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Jason Fathallah, a former insurance coverage co-chair at von Briesen & Roper, has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee firm as a partner.
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State Supreme Court dismisses second stay-at-home order lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed the second lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' overturned coronavirus stay-at-home emergency order on Wednesday.
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Read More »Court finds Milwaukee lawyer’s ‘lack of diligence’ warrants license suspension
A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney will lose his law license for five months in his latest punishment from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Read More »Hearing to focus on state’s handling of unemployment claims
Wisconsin has a new system in place to speed up the payment of $600 weekly federal unemployment benefits, the head of the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday, before a legislative hearing to examine how the state has handled claims during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read More »Wisconsin panel to vote on mailing absentee-ballot forms
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday planned to consider for the second time in a week whether to mail application forms for absentee ballots to 2.7 million registered voters in the battleground state ahead of the November presidential election.
Read More »Landlords jump the gun and file eviction actions before governor’s moratorium expires
Some landlords just couldn't wait to file to evict their tenants. Nearly 50 eviction actions, including three in Milwaukee County, were filed in Wisconsin courts on Tuesday even though the statewide ban on evictions and foreclosure actions was still in effect and did not expire until the end of Tuesday.
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Read More »Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the effects of climate change.
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Read More »Green Bay teen arrested after crash threw passenger in river
Police say a 17-year-old girl from Green Bay has been arrested for drunken driving after a crash on the Main Street Bridge flung her passenger into the river.
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Read More »Briggs launches run for Wisconsin state superintendent
Sheila Briggs, an assistant Wisconsin school superintendent who served under Tony Evers in the state education department before he was elected governor in 2018, announced Tuesday that she is running for the state's top education job next year.
Read More »Supreme Court set to rule on former Doyle legal counsel’s disciplinary case
Gov. Jim Doyle’s chief legal counsel and deputy chief of staff will soon learn if he’ll have his law license suspended for a second time because of misconduct. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release its decision in the ...
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Read More »Justices allow lower courts to resume with virus controls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to allow courts to resume in-person hearings and jury trials if they can come up with plans to protect participants and observers from the coronavirus. The justices suspended in-person hearings ...
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Read More »Milwaukee attorney with series of ethics violations to be punished Wednesday
A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney hit with a series of attorney-ethics violations will learn of his latest punishment next week.
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Read More »Roggensack sole dissenter on ‘harsh on the consumer’ insurance law decision
Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was the sole dissenter this week in a Wisconsin Supreme Court insurance-law decision she called "harsh on the consumer."
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Read More »Court preserves damage award for 2 inmates assaulted in jail
The full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by three of its judges last year that said Polk County was not responsible for the repeated sexual assault of two female jail inmates by a guard.
Read More »Court preserves damage award for 2 inmates assaulted in jail
The full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by three of its judges last year that said Polk County was not responsible for the repeated sexual assault of two female jail inmates by a guard.
Read More »Federal suit challenges local Wisconsin stay-at-home orders
Business owners, candidates for office, a pastor and one of the organizers of last month's "reopen Wisconsin" protest at the Wisconsin Capitol have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that local stay-at-home orders are unconstitutional.
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Read More »Individual fatally shot by deputies was Suring man, 26
The individual fatally shot by Oconto County sheriff's deputies last weekend was a 26-year-old Suring man, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
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Read More »DOJ provides new guidance on Marsy’s Law rights
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has provided new guidance about the crime victims' rights guaranteed under the recently approved Marsy's Law.
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Read More »WILL appeals decision upholding Brown County sales tax
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is appealing a circuit court decision upholding Brown County's sales tax.
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Read More »Wisconsin weighs mailing all voters absentee application
Wisconsin election officials were moving Wednesday to vote on a plan to mail absentee ballot applications to voters who haven't requested one, a step that could incur President Donald Trump's wrath after he had threatened to pull funding from states that have adopted similar measures.
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Read More »Wisconsin testing delays grow for DNA and other evidence
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin crime labs took longer to complete DNA, ballistics and forensic evidence testing during Attorney General Josh Kaul’s first year in office, posing troubles for the Democrat after he hammered his ...
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Read More »Price County district attorney resigns for financial reasons, role now open
Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for Price County district attorney.
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Read More »Safran, prominent Milwaukee civil rights attorney, dies of cancer
Jonathan Safran, a prominent Milwaukee civil rights attorney, has died after a five-and-a-half year battle with cancer.
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Read More »Exodus from Wisconsin Senate continues with GOP retirement
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The exodus in the Wisconsin Senate continued Tuesday with one of its most conservative members announcing he will not seek reelection, bringing to at least seven the number of incumbents who ...
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Read More »Wisconsin officials mull November absentee voting changes
Wisconsin officials are working on new tracking technology for absentee ballots and considering a host of other changes to improve the state's vote-by-mail process ahead of the November presidential election, according to a new report.
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Read More »Program to help workers during pandemic sees spike in use
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A program in Wisconsin designed to help small companies retain workers during slow business periods has taken off after changes were made in response to the coronavirus pandemic to allow more ...
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Read More »15-year-old charged in fatal shooting of Fitchburg teen
A 15-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting another teen he tried to rob of marijuana in Fitchburg last summer, according to a criminal complaint.
Read More »Applicants wanted for Jefferson County district attorney
The application for Jefferson County district attorney is open.
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Read More »Evers withdraws virus plan outline amid GOP opposition (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that he’s given up trying to push through any more statewide mandates to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus because he thinks rival Republicans would never allow any restrictions ...
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Read More »Task force advises 4-phase approach to resuming in-person proceedings
The Wisconsin Courts COVID-19 Task Force is proposing a four-phase plan for resuming in-person proceedings and jury trials.
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