Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
This disciplinary matter comes to the court on Attorney James C. Ritland's appeal and the Office of Lawyer Regulation's (OLR) cross-appeal of a report and recommendation of Referee Allan Beatty.
Right of First Refusal – Appraised Value
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Country Visions Cooperative v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., 2020 WI App 32, 392 Wis. 2d 672, 946 N.W.2d 169, affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding with directions the Fond du Lac County circuit court's order granting Country Visions Cooperative ("Country Visions") specific performance of its right of first refusal to a [...]
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
When the Social Security Administration (SSA) denies a claim for disability benefits, a claimant who wishes to contest that decision in federal court must first seek a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ).
Postconviction Motion Denied – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Justin Douglas appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child; four counts of sexual exploitation of a child; two counts of possession of child pornography; and eight counts of felony bail jumping, with all sixteen counts as a habitual criminal.
Postconviction Order – Forfeiture of Counsel
Rudy McWashington appeals from a postconviction order permitting appointed postconviction counsel to withdraw over McWashington’s objection.
Federal Trade Commission Act – Restitution
Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act authorizes the Commission to obtain, “in proper cases,” a “permanent injunction” in federal court against “any person, partnership, or corporation” that it believes “is violating, or is about to violate, any provision of law” that the Commission enforces. 87 Stat. 592, 15 U. S. C. §53(b).
Insurance Claim – Maximum Liability
Savanah Thom was severely injured when her vehicle collided with a vehicle driven by a thirteen-year-old child.
Quarles & Brady to participate in program to increase diversity of firm leadership
Quarles & Brady will participate in a certification process designed to increase the diversity of firm leadership.
State budget at a glance: No marijuana legalization; money coming for body cameras
Wisconsin legislators were set Tuesday to begin taking the final votes on the 2021-23 state budget.
Man again seeks permission to blame others in 1976 murders
An 84-year-old man is again asking a state appeals court to intervene before he goes on trial for a double murder.
Court: Police lawfully used phone data to solve homicide
Police were within their rights when they used data from a man's cellphone to link him to a northeastern Wisconsin homicide, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Supreme Court: Law grad charged for transporting 114 pounds of marijuana should be admitted to practice law
A UW Law School graduate who was charged for transporting 114 pounds of marijuana to Wisconsin will be able to practice law in the state.
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