Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Planned Parenthood to spend record $50M in midterm elections
Planned Parenthood plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.
Review: ‘Slenderman’ chronicles a harrowing childhood crime
"Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls," by Kathleen Hale (Grove Press)
Homicide defendant released on $10,000 bail in Wisconsin
A man charged in a fatal shooting in Wisconsin has been released on $10,000 bail that was initially set at $500,000.
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown welcomes Attorney Schleis to criminal defense, juvenile law team
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has added attorney Adam Schleis to its criminal defense, guardianship and juvenile group.
Court: State can’t tax tribal lands that change hands
The state can't impose property taxes on tribal lands that have changed hands without congressional approval, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Court: Mask order didn’t violate shop’s free speech rights
Dane County health officials didn’t violate free speech protections when they cited a Middleton cafe for advertising itself as a “mask-free zone” during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge rules Northridge Mall owners to secure building or pay fine
A Milwaukee judge ruled on Monday that the owners of the former Northridge Mall will have to secure the vacant building by Friday or pay $2,000 a day, local outlets reported.
UW System launches free tuition program at regional campuses
The University of Wisconsin System is launching a new tuition waiver at its 12 regional campuses.
Widow of man who died at WI vet’s home sues state, others
The widow if a man who died at a Wisconsin veterans nursing home is suing the state as well as some of the facility's employees who she said failed to properly care for her husband.
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, three days after the lawmaker beat a primary opponent whom the investigator and former President Donald Trump had endorsed.
Prosecutors charge man with 30-year-old double homicide
Prosecutors charged a Weyauwega man Friday with killing a woman and her boyfriend 30 years ago in apparent revenge for a snowmobile accident.
Mary Roth Burns appointed to Oneida County Circuit Court
Mary Roth Burns has been appointed to the Oneida County Circuit Court-Branch 1. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by Judge Patrick O’Melia’s retirement. Burns will complete a term ending July 31, 2023.
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