Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Parent sues school district after child contracts COVID-19
A parent has sued a southeastern Wisconsin school district after her son contracted COVID-19 from a classmate.
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release
One component of a federal criminal sentence may, and sometimes must, be a period of supervised release that begins after the offender has completed his time in prison.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
Jason White, convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon, petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his 30-year sentence.
Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference
Travis Fredrickson was a troubled person. Events not pertinent to this appeal landed him in Illinois’s prison system, where he spent time at several institutions.
Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact
At the center of this overtime pay case is a complicated payment scheme for auto repair technicians.
Court Error – Restitution
Lloyd Robl, working as an unlicensed and uninsured asbestos abatement contractor, undertook asbestos removal and disposal services for clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Preliminary Injunction – Trade Secret Misappropriation
This trade secret case arises from a short‐lived business relationship between two companies that sell spinal implant devices.
Feds won’t seek charges against cop in Jacob Blake shooting
Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they won't file charges against a white police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last year.
Open-records lawsuit filed over GOP election investigation
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal government watchdog group on Friday sued Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for not releasing records related to the ongoing investigation he ordered into the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit filed by American Oversight comes after a tumultuous week that saw Vos sign subpoenas sought […]
Woman accuses UW System of failing to stop harassment
A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student has filed a federal lawsuit alleged UW System officials failed to prevent the school's chancellor's husband from sexually harassing her and other women.
Wisconsin man pleads guilty to illegally transporting bear
A Wisconsin man accused of illegally transporting a black bear carcass from Canada to North Dakota has reached a plea agreement, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Wisconsin election investigator cancels mayors’ interviews
The retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in the battleground state on Thursday canceled plans to interview mayors and election officials from the state's five largest cities, days after he subpoenaed them.
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