Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Man gets 40 months for starting fire during Kenosha protest
A federal judge has sentenced a Racine man to 40 months in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a furniture store during protests over a police shooting in Kenosha in 2020.
Proudfit completes first month with Probst Law
Probst Law Offices added a new attorney to its team last month. Jenna Proudfit joined the firm's Wauwatosa office on May 10, according to the release.
California man gets 5 years for money laundering
A federal judge in Madison has sentenced a California man to five years in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme.
Reinhart’s Eskra elected to Board of Governors
Malinda Eskra, a shareholder with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Seventh Circuit Bar Association.
High court limits suing officials over rights violations
The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited when people can sue federal officials for a violation of their rights, siding with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border.
Rideout moves practice to Wisconsin, joins Murphy Desmond
Attorney Lane Rideout has joined Murphy Desmond, the firm announced this week.
Michael Best welcomes Valentyn to Madison office
Brett Valentyn has joined the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group at Michael Best & Friedrich's Madison office.
Affidavit: Agents thought they heard shots before firing
Newly unsealed court documents indicate state agents thought they heard shots before they opened fire during a traffic stop that left a Black man wounded.
Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law
With a 6-3 majority, conservative justices on the Supreme Court may appear poised to hand down decisions that the Republican presidents who appointed them would applaud.
GOP attorney appointed to elections commission, again
A Republican attorney appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission to fill a key vacancy Wednesday won praise both from a Democratic member of the panel and the GOP-hired investigator looking into the 2020 election.
Judge refuses to bar 3 Wisconsin incumbents from 2022 ballot
A federal judge in Milwaukee has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson from the 2022 ballot because they supported Donald Trump leading up to the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Lawyer loses license over physically assaulting, threatening ex-girlfriend
A criminal-defense attorney is losing his law license after threatening to use former criminal defendants to cause harm to an ex-girlfriend, physically assaulting her, making hundreds of unwanted phone calls to her and threatening to send harmful information to her employer, among other things.
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