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In October 2014 Timothy Johnson showed up drunk for an appointment at a rehab clinic.

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Dan Proft, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, et al. Case No.: 18-3475 Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges. Focus: 1st Amendment Violation A provision of the Illinois Election Code limits how much ...

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A new set of felony charges filed against the Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard allege he was running a Ponzi scheme and accuse him of stealing about $250,000 from his clients. Menard, who billed himself as a worker's compensation lawyer for the "Average Joe," is already faced with two other lawsuits alleging he had stolen hundreds of thousands from clients and his former business partner.

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Weekly Case Digests – January 6, 2019 – January 10, 2020

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Steve Levine, a Madison lawyer and vocal critic of the State Bar of Wisconsin, has died. The State Bar reports that he passed away Jan. 4 at age 71.

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Section 145 of the Patent Act affords applicants “dissatisfied with the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” an opportunity to file a civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 35 U. S. C. §145.

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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) authorizes private civil actions against debt collectors who engage in certain prohibited practices. 91 Stat. 881, 15 U. S. C. §1692k(a).

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We review the report and recommendation of Referee James J. Winiarski recommending that James M. Schoenecker's license to practice law in Wisconsin be reinstated.

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Wood County appeals the circuit court order granting Trevor Krizan’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of an unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

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Kevin Fields, by counsel, appeals a circuit court order granting summary judgment in favor of Colonial Savings, F.A. Fields argues, among other issues, that the circuit court erred when it dismissed his slander of title claim and concluded that the outcome of the case was controlled by Federal National Mortgage Association v. Thompson, 2018 WI 57, 381 Wis. 2d 609, 912 N.W.2d 364.

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John L. Lomax appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence for 40 counts of possession of child pornography.

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American Wood Recycling, Inc. alleges in this action that Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste Midwest, LLC, negligently overloaded one of American Wood’s semi-trailers, resulting in damage to the trailer.

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV Case Name: Phillip Byrd v. Donald Strahota, et al. Case No.: 2018AP1996 Officials: BLANCHARD, J. Focus: Small Claims – Motion for Reconsideration Denied Phillip Byrd, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit ...

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Matthew Steinhorst appeals a judgment of conviction for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.

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William Sesing Construction, Inc., (Sesing) appeals from a judgment dismissing its breach of contract and negligence claims brought against American Bank after Sesing’s bookkeeper embezzled funds from Sesing’s business checking account held by American Bank.

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Lacasanova S. Davis appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on two counts of second-degree sexual assault.

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In this wrongful death and survival action, David Marx and his insurer, 1st Auto Casualty Insurance Company (collectively, 1st Auto), appeal a judgment awarding prejudgment interest at the rate of 12 percent per year under WIS. STAT. § 628.46 (2015-16) to the Estate of Kevin Payette and Payette’s minor children, Alexis and Natalie Payette.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraphs 3, 7 and 11 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on November 7, 2019.

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George Burciaga lost his job in May 2018 and filed for bankruptcy a week later.

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The National Park Service donated more than 3,000 acres in central Wisconsin to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

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TRUMPF Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of an international business, makes specialty tools such as precision laser cutters.

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Proving that almost anything can give rise to litigation, this case concerns chocolates that Clarisha Benson and Lorenzo Smith purchased at their local Fannie May stores in Chicago.

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Two non-competing Midwestern companies operated by brothers used marks containing the family name, Fabick.

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A Fort Atkinson accountant will spend two years in prison for filing dozens of fraudulent tax returns in an attempt to steal clients' refunds.

We review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's suppression of the victim's identification of Stephan I. Roberson because the identification began with law enforcement showing a single Facebook photo to the victim.

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Damario Graham appeals a judgment of conviction for armed robbery as a party to the crime.

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Wade Hallett, pro se, appeals a judgment of divorce that divided marital property and awarded child support.

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Georgia A. Stein appeals from an order denying her motion for summary judgment and granting WG Management’s motion.

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Langlade County appeals a judgment dismissing charges against Travis Lettau of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), both as first offenses.

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Robert Wargaski appeals a judgment dismissing his small claims action against NCI Group, Inc. (NCI), in which he alleged a violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) stemming from his purchase of metal roofing panels.

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