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A ‘wildcat pouncing on a porcupine’
It seems like the State Bar may be a little hurt over questions the Supreme Court asked them during a hearing Jan. 21 about a petition that seeks the ability to boot a member of the Board of Governors.
COURT GESTURES BLOG: Throw out the rules of conduct at rules conference
The open rules conferences that the Wisconsin Supreme Court holds are continually proving to be a time where the power struggle between two factions that divide the court get to air their grievances in public.
COURT GESTURES BLOG: Other CCAP-related bills don’t stand a chance
With the latest bill addressing the removal of information from CCAP popping up this week, I thought it was worth reviewing a few of the other bills introduced in the past few months that sought to address the exact same problem, yet have gone nowhere.
COURT GESTURES BLOG: What’s in a name?
A Madison man wants a federal judge to fire a judge and pay him $1 million to compensate him for a denied name change petition.
COURT GESTURES: Report shines light on ‘economic realities’ for new lawyers
As it turns out, new attorneys are having a hard time finding work in Wisconsin. And when they do, it’s not always what they expect.
COURT GESTURES: Former Justice Diaz to speak on high court elections
So you think Wisconsin is the only state whose Supreme Court elections are seeing an influx of special interest money?
COURT GESTURES: 50 shades of Craig
It didn’t exactly start like most 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinions do. This one was written a little more, well, provocatively …
COURT GESTURES: Don’t rub it in
I went to the Milwaukee City Attorney’s Office ready for a fight. Fresh from writing stories about pro se litigation, I thought I could handle my run-in with a parking ticket.
COURT GESTURES: Don’t be so judgmental
I don’t know why Court of Appeals decisions that describe journalistic tactics taken by TV stations amuse me. But they do, and I found another one.
COURT GESTURES: Food for thought: What happens when attorneys, witnesses, jurors co-mingle
I guess I thought it would be a bigger deal if attorneys, witnesses and jurors in the same case went to eat in the same place. But I was wrong.
COURT GESTURES: Eviction case should be evicted
Sometimes, it’s pretty easy to sense frustration in an appeal.
COURT GESTURES: Access to Justice Commission’s report reads like a mission statement
The Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission’s new report says many interesting things about the state’s civil legal system.
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- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
- Dane County court overturns residential solar decision
- Judge faces formal complaint from state board
- Bankruptcies up 16% in U.S.
- (Updated) Wisconsin law enforcement clash with pro-Palestinian Madison protestors
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Lafayette County Circuit Court
- Complaint against University filed by Wisconsin law firm over $1.9M given to Palestinian students
- Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K
- Active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside Wisconsin middle school
- Audit finds Wisconsin Capitol Police emergency response times up, calls for better tracking
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