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UW restraining-order clinic offers life-changing help to survivors
Ryan Poe-Gavlinski and her students at UW Law School are doing the sort of work many practicing attorneys can’t. Poe-Gavlinski is the director of the school’s VOCA Restraining Order Clinic, which helps victims obtain restraining orders in cases involving domestic abuse, harassment and child abuse.
Foley lawyer starts international network of compliance law firms
As lead of Foley & Lardner’s Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations International Practice group, David Simon can’t think of the law as something that stops at the U.S. border.
Chief: ‘Mental health’ likely motive for brewery shooting
A man who killed five of his fellow employees at the Molson Coors brewery in Milwaukee before shooting himself was likely driven by "mental health issues" more so than racism, Milwaukee's police chief said.
Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging $3.8B funding for border wall
Wisconsin is joining a coalition of states in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's use of $3.8 billion to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Split Supreme Court finds no double jeopardy violation in case of child sex assault
Questions of double jeopardy in a case involving child sexual assault have split the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Couple charged after 4-year-old dies of suffocation
The mother of a 4-year-old girl who died of suffocation and a man have been arrested in South Milwaukee and are faced with felony charges in the child's death.
2012 Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting survivor dies of wounds
A man who survived being shot in the face during a white supremacist's deadly 2012 attack on a Sikh temple near Milwaukee has died of complications stemming from his injuries.
Evers signs bills to set up offender-employment council, make bestiality a felony
A bill establishing a council to help offenders find employment and legislation making bestiality a felony were among the more than 60 bills signed into law on Tuesday.
Evers signs bills designed to combat opioid misuse
Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed into law four measures designed to combat the misuse of opioids and other drugs and help people who are struggling to recover following an overdose.
Kohner, Mann & Kailas prevails in $17M counterclaim
The Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has prevailed in a $17 million counterclaim filed against a client in a breach-of-agreement lawsuit spanning nearly six years.
Justice holds fundraiser at gun range after mass shooting
Wisconsin Democrats are taking conservative state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly to task for holding a campaign fundraiser at a gun range after a mass shooting in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee County courts, judiciary 10% more diverse over past decade
The Milwaukee County courts and judiciary became 10 percent more diverse in the past decade, according to an audit report from the Milwaukee County Office of the Comptroller.
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