Ex-pipeline worker pleads guilty to violations
A former employee of Shell Pipeline Co. pleaded guilty Wednesday to safety violations in a jet fuel leak at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee that cost millions of dollars to clean up.
DNR asks US Supreme Court to review night deer ruling
State attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal appellate decision ordering a judge to revisit a ruling barring Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes from hunting deer at night.
Judge refuses to reopen injunction against UW protester
A Dane County judge has refused to reissue a restraining order against a frequent University of Wisconsin System protester.
Grandmother facing prison time for business theft
A 75-year-old Wisconsin grandmother faces up to six years in prison if a judge decides she failed to comply with a deferred prosecution agreement and repay money she allegedly embezzled.
Steelworker gets 20 years behind bars in woman’s death (UPDATE)
A judge has sentenced a Massachusetts steelworker to two decades in prison in connection with his former girlfriend's death.
PKSD founder leaves firm for role at Hupy
Fifteen years after he helped found what is now Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice SC, Thomas Kyle is preparing to take on larger cases at his new firm, Hupy and Abraham SC.
Daley, Bradley set to square off for state Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will face Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley in a race that will determine whether the conservative majority on the state's highest court will grow.
Litigators to battle for Judicial Council spot
A shareholder at von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee, is challenging the chairman of the Wisconsin Judicial Council for his spot on the 21-member body.
Preparing for the worst: Don’t wait until disaster strikes to have an action plan
For days after a fire destroyed Jen Hanna’s law office, she returned to the charred pit, hoping to meet the clients she could no longer contact.
Sports betting consultant pleads not guilty
A Florida sports betting consultant pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he threatened a Wisconsin customer into giving him more than $25 million.
La Crosse man pleads guilty to drug delivery in heroin death
A 28-year-old La Crosse man has pleaded guilty to a reduced drug delivery charge in the 2012 heroin overdose death of a Clark County woman.
Who’s Doing What: Renlund, Due elected to firm’s executive committee (UPDATE)
Madison-based DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. has announced its partners, Rob Due and Cari Anne Renlund, were elected to serve on the company's executive committee.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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