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Wisconsin substance center owes $2M in Medicaid fraud case
A federal judge has ruled that a now-shuttered Wisconsin substance abuse center and its CEO owe the state and federal government more than $2 million in a Medicaid fraud case.
Deja Vishny wins Criminal Defense Bar Champion of Justice Award
Deja Vishny has been awarded the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Champion of Justice Award during NACDL’s Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans.
New appointments picked for Judicial Selection Advisory Committee
Gov. Tony Evers has announced the membership of the Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee for his second term.
Wisconsin voters warned about absentee ballot mailing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters and elections officials are being warned about misleading mailers from a Washington, D.C.-based group that have incorrect information on pre-filled absentee ballot applications. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said Thursday that the errors were admitted to by the Center for Voter Information, a group that has worked to register voters […]
Trump attorney reappointed to Wisconsin judicial panel
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump who worked to overturn his loss in battleground Wisconsin has been reappointed by the state Supreme Court’s four conservative justices to a second term on a committee that advises judges on judicial conduct. Jim Troupis’ reappointment to the panel was approved Thursday on a 4-3 vote […]
Wisconsin educator arrested on child porn counts in Maryland college town
The mayor of a Maryland college town was arrested Thursday morning on dozens of child pornography counts hours after he resigned from office.
Highland Park parade massacre suspect had bomb-making components, unsealed warrant shows
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal warrant unsealed Thursday says agents found bomb-making materials at the apartment of the alleged gunman charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago last year, a newspaper reported. Among the items found in the Highland Park-area home of Robert Crimo III days after the attack […]
Ex-Packer Guion gets 1 year for domestic violence assault
Former Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Letroy Guion has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest in a domestic violence assault at his home last fall.
Lawsuit: Remove blockades in Wisconsin tribal land dispute
Northern Wisconsin land owners have asked a federal judge to order the removal of barricades set up by a Native American tribe in a decade-long dispute over roads it claims were illegally built on tribal land.
Lawmakers debate parole board transparency bill
Wisconsin's embattled parole commission would be forced to open up meetings and post its decisions online under a plan two Republican legislators laid out Wednesday.
Amundsen Davis promotes Spott to partner
Amundsen Davis has promoted Ryan Spott in the firm’s Milwaukee office to partner.
FBI says COVID-19 originated in a lab, conspiracies soar after latest Energy Dept. report on origins
WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19’s origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it’s still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. On Tuesday, speaking out for the first time about the pandemic’s origins, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that […]
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- 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
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
