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Jury acquits man in fatal Racine biker club shooting
A man accused in a fatal shooting at a Racine biker club in 2020 has been acquitted of criminal charges.
Wisconsin high court accepts three new cases, denies over 50
Wisconsin's Supreme Court announced its acceptance of three new cases for review Tuesday, denying over 50 cases. The accepted cases come from circuit court decisions in Milwaukee, Trempealeau and Langlade counties.
Wisconsin court: Conservative holdover can stay on DNR board
A conservative member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel indefinitely even though his term ended more than a year ago, a divided state Supreme Court decided on Wednesday.
Old Glory Honor Flight board member joins Davis|Kuelthau
Davis|Kuelthau announced the addition of Andrew MacDonald to the firm's Trusts, Estates & Succession team on Wednesday.
In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed
A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on an embryo's cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect.
Court kills Flint water charges against ex-governor, others
The Michigan Supreme Court threw out charges on Tuesday against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments under rarely used state laws.
Wisconsin’s Democratic AG sues to block state’s abortion ban
Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state's 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the ban and it's so old no one can say it passed with the consent of modern generations.
OLR: After five state public defender representations, attorney receives 60-day suspension
A Milwaukee-area attorney has had her license suspended for 60 days after first receiving a public reprimand in 2020.
Election investigator sued again for deleting records
A liberal government watchdog group on Tuesday filed its fourth open records lawsuit over the investigation of the 2020 election result in Wisconsin, targeting the lead investigator for his practice of deleting records he didn't deem useful to the investigation.
16 companies slapped with civil penalties for discriminatory job postings
Totaling $832,944, 16 private employers have been ordered to pay civil penalties as part of a settlement agreement, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
GOP gov hopefuls: Fire DAs who don’t enforce abortion ban
Three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls say they would fire prosecutors who refuse to enforce Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing Roe vs. Wade.
A new challenge, Brown joins OVB Law & Consulting
Attorney Allysa Brown joined OVB Law & Consulting this month following four years at the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office.
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- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- 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
