Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Plain Error – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Christopher Harris faced federal drug charges. Counsel advised him that his two prior Indiana cocaine convictions were predicate “felony drug offenses” and could result in a mandatory life sentence.
4th Amendment Violation – Warrantless Search & Seizure
Industrial-supply company W.W. Grainger was the victim of a series of cyberattacks against its computer systems in 2016.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
Elston Stevenson possessed a firearm as a felon, and as an armed career criminal he received an enhanced sentence.
Appellate Jurisdiction – Qualified Immunity
Our jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal turns on a police dashcam video that captured police officer Ryan McDonough’s arrest of Joseph Ferguson, including the moment he tased Ferguson.
Preliminary Injunction
The district court entered an injunction that prohibits officials from enforcing these provisions of Indiana’s law...
Witnesses: 1st victim threatened Rittenhouse, lunged for gun
The rapid sequence in which Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men on the streets of Kenosha was set off by the confrontational behavior of the first man, who threatened to kill Rittenhouse and others in his group and later grabbed for the 17-year-old's weapon right before he was shot, witnesses testified.
Manufacturers sue over federal vaccine mandates for workers
Two Wisconsin manufacturers are among those suing to block the Biden administration from instituting COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private-sector workers.
Weekly Case Digests – November 1, 2021 – November 5, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – November 1, 2021 - November 5, 2021
EXPLAINER: Rittenhouse plane part of widespread surveillance
Prosecutors working to convict Kyle Rittenhouse in the shootings of three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin have introduced as evidence surveillance video taken from an FBI airplane circling thousands of feet above the chaos.
Man accused of killing mother in Antigo found in Burlington
A man charged with killing his mother in Antigo has been arrested in southern Wisconsin, according to police.
Lazar launches campaign for Wisconsin Court of Appeals seat
Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar has launched her campaign for the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals District II.
GRGB named among Best Law Firms
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has been named among the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
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