Judge orders state not to enforce PAC limits law (UPDATE)
A federal judge just two months before Election Day has ordered that Wisconsin election officials not enforce the law limiting how much money candidates can collect from political action committees and those run by political parties and legislative campaigns.
Litigious duo avoids jail time
Despite pleas from their opposing attorneys, a judge did not send a pair of litigious Madison pro se plaintiffs to jail for violating his court order in an already closed lawsuit.
Federal judge says case against PharMerica can proceed
A Milwaukee federal judge has denied a pharmacy services company's attempt to dismiss parts of a lawsuit alleging that it violated federal laws by dispensing narcotics without a doctor's approval.
Madison attorney faces reprimand for lying to judge
The Office of Lawyer Regulation has asked the state Supreme Court to discipline Kyle Hanson, a Madison attorney accused of lying to opposing counsel and a judge.
Deal sought in Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is returning to mediation with hundreds of sexual abuse victims, and experts say it wouldn't be surprising if they reached at least a partial deal that would help resolve the archdiocese's long and costly bankruptcy case.
Oshkosh man convicted in 1989 murder is appealing
An Oshkosh man serving time for a 1989 murder is appealing his conviction again.
Many crime victims not being paid restitution
Unpaid restitution for crime victims in Outagamie County totals more than $3.5 million over the last 35 years and officials say the problem is indicative of what is going on in the entire state.
Supreme splits deepen: Analysis of latest term reveals new lows for concurrence
Despite an absence of turnover on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in recent years, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley are becoming increasingly marginalized.
Housing bias dispute could return to US Supreme Court
It's not easy to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case.
Attack groups scour attorney general candidate records (UPDATE)
With two months to go before Election Day, conservative and liberal groups are swooping into Wisconsin's attorney general race and scouring court records for fodder to attack Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ as soft on crime.
Korb helps clients weather life-altering situations
Todd Korb often sees people at their worst.
Senate seat loser won’t pursue court case
A Democrat who narrowly lost a bid for the party's nomination for a southwestern Wisconsin state Senate seat says he won't challenge recount results in court.
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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