Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In these consolidated appeals, Derek J. Degroot, pro se, appeals from judgments and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Court Error – Theft-by-contractor
Century Fence Company appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its claim under WIS. STAT. § 779.16 (2019-20) for theft by contractor.
Property Tax Exemption
The City of Milwaukee appeals an order granting summary judgment in favor of Saint John’s Communities, Inc., relating to a property tax exemption dispute.
Collective Bargaining Agreement – Duty Disability Retirement Benefits
The City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) appeal the order granting summary judgment to the Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization (MPSO) and the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ Association Local 215 (Local 215) on the issue of the proper calculation of Duty Disability Retirement (DDR) benefits under their respective collective bargaining agreements (C[...]
Sherman Act Violation – Failure to State Claim
In Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, the Supreme Court considered whether a complaint alleging a violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act “can survive a motion to dismiss when it alleges that major telecommunications providers engaged in certain parallel conduct unfavorable to competition, absent some factual context suggesting agreement, as distinct from identical, independent action.”
Immigration – Removal Order
Eric Nyandwi, facing removal from the United States because of multiple felony convictions, applied for a deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.
Murphy & Prachthauser’s Hockers named Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer
Murphy & Prachthauser Attorney Michelle Hockers has been named the 2021 Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer by the New Lawyers Section of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.
Justices turn away VW appeals over emissions scandal suits
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.
Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
After rejecting a half-billion-dollar settlement, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday took the state's case against the nation's three biggest drug distributors to trial, saying they must be held accountable for their role in the nation's opioid epidemic.
EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face?
Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two of them and wounding the third, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha last year.
GOP candidate for governor sues state Elections Commission
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission seeking to suspend the guidance the agency gave to local election clerks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Closing arguments begin at murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse (UPDATE)
Attorneys were set to deliver closing arguments Monday at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial in the shootings of three men during street unrest in Kenosha, the last word before jury deliberations in a case that has underscored bitter division in the U.S. over guns, protests and policing.
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