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Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has brought Cameron Weitzner onto its criminal defense team.

A Virginia lawyer disciplined for sharing confidential information about a nonprofit group under government investigation is receiving reciprocal punishment in Wisconsin.

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Gov. Tony Evers' administration issued a new order Tuesday limiting the size of public indoor gatherings as COVID-19 spreads unchecked across the state, in a decision certain to alienate Republicans as well as tavern and restaurant owners.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering petitions to increase to the annual assessment for the Wisconsin Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection and update the state's Code of Judicial Conduct.

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The top federal prosecutors in the country have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white men overwhelmingly in charge at a time of national demonstrations over racial inequality and the fairness of the criminal justice system.

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A prosecutor is expected to announce a decision Wednesday on whether to charge a police officer in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager outside a suburban Milwaukee mall in February.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is reporting another coronavirus outbreak in a state prison.

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Downtown Milwaukee’s newest office building is finished and will soon welcome its anchor tenant — but won’t be fully occupied because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Wisconsin judge heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit aimed at suspending Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate but didn't immediately rule, saying he needs to think about it as COVID-19 surges across the state.

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Gov. Tony Evers is seeking judicial applicants for circuit courts in Fond du Lac, Pierce and Portage counties.

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The Supreme Court opens a new term with Republicans on the cusp of realizing a dream 50 years in the making, a solid conservative majority that might roll back abortion rights, expand gun rights and shrink the power of government.

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Some of the issues either already on the Supreme Court's docket when it begins its new session or likely to be before the justices soon:

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A county health official in Wisconsin says he's frustrated with the lack of leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and is quitting.

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Federal authorities announced Friday they are offering rewards up to $5,000 to people who can help identify suspects who set businesses and vehicles on fire last month in Kenosha after a police shooting led to several nights of unrest.

A Dane County judge decided Friday to hold off on declaring whether Madison officials can legally collect absentee ballots in city parks.

Police said they knocked repeatedly and identified themselves for a minute or more before using a battering ram to enter Breonna Taylor's apartment, according to Kentucky grand jury recordings released Friday, then killed her in a rapid hail of gunfire after the first officer inside her door was struck by a bullet.

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Quarles & Brady has hired Chris Emerson as senior director of legal operations and innovation.

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Republicans are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to act in a matter of days to help undo a federal court ruling that extends the period that absentee ballots can be counted in the battleground state until Nov. 9, six days after the election.

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Federal prosecutors said Friday there's not enough evidence to prove that a young biracial woman was set on fire during a protest in Wisconsin this summer.

Three business groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Gov. Tony Evers' administration from releasing the names of more than 1,000 businesses with employees who have tested positive for COVID-19, saying the release would blacklist those operations as the disease surges across the state.

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Wisconsin's top election official said Thursday there were no Wisconsin absentee ballots amid mail that was discovered in a ditch outside of Appleton last week.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether a plaintiff can recover damages for both unjust enrichment and breach of contract simultaneously, even in the presence of a discovery sanction of liability.

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President Donald Trump canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally due to a surge in coronavirus cases.

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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s stark expectation that the Supreme Court will intervene to “look at the ballots” in what he calls a rigged election casts new questions Wednesday on the Senate’s rush ...

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Police in Milwaukee were working to decide a motive for a shooting outside a funeral home that left seven people wounded during a violent day in the city.

Wisconsin Republicans want the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their appeal of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that allowed absentee ballots to be counted for six days after Election Day.

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Seven people were shot and wounded Wednesday in an apparent drive-by shooting outside a Milwaukee funeral home, the mayor said.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to suspend its ruling that would allow absentee ballots to be counted in the presidential battleground state for six days after the election.

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In-person proceedings in Brown and Outagamie County courts have been suspended because of an "explosive increase" in positive COVID-19 tests in both counties.

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Whether more than 100,000 Wisconsinites remain on the voter rolls likely hinges on Brian Hagedorn, who won a seat on the state Supreme Court last year by appealing to conservatives but who has parted ways at times with other Republican-backed justices.

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