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View from around the state: Strengthen penalties for drunken driving
Driving while drunk is wrong. But it is less wrong in Wisconsin than in most other states.
Workers’ comp grand bargain at risk
Earlier this month, state Rep. John Spiros, R-Marshfield, released a misleading opinion piece on a bill aimed at overhauling Wisconsin's workers' compensation system.
BENCH BLOG: Divided appeals court affirms right of confrontation only at trials
The Court of Appeals has affirmed that it's not only the rules of evidence that do not apply in criminal pretrial proceedings; equally inapplicable is the right of confrontation.
View from around the state: ‘Public’ records given that title for good reason
It was disheartening last week to see three state Supreme Court justices siding with secrecy over openness in an open records dispute between the New Richmond News and that city's police department.
How the Grinch lost the LSAT exams
Earlier this month, thousands of would-be law students sat down at testing locations across the country to take an exam that would play an incredibly significant role in the caliber of law school they’d be able to get into, and thus later impact the quality of job they’d be able to land after graduation. Of course, we’re speaking about the LSAT, a test that is administered three times each y[...]
Man sues because alimony checks were mean to him
Francis Wagner Jr. is suing his ex-wife because she writes mean things in the memo section of his alimony checks. Check it out
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Is the breaking up of the GAB justified?
Will the breaking up of the state’s Government Accountability Board into two agencies controlled mostly by representatives of the main political parties result in nothing more than gridlock and inaction?
Increasing the use of ACA overpayment rule in DOJ enforcement actions
The U.S. Department of Justice recently scored victories in two False Claims Act cases involving providers’ alleged failure to return overpayments as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Castaway sued for allegedly eating friend
A fisherman who survived for 15 months at sea is being sued for $1 million by the family of his dead colleague, who accuse him of eating their relative to survive:
Pennsylvania high court justice hit with ethics charges
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice was charged Tuesday with ethics violations that could lead to his removal after the state attorney general exposed lewd and offensive emails he swapped with friends and a state prosecutor through a private email account.
ON ETHICS: Sometimes the first will be last and the last first
Although I have written before about social media and ethics, a recent court order has me thinking yet another admonition is in order.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: With pay progression, prosecutors and defenders should come before judges
In her State of the Judiciary Address, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack promised that she will fight for higher judicial salaries when the Legislature begins work on the state’s next budget.
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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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