Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
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.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
The Court entered the following order on this date: On March 15, 2021, Attorney Laura Waite filed a request pursuant to SCR 22.34(11), for indefinite suspension of her license to practice law in this state due to her medical incapacity.
Order Correcting Opinion
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraphs 1 and 39 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on April 29, 2021.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Ronald J. Greenwood appeals from a judgment of replevin requiring him to return a dog to Shawna Hathaway.
Involuntary Commitment and Medication
J.J.K. appeals an involuntary commitment order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20 and an involuntary medication order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.61(1)(g)3.
Abuse of Discretion – Sanctions
Tyler Mueller was injured while hunting when a gun he was holding discharged.
Sovereign Immunity
Aquilla Jessie appeals a circuit court order dismissing his petition for declaratory judgment.
Appellate Jurisdiction
Approximately nine years after Janelle Casey and Mark Schimke divorced, Casey petitioned for a constructive trust, alleging that Schimke had failed to make required financial disclosures under WIS. STAT. § 767.127 (2019-20) at the time of divorce.
Mailer sent to 100,000 Wisconsin voters who may have moved
Nearly 100,000 Wisconsin voters identified as potentially having moved since the fall of 2019 are being mailed post cards from the state Elections Commission this week telling them how to ensure their registration address is up to date.
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