Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Product Liability
The court of appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part the circuit court's grant of summary judgment for defendant Columbus McKinnon Corp. ("CMC").
Involuntary Commitment and Medication
Laura appeals from orders for her WIS. STAT. ch. 51 commitment and the involuntary administration of medication and treatment.
Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
Eichman appeals from a judgment convicting him of one count of possession of methamphetamine.
Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
The State of Wisconsin appeals from the circuit court’s decision suppressing evidence obtained from a search of Taylor County Detective Sergeant Bowers’ Dropbox account (Account).
Abuse of Discretion – Jury Instructions
Ridley appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for second-degree sexual assault with use of force, aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm, false imprisonment, and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, all as a domestic abuse repeater and with a domestic abuse enhancer.
Sentencing Guidelines
Michael Leighton appeals conviction of two felonies and one misdemeanor, and from an order denying his motion for resentencing or sentence modification.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
LaVigne appeals from a judgment convicting him of third-degree sexual assault and from an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.
Warrantless Search & Seizure
DeGrave appeals from an amended judgment convicting her of possession of methamphetamine.
4th Amendment Violation-
While driving home to Chicago one night in September 2017, Braun suffered a seizure and crashed into a telephone pole in suburban Palatine.
Court Error – Sentence Modification – Rule 11(b)
Stapleton lured women into prostitution and exploited them for his financial benefit using threats, force, and other forms of coercion.
Judge: People can sell candy, cakes, cookies without license
A Dane County judge has ruled that people can sell a wide range of homemade food without a commercial license or kitchen.
Fiscal Facts: STEM workers a strength, but metro Milwaukee lags in other innovation metrics
Metro Milwaukee’s concentration of workers employed in STEM occupations is a competitive strength, but it lags peer metros on other metrics including productivity, household income, exports, and venture capital funding.
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