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Jan 16, 2024

60-day time limit for circuit court review of family law judgments is not mandatory

60-day time limit for circuit court review of family law judgments is not mandatory

Jan 13, 2024

Wisconsin Supreme Court reviewing options for state’s legislative boundaries

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is reviewing proposed changes to the state's legislative boundaries.

Jan 12, 2024

Steven Avery’s legal team files appellate brief

Chicagoland-based attorney Kathleen Zellner, legal counsel for Steven Avery, filed a motion Friday with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals-District II, seeking alternative remedies after previous requests for a new trial and evidentiary hearing were denied in August by a Sheboygan County judge.

Jan 12, 2024

Wisconsin’s embattled elections leader is legally holding the position, judge rules

A Wisconsin judge ruled Friday that the state's top elections official is legally holding her position.

Jan 12, 2024

Landmark Milwaukee attorney James Hall Jr. dies

James H. Hall Jr., a longtime Milwaukee attorney who served as co-lead in a class-action redlining suit the Milwaukee NAACP brought against American Family Insurance, has died from cancer in Milwaukee. He was 69.

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Jan 12, 2024

Timothy Brown convicted of First Degree Intentional Homicide in Fond du Lac shooting

Four day jury trial ends in guilty verdict for Timothy D. Brown.

Jan 12, 2024

Kaul announces new partnership Between the Wisconsin Anti-Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Forces

The MMIWR Task Force goal is to help fight the abduction, homicide, violence and trafficking of Indigenous women and relatives in Wisconsin.

Jan 12, 2024

Deer farm moratorium draws suit

Minnesota deer farmers are suing the state over a moratorium on new deer farms.

Jan 12, 2024

Wisconsin Assembly task force releases slate of bills to combat human trafficking

Vos, a Republican, appointed 13 lawmakers to the task force in August.

Jan 12, 2024

Court of Appeals hears case about refusal to dispense morning-after pill

Lawyers who represented a woman denied Plan B contraceptive by a pharmacist were recently back in court.

Jan 12, 2024

Judge dismisses Notre Dame professor’s defamation lawsuit against student newspaper

A judge dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication.

Jan 12, 2024

Man jailed for five months without preliminary hearing goes before state supreme court

Public Defender’s Office, representing defendant Lamar Lamont Woods, claims this is a systemic issue.

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