Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Wisconsin high court accepts three new cases, denies over 50
Wisconsin's Supreme Court announced its acceptance of three new cases for review Tuesday, denying over 50 cases. The accepted cases come from circuit court decisions in Milwaukee, Trempealeau and Langlade counties.
Wisconsin court: Conservative holdover can stay on DNR board
A conservative member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel indefinitely even though his term ended more than a year ago, a divided state Supreme Court decided on Wednesday.
Old Glory Honor Flight board member joins Davis|Kuelthau
Davis|Kuelthau announced the addition of Andrew MacDonald to the firm's Trusts, Estates & Succession team on Wednesday.
In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed
A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on an embryo's cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect.
Court kills Flint water charges against ex-governor, others
The Michigan Supreme Court threw out charges on Tuesday against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments under rarely used state laws.
Wisconsin’s Democratic AG sues to block state’s abortion ban
Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state's 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the ban and it's so old no one can say it passed with the consent of modern generations.
OLR: After five state public defender representations, attorney receives 60-day suspension
A Milwaukee-area attorney has had her license suspended for 60 days after first receiving a public reprimand in 2020.
Election investigator sued again for deleting records
A liberal government watchdog group on Tuesday filed its fourth open records lawsuit over the investigation of the 2020 election result in Wisconsin, targeting the lead investigator for his practice of deleting records he didn't deem useful to the investigation.
16 companies slapped with civil penalties for discriminatory job postings
Totaling $832,944, 16 private employers have been ordered to pay civil penalties as part of a settlement agreement, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
GOP gov hopefuls: Fire DAs who don’t enforce abortion ban
Three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls say they would fire prosecutors who refuse to enforce Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing Roe vs. Wade.
A new challenge, Brown joins OVB Law & Consulting
Attorney Allysa Brown joined OVB Law & Consulting this month following four years at the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office.
Anti-abortion groups look to update 1849 Wisconsin ban
Anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin say they'll work with lawmakers next year to pass legislation that will update or replace the state's 1849 abortion ban, which led doctors across Wisconsin to stop providing abortions on Friday after the Supreme Court struck down the landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade.
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