Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice running again
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly, who served for four years before losing election in 2020, announced Thursday he will run for an open spot on the court next year.
2 decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trial
Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks — the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Judge: Pipeline can operate on reservation amid reroute work
A federal judge will allow an oil and gas pipeline to continue to flow on a northern Wisconsin American Indian reservation while its operators work to reroute the line around the tribal land.
Wisconsin lawmakers approve opioid settlement spending plan
The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee unanimously approved a spending plan Thursday for $31 million the state expects to receive this year from a multi-state settlement with drug manufacturers over their role in the opioid crisis.
Batter up for some judicial activism
The term “judicial activism” is commonly thrown around to disparage judges. It generally is used to accuse courts of being too aggressive or too liberal. A recent court of appeals decision contains an element which raises an interesting question.
Parents sue Eau Claire schools for transgender policy
A group of parents is suing the Eau Claire school district for guidance to staff members on supporting transgender students.
Judge Aprahamian sides with GOP in absentee ballot fight
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ruled that state law does not allow election clerks to fill in missing information on witness certification envelopes that contain absentee ballots, delivering a victory to Republicans nine weeks before the election in the battleground state.
Inmate charged with murder in 37-year-old case
A Wisconsin prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in a 37-year-old cold case.
Man who killed Wisconsin doctor, her husband gets life
The man convicted in the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband in the school's arboretum was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday without the possibility of parole.
Nelson joins OCHDL
Samuel Nelson, a magna cum laude graduate of Marquette University Law School, has joined O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing.
Man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputy in central Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is leading an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by a sheriff's deputy.
Bigger roles for non-lawyers: States looking to paraprofessionals to keep legal gears turning
If it was not obvious before, the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on court proceedings — and the subsequent backlog of cases — highlighted just how many people have legal claims.
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