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Mar 10, 2014

Second Chance bill running out of chances

A bill that would move many 17-year-old, first-time offenders out of the adult court system may not pass before the legislative session ends next month.

Mar 10, 2014

Lipitor claims head to federal court

South Carolina will play host to major litigation against the drug-maker Pfizer after the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently consolidated 56 cases against the company into the state's federal court district.

Mar 10, 2014

Buono named Quarles & Brady new managing partner

Quarles & Brady LLP announced Monday that attorney Kathie Buono was selected as the new managing partner for the firm’s Milwaukee office.

Mar 10, 2014

Homicide defendant’s competency at issue

Attorneys are meeting to determine whether a Wisconsin man is mentally competent to stand trial on charges of fatally shooting and dismembering a Minnesota man.

Mar 10, 2014

US high court won’t hear dispute over ‘boobies’ bracelets

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that tried to ban students from wearing "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness, ending a case that began more than three years ago with the suspension of two middle-school girls who refused a principal's order to take them off.

Mar 7, 2014

OLR files complaint against attorney who called judge racist (UPDATE)

The president of a controversial religious group who called a Minnesota bankruptcy judge a racist in a court filing could lose her license in Wisconsin for that and other behavior over the past few years.

Mar 7, 2014

Man gets 7 years in prison in teen’s heroin death

A Wisconsin man accused of supplying the heroin that killed a teenager in 2012 has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Mar 7, 2014

Who’s Doing What: Lawyers on the rise; Sweet earns fellowship

Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office presented the Wisconsin Cares About Kids Award to the Milwaukee-based Kids Matter Inc. The group provides victims services for abused and neglected children. It was founded in 2001 and serves 68 counties.

Mar 7, 2014

Justices revisit securities fraud class actions

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have an opportunity to dramatically change the landscape of securities fraud class action litigation by limiting, or perhaps overruling altogether, a decision upon which plaintiffs have relied for decades.

Mar 7, 2014

State justices will not allow child abuser to withdraw plea

A woman who repeatedly beat her daughter, leaving her scarred and disfigured, will not be allowed to withdraw her no contest plea, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Mar 7, 2014

Lawton & Cates’ Stegall switches sides

David Stegall enjoys being in the courtroom, but it took him awhile to get there.

Mar 7, 2014

Case Digests — March 3-7, 2014

Case Digests -- March 3-7, 2014

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