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Committee OKs changes to statute of limitations, civil liability
A panel of lawmakers have approved two bills that would change the statute of limitations on claims from motor vehicle accidents and some sexual assaults.
Taking the cap off: Med-mal damages cap facing challenges
A possible misdiagnose that led to a patient's losing her limbs may prove to be the case that blows the cap off medical-malpractice lawsuits in Wisconsin.
Law grads find paying off debt not as easy as they had hoped
When Karen Bauer was in law school, she gave a presentation called “Don’t Freak Out About Your Law School Loans.”
Court upholds conviction in Milwaukee crowd shooting
A state appeals court says a man accused of shooting into a Milwaukee street party was properly convicted.
Woman sentenced for Waupaca County crash that killed teen
A 40-year-old woman accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed a teen in Waupaca County has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Wisconsin Law Journal honors its 2015 Up and Coming Lawyers
The Wisconsin Law Journal welcomed 300 of its closest friends to the Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee to celebrate this year's Up and Coming Lawyers.
DOJ asks appeals court to reconsider ruling in poison death
The state Justice Department has asked a federal appellate panel to reconsider overturning the conviction of a man found guilty of fatally poisoning his wife.
Appeals court to decide status of girls accused in stabbing
A decision isn't expected until early next year on whether two 13-year-old Wisconsin girls should be tried as adults on charges of attempting to kill a classmate.
High court reinstates former Foley attorney’s license
An attorney whose Michigan license was suspended indefinitely because of a medical condition can practice again in Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
Little progress made in getting repeat OWI drivers off road (UPDATE)
Wisconsin has made little progress in getting repeat drunken drivers off its roads, with more than half of the counties seeing no change or an increase in convictions for driving drunk five times or more.
Milwaukee lawyer’s license suspended for 2-1/2 years
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Milwaukee attorney who did not pay his storage locker fee, resulting in closed case filings to be publicly auctioned.
Officers take on store that sold gun used to shoot them
Two Milwaukee police officers are in court where they are taking on the gun store that sold a firearm to the man who shot them.
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