Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Foley & Lardner promotes 6 to partner
Foley & Lardner LLP has announced the election and elevation of Joe Higgins, Jennifer Hennessey, Josh Roling, Louis Wahl, Chris King, and Nick Zepnnick to partner status as of Feb. 1.
Wisconsin Republicans seek higher bails after parade deaths
Wisconsin Republicans are pushing to amend the state constitution to make it harder for criminal defendants to get out on bail, hoping to capitalize on anger over the killing of six people by a driver who was out on bail when authorities say he plowed into a Christmas parade near Milwaukee.
Plan proceeds to offer college classes to Wisconsin inmates
An effort to expand higher education offerings for state prison inmates is taking shape under interim University of Wisconsin President Tommy Thompson, who oversaw the largest expansion of prisons in the state's history during his 14 years as governor.
Johnson enters re-election year with more money than rivals
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson entered his reelection year with more money in the bank than any of his many Democratic rivals, even though he trailed some of them in fundraising over the last three months of 2021.
Sentencing set in fatal mall shooting in Wisconsin
A man convicted in a fatal shooting at a suburban Appleton mall is facing sentencing in Outagamie County Circuit Court.
Wisconsin Elections Commission proceeds with absentee rule
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is moving ahead with enacting a rule that will make it clear that local election officials can fill in missing information on absentee-ballot envelopes submitted by voters.
Baldwin, Moore request probe of Palestinian-American’s death
Two members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation asked the Biden administration Monday to investigate how a Palestinian-American who lived in Milwaukee before moving back to his home village died at a West Bank checkpoint.
Claim Preclusion
Tissue Technology, LLC, appeals an order granting summary judgment and dismissing its third-party complaint against Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (Nicolet).
Eviction – Writ of Restitution
In these consolidated matters, Carson D. Combs, pro se, appeals an order granting summary judgment in favor of his landlord, Lincoln Manor, in a civil lawsuit that Combs filed.
Sanctions – Summary Reversal of Appeal
Karin Nielsen appeals from an order of the circuit court in favor of Steggeman Investments, LLC, in this eviction action that Steggeman commenced against Nielsen on November 26, 2019.
Termination of Parental Rights
T.E.-P. appeals the order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to her daughter, A.G. T.E.-P. contends that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion at the dispositional hearing when it found that it was in A.G.’s best interests to terminate T.E.-P.’s parental rights.
Abuse of Discretion – Plain Error
Alexis Reyes appeals a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide as an act of domestic abuse and one count of first-degree reckless injury by use of a dangerous weapon.
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