Seventh Circuit: Objection must be more specific
Read More »Posner-Stone debate
Is the war on terror a 'real' war?
Read More »Access Granted
Bar adopts justice needs report, recommendations as policy
Read More »The Fraud Files
How to commit fraud and get away with it
Read More »$51 million gift
Marquette Law School receives record donation
Read More »Objection Case Analysis
The decision has the potential for enormous implications, and they are not good ones. The defenses objection in this case Objection. Hearsay. is a commonplace one, and has long been assumed to be a sufficiently specific objection, at ...
Read More »Alienation Case Analysis
The case illustrates the caveat, Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it. Lester has managed to keep the property in the family (and keep it intact except for Sue), but at what cost? Sue sold her ...
Read More »Anti-alienation clause upheld
Alienation restraint also precludes partition of property
Read More »State Bar elections
Diel elected to succeed Basting; Connolly becomes treasurer
Read More »Rental Case Analysis
If not reversed by the Supreme Court, the decision creates what may be only a one-time windfall for municipalities. Presumably, companies that rent property for less than a month, but are willing to rent for more than a month if ...
Read More »Property tax exemption denied
Exemption limited to short-term leases
Read More »Taped Confession
Bill of Mights
Voluntary Bar amendment moves forward
Read More »Order sets off judicial fireworks
Hon. Prosser The long-running, and long-avoided, dispute between unsuccessful candidate for governor, Mark Green, and the State Elections Board was dismissed on April 25, pursuant to the parties settlement of the case on March 16, and their joint motion to ...
Read More »Privilege Case Analysis
Although the court held that the union representative in this case was acting as an agent of the attorney, attorneys should not carelessly assume that it is always OK to have a union rep. around while you discuss facts with ...
Read More »Court sustains attorney-client privilege
Union representative's presence doesn't destroy privilege
Read More »Judicial Commission investigates Ziegler
Decision to investigate comes two days after Ethics Board announcement
Read More »Federal bar honors Santelle
Wisconsin Law Journal photo by Jack Zemlicka Attorney James L. Santelle received the Judge Robert W. Warren Public Service Award at the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association 5th Annual Meeting and Presentation on April 19 at the Milwaukee Athletic ...
Read More »The Fraud Files
CEO pay: Fraud, excessive, or none of the above?
Read More »Heffernan remembered for personality, professionalism
The separation of work and play is a delicate balance and one which was achieved by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan S. Heffernan, who died at age 86 on April 13. A native of Frederic, Wis., Heffernan sat ...
Read More »Court delays action on MJP
Supreme Court to consider multijurisdictional practice changes this fall
Read More »Preemption Case Analysis
If one were to read only the brief of the State of Michigan and amicus curiae briefs on both sides of the issue, one could reasonably have concluded that the issue in this case was the wisdom of state consumer ...
Read More »Bank subsidiaries are immune
Federal banking law preempts state law
Read More »Gramling has enjoyed teaching from the bench
“One thing I’ve learned as a municipal court judge is the enormous power that the driver’s license bears.” James A. Gramling, Jr., Milwaukee Municipal Court Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge James A. Gramling Jr. says that at first, he really didnt ...
Read More »Trustee’s objection overruled
Plan approved because creditor did not object
Read More »Back on the bench
Pocan holds off Liegel for Milwaukee seat
Read More »White Collar Case Analysis
The decision is significant in two respects: reemphasizing that the court will not accept probation-only sentences for large-scale white collar criminals; and adding to the list of factors that are not permissible grounds for a below-guideline sentence. In U.S. v. ...
Read More »Probation sentence vacated
White collar criminal must go to prison
Read More »Recording Case Analysis
The case is a good candidate for Supreme Court review and ultimately, reversal. The court of appeals distinction between recordings made under color of law, and those not made under color of law, was plainly rejected by the Wisconsin Supreme ...
Read More »Secret recording excluded
Police involvement required for tape's admission
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