resigns amid potential loss of millions in funding
Milwaukee is the state’s largest school district, with about 68,000 students.
Amid election-year push on reproductive rights, Senate to hold test vote on access to contraception
The effort comes as Democrats worry that reproductive rights will be further threatened after the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to an abortion two years ago.
Attorneys, aid charged in Wisconsin ‘fake electors’ scheme
The charges are the first to be filed by state prosecutors against anyone involved in the scheme that involved 10 Wisconsin Republicans meeting in the state Capitol in December 2020.
Wisconsin AG joins coalition to defend pregnant and postpartum employees
Coalition includes 23 other attorneys general to defend new federal protections
Wisconsin school bus crash sends 2 children to hospital
Another school bus was involved in a crash about a half hour earlier.
Legal News
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property