Homer hologram results in legal ‘D’oh!’
Hologram USA filed a lawsuit that claims a 3D representation of the famous Homer at this year's Comic-Con convention in San Diego infringed its patented system to project three-dimensional images onstage.
COURT GESTURES BLOG: Cracking down on a ‘litigious frolic’
Another day, another judge who criticizes and sanctions Rodney Rigsby for his litigious nature.
NEED TO KNOW: What is a ‘final judgment or order’ for the purposes of appeal?
Wisconsin statutes are clear that a final judgment or order is appealable as a matter of right, unless an exception applies.
Mom seeks $1M for unpaid O.J. judgment
An unpaid wrongful death judgment against O.J. Simpson can be purchased immediately at JudgmentMarketplace.com for $1 million.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Give clients service a robot can’t
Ever since the debut of The Jetsons, a TV cartoon show that featured a world of futuristic technology and robots, most of us have been aware of the impending death of many jobs and careers.
Colo. town sues all its voters over election
The Colorado mountain town of Montezuma is suing its 61 registered voters in an effort to sort out the results of an April election that the lawsuit says was filled with errors: http://goo.gl/vfDSB6
Nude sunbather to fight lewdness charges
A 76-year-old man who police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking lot in Utah has pleaded not guilty to lewdness charges: http://bit.ly/1uLJW30
BEV BUTULA: Legislature’s site has new look, info
The Wisconsin Legislature has launched a redesigned website, and it has quite a new look.
Oh sheet! Probate candidate’s husband admits to history with white supremacy movement
The husband of a Connecticut attorney running for a probate judge seat was a member of a prominent neo-Nazi group for several years, according to watchdog groups, and currently maintains a pro-white online blog: http://bit.ly/1yb25r5
Justice picked to serve on Nevada jury
Nevada Supreme Court justice Mark Gibbons was at Carson District Court on Monday but the visit wasn't in his official capacity.
ON ETHICS: What we should have learned about trust accounts
My dad used to tell me that the older you get, the more you realize what you don’t know.
Groom spends night in jail after loud bar argument
Manitowoc police say a groom spent his wedding night in jail after getting in an argument in a bar over the weekend: http://htrne.ws/Y0AyxO
Legal News
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property