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Former von Briesen co-chair joins Husch Blackwell as partner
Jason Fathallah, a former insurance coverage co-chair at von Briesen & Roper, has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee firm as a partner.
State Supreme Court dismisses second stay-at-home order lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed the second lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' overturned coronavirus stay-at-home emergency order on Wednesday.
Court finds Milwaukee lawyer’s ‘lack of diligence’ warrants license suspension
A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney will lose his law license for five months in his latest punishment from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Hearing to focus on state’s handling of unemployment claims
Wisconsin has a new system in place to speed up the payment of $600 weekly federal unemployment benefits, the head of the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday, before a legislative hearing to examine how the state has handled claims during the coronavirus pandemic.
Wisconsin panel to vote on mailing absentee-ballot forms
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday planned to consider for the second time in a week whether to mail application forms for absentee ballots to 2.7 million registered voters in the battleground state ahead of the November presidential election.
Landlords jump the gun and file eviction actions before governor’s moratorium expires
Some landlords just couldn't wait to file to evict their tenants. Nearly 50 eviction actions, including three in Milwaukee County, were filed in Wisconsin courts on Tuesday even though the statewide ban on evictions and foreclosure actions was still in effect and did not expire until the end of Tuesday.
Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the effects of climate change.
Green Bay teen arrested after crash threw passenger in river
Police say a 17-year-old girl from Green Bay has been arrested for drunken driving after a crash on the Main Street Bridge flung her passenger into the river.
Briggs launches run for Wisconsin state superintendent
Sheila Briggs, an assistant Wisconsin school superintendent who served under Tony Evers in the state education department before he was elected governor in 2018, announced Tuesday that she is running for the state's top education job next year.
Supreme Court set to rule on former Doyle legal counsel’s disciplinary case
Gov. Jim Doyle’s chief legal counsel and deputy chief of staff will soon learn if he’ll have his law license suspended for a second time because of misconduct. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release its decision in the Office of Lawyer Regulation’s case against Stanley Davis of The Davis Group on Thursday. The OLR […]
Justices allow lower courts to resume with virus controls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to allow courts to resume in-person hearings and jury trials if they can come up with plans to protect participants and observers from the coronavirus. The justices suspended in-person hearings and jury trials in March, ordering judges to continue trials to a date after May […]
Milwaukee attorney with series of ethics violations to be punished Wednesday
A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney hit with a series of attorney-ethics violations will learn of his latest punishment next week.
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