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Costa Rica lawyer caught smuggling cocaine in his you know where
A criminal defense attorney has been arrested and charged under suspicion of smuggling cocaine into a Costa Rica prison in his anal cavity: http://bit.ly/1Snihj3
When judges behave badly
From high atop their perch on the bench, judges seem like masters of their domain, making decisions and occasionally creating laws that have a real-world impact on the peons in front of them. So there is some natural schadenfreude when judges find themselves at the mercy of a court, especially when they are accused of abusing their judicial authority: 
BENCH BLOG: Drunken driving case leads Supreme Court to correct Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Court of Appeals in a decision that would have remanded a case to the circuit court in order to expose a drunken driver to a higher maximum sentence.
View from around the state: ‘Equal dignity’ at the heart of ruling
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage isn't going to end the debate, but those fighting the ruling don't have demographics on their side. Young people overwhelmingly support the right of gays and lesbians to have the legal right to marry.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: The veteran’s dilemma
Of the 1.6 million military members who are now veterans, about 670,000 have been deemed to have a disability that is connected to their military service.
Woman’s parking citation tossed because of missing comma
An appeals court has agreed with an Ohio woman who said her parking citation should be tossed because the village law was missing a comma.
BENCH BLOG: Court helps define when open-records net can take in personal notes
When a mid-state newspaper made a full-court press for the release of employee notes that were taken down during a school district’s disciplinary investigation, the Court of Appeals took the opportunity to construe an exception to the public-records law.
Get insulted, the Antonin Scalia way
Antonin Scalia didn't mince words in his dissenting opinion on Friday's Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. And now, with Mother Jones' handy Scalia Insult Generator™, you can create your own: http://bit.ly/1IixwJ2
Police arrive to home invasion to find suspect hog-tied
Kenosha police who responded to a burglary call got a little surprise: They arrived to find the suspect hog-tied with a hose: http://bit.ly/1fwrcme
BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: When to leave out personal information
Confidential information. We know it when we see it, but we don’t always know what to do with it, especially when it’s an integral part of our client’s case.
Beaver Dam bars kangaroos
Officials have changed a southeastern Wisconsin city's rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's restaurant: http://bit.ly/1Sn06vL
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Help is at hand
It cannot be emphasized too often that disaster and recovery planning is about people. Staff concerns are especially crucial. Valuable staff members are important during normal times and indispensable in dealing with a calamity.
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- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition 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
