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A Milwaukee intellectual-property law firm will be moving its offices to a new high-rise building.

The Milwaukee firm Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren recently opened an office in Minneapolis.

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Gov. Tony Evers says delaying the closing of Wisconsin's troubled juvenile prison isn't "ideal" but the process can't be rushed.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty recently announced new hires and promotions.

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A coalition of five labor unions on Monday filed the third lawsuit to be pursued to challenge legislation Wisconsin Republicans passed last year to curtail the powers of the governor and state attorney general.

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Tomah is joining seven other schools in the Mississippi Valley Conference that are banning displays of the Confederate flag.

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Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is defending blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a "wicked organization."

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Five unions and a Democratic lawmaker have filed another lawsuit challenging measures Wisconsin Republican approved in a lame-duck session.

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The president of the Village of Hobart has been arrested on a third drunken-driving charge in Brown County.

Dozens of Wisconsin municipalities have expanded the areas where convicted sex offenders are allowed to live after being released from prison.

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Authorities have charged a 30-year-old Cudahy woman with reckless homicide after her 14-day-old baby died from a dose of methadone.

Two adults and a teen have been arrested in the death last year of a 7-year-old Wisconsin boy who was allegedly beaten, forced to carry around a heavy log and then buried in the snow.

Wisconsin prosecutors say an officer won't face charges for fatally shooting a handcuffed man because the man made it appear that he was armed by hiding his hands under his shirt.

Foxconn Technology Group said Friday that, after speaking directly to President Donald Trump, it is now proceeding with plans to build a plant in Wisconsin to make liquid-crystal-display screens that can be used for small electronic devices.

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A Thiensville law firm recently changed its name and got a new owner

The Judicial Council has received a wide-ranging open-records request from the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council concerning recent changes to the state's civil-litigation rules.

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Four lawyers vying for a seat on the Ozaukee County Circuit Court will face off at a candidates forum organized by the Ozaukee County Bar Association.

A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate once had a provocative blog in which he opined on hot-button issues including homosexuality and abortion.

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Wisconsin authorities have examined call logs, photos and videos stored on the cellphone of the man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and killing her parents, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

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A Neenah attorney is agreeing to a 6-month license suspension and admitting that he broke three attorney-ethics rules.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and dozens of state courts around Wisconsin were closed Wednesday because of subzero temperatures.

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Wisconsin legislators are bringing back a bill that would impose a new fine on anyone convicted of soliciting prostitutes.

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Foxconn Technology Group said on Wednesday it is changing its plans for its $10 billion Wisconsin campus, shifting the project away from being a blue-collar factory toward becoming a research hub, while insisting it remains committed to creating 13,000 jobs as promised.

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Officials in Gov. Tony Evers' administration told lawmakers on Tuesday that plans to close the state's juvenile prisons ought to be delayed by two years, pushing back the 2021 deadline in state law that the Legislature unanimously approved last year.

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Prosecutors have charged a Milwaukee man in the death of a nurse practitioner in the parking garage of Froedtert Hospital.

The Milwaukee Bar Association is holding a day-long conference featuring the president and founder of a firm that coaches and advises lawyers and law firms.

A group of lawmakers is trying again to pass legislation that would allow convicts to ask judges to expunge their criminal records.

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The Eastern District of Wisconsin’s chief judge is planning to take senior status at the end of the year.

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Wisconsin Assembly Democrats are withdrawing from a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative districts.

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A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court says Park Bank isn't liable in a Koss Corp. executive's scheme to embezzle $34 million from the Milwaukee-based headphones manufacturer.

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