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May 8, 2013

Veterans no longer allowed in court program

The Rock County district attorney has stopped allowing Wisconsin veterans to enroll in a court treatment program designed for them, saying it's costly and doesn't meet national standards.

May 8, 2013

NLRB advice on confidential investigations has lawyers reading tea leaves

The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations confidential violated federal labor law.

May 8, 2013

Eisenberg: ‘They can’t unlawyer me’

Attorney Alan Eisenberg, who had his law license revoked in April 2010, can’t petition for reinstatement until 2017, but he’s not interested.

May 8, 2013

Assembly to take up informed consent bill

Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill scheduled for a vote in the state Assembly.

May 7, 2013

Hafemann takes over House of Correction control

Superintendent Michael Hafemann assumed control of Milwaukee County’s House of Correction early Tuesday morning.

May 7, 2013

Lawyers uneasy about national loan data collection

Recent Senate hearings have sparked renewed debate over a national mortgage database that will hold information about millions of mortgage, credit card and auto loans, loan terms, borrowers’ credit profiles and financial information.

May 7, 2013

Appeals court strikes down union poster rule

In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.

May 7, 2013

Gramling Perez to run for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge seat

Laura Gramling Perez on Tuesday officially announced she is running for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 32.

May 7, 2013

Panel to vote on drunken driving penalties

A legislative committee is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars.

May 6, 2013

Judge refuses to halt work on St. Croix bridge

A federal judge has refused to halt work on the St. Croix bridge project to connect Minnesota and Wisconsin.

May 6, 2013

Board votes to put Hafemann in charge of HOC (UPDATE)

Despite confirmation of an appeal from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s attorney, the Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Michael Hafemann superintendent of the House of Correction on Monday.

May 6, 2013

WILL sues Milwaukee County Board over violations of open meetings law

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty sued the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors over alleged violations of the state’s open meetings law.

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