Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Wisconsin judge sentences man to nearly 20 years in connection with 2016 firebombing incident
The bomb exploded in a mailbox.
4 Wisconsin teenagers killed in Monday truck crash
The sheriff's office has not identified anyone involved in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Termination of Parental Rights
Emily appealed the circuit court's decision to terminate her parental rights to her children, Nicole and Zachary, arguing that the court's determination was not in the children's best interests.
Area Variance
The Barron County Board of Adjustment's decision to deny Laura and Ryan Sutton's request for an area variance was reversed by the circuit court, which found the Board had failed to apply the correct legal standard and that its decision was arbitrary.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Eligibility
Wilson appealed a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) regarding her eligibility for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Postconviction Relief
Molde had been convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child under twelve and incest with a child.
Restitution
Otho Harris visited a Boost Mobile store seeking help for his broken cellphone.
Qualified Immunity-Excessive Force
Brumitt, while intoxicated and lying on a utility box, was struck by Evansville Police Department Sergeant Sam Smith. Smith punched Brumitt four times in the face, rendering him unconscious.
Insurance Coverage-Disclosure of Confidential Information
Thermoflex Waukegan faced a lawsuit for allegedly breaching the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by implementing handprint-based timekeeping for its hourly employees without obtaining proper consent or utilizing a third party for data processing.
Adam Gerol named Ozaukee County Circuit Court judge
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Adam Gerol to the Ozaukee County Circuit Court – Branch 1.
Moms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting Wisconsin and other swing states
It will specifically target voters in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin, four states that are among the most important presidential battlegrounds this fall.
Grand jury indicts managing partner of Milwaukee’s Five O’Clock Steakhouse for sex trafficking a minor
The FBI is asking anyone with information about Stelio Kalkounos to contact the FBI in Milwaukee at 414-276-4684, option 7.
Legal News
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- 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
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