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Wisconsin Supreme Court emails detail chaotic first week of liberal control (UPDATE)
Liberal majority told Chief Justice Annette Ziegler they didn’t plan to release the changes to administrative rules on Friday, Aug. 4, but after Ziegler demanded a copy she sent them out to news outlets before a statement was issued to court personnel.
3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits
The settlement, consisting of $5 billion in cash and $1 billion in 3M stock, will be made in payments that will run through 2029.
Wisconsin Republicans consider bill to weaken oversight of roadside zoos
Wisconsin zoos could escape state oversight if the operations earn accreditation from an organization that animal rights advocates have blasted for having what they argue are weak animal treatment standards under a Republican bill heard Tuesday.
Milwaukee doctor loses appeal against Cedarburg for injury sustained from alleged negligent road maintenance
On August 16, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the Circuit Court's decision.
Wisconsin Republicans revive income tax cut after Evers vetoed similar plan
Republicans called for tapping the state's projected $4 billion budget surplus to pay for the tax cut.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberal majority of staging a ‘coup’
“Again, I will not condone such lawless destruction of the constitution, the judiciary, or the court,” Ziegler wrote.
Workplace dispute, racial bias claims get mixed results in 8th Circuit ruling
A contract attorney of Asian descent sued her former employer and co-workers for allegedly targeting her with slurs and other tortious conduct. On Aug. 22, in May Yang v. Robert Half Int. Inc., the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed most of the employee’s claims.
Murdaugh friend pleads guilty to second slate of charges
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh ‘s old college buddy has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges for helping the disgraced South Carolina attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper.
Faculty member fatally shot on University of North Carolina campus
A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for a suspect.
Protasiewicz prohibited from hearing abortion, gerrymandering cases if impeachment commences
In the event Protasiewicz is impeached, Gov. Tony Evers would appoint another justice to serve on the state's Supreme Court.
Trump’s Georgia arraignment and federal trial date set
Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned on September 6, 2023 in Georgia along with 18 other co-defendents.
Disbarment petition withdrawn for former prosecutor accused of killing wife
The former Minnesota prosecutor is currently at the Pennington County Jail in Minnesota.
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- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
