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Attorney General Brad Schimel is not the lawyer for Gov. Scott Walker's re-election campaign. But, in a stunning breach of faith that displays his extreme partisanship, Schimel is acting as if the Walker campaign were his client.

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Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin have been structurally disempowered by the most crooked of political maneuvers.

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Kenosha County criminal defense attorney Michael Cicchini is on a quest to revise what he considers Wisconsin’s deeply flawed jury instruction concerning the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof.

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Todd Mueller had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court. He walked into the Winnebago County Courthouse hoping to be declared the beneficiary of $200,000, but walked out with nothing. He had sued Thomas Edwards and Martina ...

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America doesn't need an unprecedented and dangerous constitutional convention to balance its federal budget. It needs real leadership, more courage and cooperation in Washington.

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The Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently upheld Wisconsin’s right-to-work law in its decision in International Assoc. of Machinists District 10 and its Local Lodge 1061 v. State of Wisconsin, 2017 WI App 66.

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On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Gill v. Whitford.

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The phenomenon of corporate purchases of bundled consumer debt is nothing new. What is new is the question of what a successor buyer must show to collect on individual debt accounts within the bundle.

An Assembly bill to restrict the release of body camera recordings would undermine the main rationale for equipping police officers with video devices.

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Whether we practice as litigators or transactional attorneys, we have all dealt with convoluted statutes and regulations which, at times, seem deliberately contorted to frustrate the legal practitioner, or perhaps, penned with the intent of making certain that we will ...

We are unapologetic defenders of the First Amendment — free speech, free press, freedom to assemble and ask the government to redress grievances, and religious freedoms.

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In what could lead to a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a Wisconsin case that challenges the despicable practice of political parties drawing up legislative and congressional districts to lock in their power and disenfranchise voters.

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When the Tavern League of Wisconsin supports a bill to "crack down" on repeat drunken drivers, that's probably a sign the measure doesn't go far enough to address the problem.

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Preparing a mediation statement gives you an opportunity to take a serious look at your case and at your opponent’s case.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan told officials at a Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory in Menomonee Falls last week that Congress is moving "full throttle on tax reform."

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The Court of Appeals has once again taken up the circumstances in which a person can be considered to have been or not been arrested.

Despite my best efforts, I get sucked into arguments on social media, especially at night. Granted, most of the arguments involve extremely trivial things, so sleep deprivation notwithstanding, my involvement does not materially affect my life. (Still, wow, some people ...

The facts, as laid out in an Associated Press report published Sept. 4 in The Journal Times, are shocking and horrifying.

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Is a tip to law enforcement from Tumblr.com equivalent to a tip from an anonymous police informant or a tip from an identified citizen informant?

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In an effort to improve well-being in the legal profession, the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs has released a report detailing ways to help lawyers lead healthier, more-fulfilling lives.

The property is idyllic. It consists of two parcels in a cove on the St. Croix River along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border where the river widens and flattens to form Lake St. Croix.

Tagged with: Eminent domain U.S. Supreme Court William Murr

This term the United States Supreme Court issued two decisions that place limits on plaintiffs’ ability to file lawsuits in states with no connection to their claims.

For two decades, Wisconsin was a shining example of what an open court system could be. The state Supreme Court was one of the few in the nation that conducted deliberations in public.

The Court of Appeals relied on an 102-year-old precedent to decide the case of Hart v. Artisan and Truckers Cas. Co.

This practice can be risky because internal IT teams are often unable to monitor personal computers and may not have an opportunity to update them with the latest security software

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The clause was ultimately found to violate First Amendment free-speech rights. The decision is already making itself felt.

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Civility, niceness, and more specifically incivility and meanness, are big news today.

Tagged with: Ethics Stacie Rosenzweig

Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach recently wrote, “To be sure, mistakes were made in the Avery case.”

Tagged with: Critic's Corner Making a Murderer Michael D. Cicchini Michael Griesbach Steven Avery

Read the case of Teague v. Schimel at your peril.

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Madison should pay close attention to the Milwaukee trial of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.

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