Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Jan. 6 probes: What’s next for Congress, criminal cases
This isn't the end of the Capitol riot story. The House committee investigating the deadly events of a fateful, chilly January day — now a year and a half in the past — has wrapped up its hot summer series of televised hearings, each featuring revelatory details about the day of violence itself or the weeks of efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Foley & Lardner’s Welle named to philanthropic list
Nick Welle, a partner at Foley & Lardner, has been named to the United Way's Philanthropic 5 list.
Amid threats, security rises at meetings of public officials
The meeting place? A secret. Agenda? Not public. Name tags? Take them off in public.
Election education campaign planned for Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is preparing to launch a statewide voter education campaign this fall that specifically targets high school students as well as the general public.
Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge
A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd's civil rights, calling Lane's role in the restraint that killed Floyd "a very serious offense in which a life was lost" but handing down a sentence well below what prosecutors and Floyd's family sought.
Election leaders urge openness to dispel misinformation
The key to dispelling conspiracy theories and misinformation about how elections are run is to confront the lies head on, top state election officials said on Wednesday.
VIEW FROM AROUND THE STATE: Court wrong to demonize drop boxes
Banning drop boxes for absentee ballots across Wisconsin was rash and unnecessary.
Wisconsin GOP blocks absentee ballot address correction rule
Wisconsin Republicans erased regulations Wednesday allowing local election clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes, the latest move in the GOP's push to tighten voting procedures in the crucial swing state.
No charges in Milwaukee market shooting that left 2 dead
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday no charges will be filed in a shooting outside a Milwaukee grocery store that left two dead after prosecutors determined the shooter fired in self-defense.
Wisconsin GOP may block clerks from fixing ballot addresses
Wisconsin Republicans were set Wednesday to erase regulations allowing local election clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes, the latest move in the GOP's push to tighten voting procedures in the crucial swing state.
Wisconsin AG sues 18 companies over PFAS contamination
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force nearly 20 companies that he alleges contaminated the environment with chemicals known as PFAS to reimburse the state for investigations and cleanup work.
Racine officer cleared in deadly shooting during pursuit
A Racine police officer has been cleared in a deadly shooting.
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