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Oct 5, 2015

Take your work clothes off for pay? Supreme Court to decide

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is poised to decide whether state law requires union employees of a Beloit food production plant be paid for the time it takes the employees to put on the gear and clothing required for work.

Oct 5, 2015

Court awards strip club owner additional $57,000 in expenses

A federal court has ordered the city of Milwaukee to pay for a strip club owner’s out-of-pocket expenses, including meals and travel expenses for his attorneys, in his fight with the city.

Oct 5, 2015

Residents sue to block waterfront hotel construction

Six people are suing the city of Sturgeon Bay in federal court to halt the construction of a proposed waterfront hotel.

Oct 5, 2015

US Supreme Court opens new term by declining cases

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday by turning away appeals in roughly 1,600 cases the justices reviewed over the summer.

Oct 5, 2015

US high court turns away appeal from former Walker aide

The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a former aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who was convicted of campaigning on taxpayers' time.

Oct 5, 2015

State Supreme Court race could be referendum on Walker

The death of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks with 10 months left on his term could set up a spring election that's as much a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker as it is on who should serve on the state's highest court.

Oct 5, 2015

New Lisbon man arrested for 7th OWI

The Wisconsin State Patrol says a New Lisbon man has been arrested on suspicion of his seventh OWI offense.

Oct 2, 2015

Lawmakers considering bill to protect public defenders

Lawmakers are considering a proposal that would subject anyone who beats up or threatens a public defender to the same penalties as someone who does the same to a judge.

Oct 2, 2015

High court to hear former DOJ detective’s whistleblower case

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a former state Justice Department investigator's whistleblower case.

Oct 2, 2015

Court slams Caterpillar for denying union access to site of worker’s death

A federal court has ordered Caterpillar to allow a union inspector into its South Milwaukee plant to investigate the 2011 death of a crane operator.

Oct 2, 2015

Rebecca Bradley applies for Wisconsin Supreme Court vacancy

State Appeals Court Judge Rebecca Bradley has applied to be appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the only one of three candidates for a full 10-year term to do so.

Jennifer Rathburn
Oct 2, 2015

Quarles partner to moderate regional cyber security meeting

A national law firm’s partner will moderate a meeting of a group dedicated to fighting cyber attacks.

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