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A Kenosha attorney found responsible for converting more than $173,000 of his former firm's client funds can practice law once again.

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Juror misconduct involving Internet and social media is more likely to happen during long, complex criminal trials, according to a recent survey and analysis from the National Center for State Courts. The center undertook the study to examine how jurors are using ...

The Justice Department is stepping up its enforcement of hate crimes and other bias-related incidents, furthering a promise by Attorney General Merrick Garland to focus on civil rights violations.

Wisconsin has joined the list of states considering bills that would ban teaching ideas linked to critical race theory.

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is refusing to turn over documents to state investigators who are looking into clergy sexual abuse in Wisconsin's five Roman Catholic dioceses, warning Attorney General Josh Kaul that the records are sealed and that Kaul lacks the authority to initiate such an investigation.

The application deadline for the Association for Women Lawyers Foundation’s annual scholarships is coming up on June 15. The foundation, which is the charitable arm of the Association for Women Lawyers, is giving out several scholarships to women who are attending a ...

A Pewaukee businessman has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funding meant for struggling businesses.

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County board and local aldermanic districts in Wisconsin would remain the same next year under a bill moving quickly through the Republican-controlled Legislature that would delay redistricting and implementation of new political boundaries for local races until at least 2023.

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Four former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have endorsed Ryan Owens, a Republican candidate for Wisconsin attorney general.

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A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided an assessor properly valued a contaminated piece of property in downtown Milwaukee when he based his valuation on the potential rental income from its parking lot.

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Sixteen people who registered to vote using the address of a UPS Store in western Wisconsin will not be charged with voter fraud because the prosecutor said Wednesday that they did not intend to break the law.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers took a significant step toward announcing a reelection bid Wednesday, naming key campaign staff for a run in 2022.

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Megan L. Drury has joined Milwaukee-based Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown's family-law team.

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Marquette University Law School students are helping provide better access to justice in Wisconsin using a pro bono program started out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products.

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A Watertown attorney could have her law license suspended for failing to use a settlement to pay a client’s dental bills.

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Authorities on Tuesday identified the man killed by police in Milwaukee over the weekend.

Republican legislators sparred with University of Wisconsin medical school officials Wednesday over a bill that would end an arrangement that allows UW doctors to train on abortion procedures at a Planned Parenthood clinic.

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A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a conservative legal group that sought to stop President Joe Biden's administration from giving priority status for COVID-19 relief to restaurants and bars owned by women and certain minorities.

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A bill to extend expungement eligibility to more people is moving forward in the Wisconsin Assembly.

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Wisconsin public schools would receive $150 million more in state funding over two years under the Republican budget plan to be approved Thursday by a legislative committee, less than 10% of what Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for.

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A Wisconsin man convicted of killing his wife who went missing in 2013 and whose body has never been found was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.

One of Wisconsin's top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday he is hiring retired police officers to investigate the presidential election won by President Joe Biden in the battleground state.

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Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday were set to consider the first bills based on recommendations from a racial disparities task force that the Assembly's top Republican put together last year following George Floyd's death and a rash of police shootings across the country.

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The Wisconsin Building Commission has approved a $66 million addition to a Madison-area treatment center for juvenile offenders.

When Margaret Wrenn Hickey, a Milwaukee family and elder law attorney, got a call asking her to run for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin, she knew she had the experience needed for the job.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit adopted a modification to a circuit rule changing the attorney-admission fee from $15 to a fee that would be set by order.

Republican legislators sparred with University of Wisconsin medical school officials Wednesday over a bill that would end an arrangement that allows UW doctors to train on abortion procedures at a Planned Parenthood clinic.

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Female athletes urged Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday to ban transgender people from participating in girls' and women's sports, while opponents of the Republican-backed proposals said they were discriminatory and chasing a problem that doesn't exist.

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