Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Statutory Interpretation – Appointments Clause – Board Authority
The validity of a patent previously issued by the Patent and Trademark Office can be challenged before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an executive tribunal within the PTO.
Malicious Prosecution Action
This case is about the tort of malicious prosecution.
Divorce – Marital Settlement Agreement
Kathy Siech and Paul Schwab divorced in 1992.
Former Trump official working on Wisconsin election probe
A Republican attorney who worked in former President Donald Trump's administration and falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen in Wisconsin appears to have been hired to help with the taxpayer-funded investigation into how the election was run.
Bergner joins Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Danielle Bergner, a former managing partner at Michael Best and former chief operating officer for real estate firm J. Jeffers & Co., has joined the Milwaukee office of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman.
Few answers in deaths of 4 Minnesotans found in Wisconsin
Investigators were reviewing bridge and highway cameras to try to figure out who killed four Minnesota residents whose bodies were found in an SUV abandoned in a Wisconsin cornfield.
Judge won’t let lawmakers, hunters join DNR board lawsuit
A Wisconsin judge declined to let Republican legislators and a hunting group join a lawsuit seeking to remove the state Department of Natural Resources policy board's leader from his post.
UW Law School hires States as first associate dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Michael States will serve as the inaugural associate dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
GOP lobbyist McCoshen won’t run for Wisconsin governor
The longtime lobbyist Bill McCoshen said Wednesday he will not seek the Republican nomination for Wisconsin governor.
Court Error – Child Placement
P.R. appeals the circuit court’s order placing her daughter outside P.R.’s home.
Governmental Immunity
Vincent Foreman-Ante participated in a psychology class activity at Edgerton High School.
Suppression of Evidence – Blood Test
Jeffrey Moeser appeals a judgment convicting him of operating while intoxicated, sixth offense.
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