Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Son of missing couple accused of providing false information
The adult son of a missing couple from Dane County has been arrested and accused of providing false information to investigators, according to sheriff's officials.
Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021
Trump can’t beat Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in court – but the fight might be worth more than a win
From condo salesman to reality TV host to leader of the free world, Donald Trump has occupied several lifetimes’ worth of identities over a remarkable career of reinventions. Even so, the billionaire mogul’s latest metamorphosis – into a consumer-rights plaintiff seeking to regulate big business – is a peculiar one. With a volley of lawsuits […]
Wauwatosa police kept, shared list of Floyd, Cole protesters
Police in Wauwatosa built a list of protesters who took to the streets last year following the deaths of 17-year-old Alvin Cole and George Floyd, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Free to raise tuition, UW regents choose not to
University of Wisconsin System leaders voted Thursday against raising tuition just hours after Gov. Tony Evers signed a budget that gave them the ability to do so for the first time in years.
Purdue Pharma settlement to net $65m for Wisconsin
Wisconsin is in line to receive $65 million as part of a $4.3 billion multistate settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over its role in the opioid crisis, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Thursday.
Court of Appeals: Ozaukee County village must pay fees, costs in open-records lawsuit
An Ozaukee County village must pay at least part of its former trustee's attorney fees, costs and statutory damages in an open-records lawsuit, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.
Foley partners with Boys & Girls Clubs to support organization’s diversity efforts
Foley & Lardner is working with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to support the youth-development organization's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Court: DNR can impose farm conditions, consider well effects (UPDATE)
Wisconsin regulators can impose operating conditions on factory farms and consider high-capacity wells' cumulative environmental impacts when deciding whether to grant permits, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Immigration – Stop-time Rule
Anyone who has applied for a passport, filed for Social Security benefits, or sought a license understands the government’s affinity for forms.
Writ of Certiorari
In 2009, an Alaska jury convicted Sean Wright of 13 counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
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