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Civil lawsuits may be only way to hold bishops accountable for abuse cover-ups
Last week, a Pennsylvania grand jury documented 70 years of concerted efforts by Catholic bishops in that state to conceal more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse by priests – including rape, sadomasochism and producing child pornography.
View from around the state: Marijuana, driving a risky combination
Recreational marijuana may never be legal in Wisconsin.
Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer? Trial highlights the difficulty of proving a link
Does glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used weedkiller Roundup, cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma? This question is at issue now in a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court. Hundreds more claims have been cleared to proceed in a federal multi-district lawsuit.
Finding time for yourself amid demands of lawyering
It’s 11 a.m. on a due date and I’m procrastinating, staring at my phone instead of my computer. This past month has been a mess, between deadlines and family health issues and summer school, with weddings and day trips and a conference thrown in for good measure. A three-hour hearing turned into six yesterday in a windowless basement room, and my lower back is screaming at me for sitting in th[...]
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation: Five steps for moving toward compliance
Since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, also known as the GDPR, went into effect on May 25, 2018, many companies all over the world have brought their privacy policies up to date to comply with the regulation.
View from around the state: Kavanaugh needs a good vetting
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to replace retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court comes at a tense moment.
View from around the state: Due-process rights for all or for none
President Donald Trump's hard-line stance on immigration took an unconstitutional turn on Sunday.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Was court right to close rules conferences?
The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted in June 2017 to begin conducting deliberations on the state court system’s formal rules behind closed doors.
View from around the state: Critical reform for impartiality
Limit the stain of money on decisions by the justices.
Bench Blog says ‘goodbye’ with review of Colorado baker case
The U. S. Supreme Court sidestepped the issue of whether a Colorado baker discriminated against a gay couple seeking a wedding cake and instead decided that the baker had been treated unfairly by the commission adjudicating the discrimination charge.
View from around the state: Abrahamson broke through many barriers to serve citizens
Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin history, was often revered or despised depending on one's political viewpoint.
Abrahamson leaves legacy to remember
When Shirley Abrahamson leaves the state Supreme Court next year, she will leave a legacy to remember.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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