Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Jury Instructions-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
The State charged Tipton with attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child under sixteen years of age arising out of allegations that Tipton attempted to have sexual contact with his girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter, A.B., on June 28, 2019.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Attorney Howard Howe filed suit for a client in an Indiana state court against Mark Patterson to collect an unpaid educational debt.
Application for Asylum
Tania Lizeth Borjas Cruz and her minor son, both Honduran citizens, challenge the denial of their application for asylum and withholding of removal.
Mandatory Victims Restitution Act
LaTonya Foxx, in collaboration with two others, faced charges and was ultimately convicted for participating in a deceitful tax scheme.
General Maritime Negligence Claim
Herbert Hardimon sued the American River Transportation Company, LLC (ARTCO).
Title VII
Janay Garrick, a former instructor at Moody Bible Institute, alleged sex discrimination and other violations under Title VII.
Breach of Restrictive Covenant-Unjust Enrichment
LKQ Corporation sued its former Plant Manager, Robert Rutledge, who left the company to work for a competing firm.
Bankruptcy
The case revolves around a disagreement between the Trustee representing the bankrupt entity BWGS, LLC, and BMO Harris Bank N.A. and Sun Capital Partners VI, L.P.
Sufficiency of Evidence
White was convicted by a jury of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a felon.
Zoning- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
A Catholic high school in Madison sued the city and other parties, alleging that the city's refusal to grant permission for installing lights for nighttime athletic events violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Powerlist – Mari R. Zimmermann – Zimmermann Law Office
Milwaukee Attorney and Marquette Law School alum Mari R. Zimmermann has been practicing family law in the Badger State for more than a decade, putting children first. “If there are children, the goal is to not just meet my client’s interest but do so in a way that puts their children first,” Zimmermann said. Graduating […]
Officer disciplined over Floyd post can’t claim free speech
He took the post down approximately two hours later.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
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