Senate approves State Attorneys Association union contract (UPDATE)
The state Senate approved on Tuesday a raise for the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association public-worker union.
Milwaukee City Attorney requests stay in strip-search cases
The Milwaukee City Attorney’s office has filed a motion to stay the proceedings in four strip-search cases while it appeals to a higher court for a federal judge to be removed.
$2.8 million subcontractor lawsuit going to trial in May
A trial is scheduled for May in a federal lawsuit between a subcontractor and Walsh Construction Co. II over work on a hospital expansion project in Lake Geneva.
Milwaukee Bar to host program on proposed changes to court system
The Milwaukee Bar Association is hosting a program to explain Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed changes to how the Wisconsin Court System will be funded.
Justice Bradley to defend herself in Abrahamson lawsuit (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is breaking with her colleagues on the state's highest court and will serve as her own attorney in defense of a lawsuit brought by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson challenging a voter-approved constitutional amendment.
Kenosha County homicide trial focuses on intent
The brother of a man accused of killing his girlfriend in Kenosha County says the defendant talked about ways of disposing of the woman's body after he shot her.
Baldwin’s former state director files ethics complaint (UPDATE)
A former deputy state director for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin filed an ethics complaint against the Wisconsin Democrat on Monday, saying Baldwin unfairly faulted her for mishandling reports of problems at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center.
Same-sex couple wants both names on birth certificate
A same-sex couple who sued for the right to marry in Wisconsin wants a federal judge to mandate that both gay parents' names appear on their children's birth certificates.
For the record: Technology changing the way attorneys handle health care privacy issues
As technology changes the way health care providers interact with patients, attorneys are being forced to learn about the new-age practices that could compromise their confidential medical records.
US high court rejects Wis. appeal over tribal night hunts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin officials who want to keep in place a decades-old ruling that bars Chippewa tribes from hunting deer at night.
Exception granted for prison inmate to attend funeral
Wisconsin corrections officials made a rare exception for a medium-security prison inmate who was granted a temporary leave for his father's funeral.
At trial of man with ALS, expert says disease nonviolent
A prosecution expert in the trial of a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease who killed two people testified he has never seen a patient with the disease act violently.
Legal News
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
- Man shot at Miami Hilton
- Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees
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