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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) bars a person from receiving a patent on an invention that was “in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.” 35 U. S. C. §102(a)(1).

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We review a decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to Steadfast Insurance Company (Steadfast).

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Lindsey McCune, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order denying her motion to reopen the default judgment entered in favor of Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. in this small claims action for payment on an alleged delinquent credit card account.

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Jeremy Allen Black appeals a circuit court order that granted a protective order to Della Mae Black in this family law case.

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This is a statutory refusal hearing case involving a police request that Nathan Bise submit to a chemical test under Wisconsin’s Implied Consent Law.

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K.L. appeals from a July 24, 2018 order terminating his parental rights to four of his children, J., S., O., and M., who at the time of the order were aged ten, eight, seven, and five, respectively.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days.

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The City of Milwaukee appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its non-earnings garnishment action against Kevin Luckett and Paul Simmons, DBA Brother’s II.

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William Lester Jackson appeals the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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Delores Agne appeals a summary judgment dismissing her legal malpractice claim against attorney Patrick Rowe and Swid Law Offices LLC (collectively, “Swid Law”).

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Michael Renardo Jackson appeals from a judgment, entered upon his guilty plea, convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child.

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Dayrimus Frankie Porter appeals a judgment entered after he pled guilty to two counts of armed robbery as a party to a crime.

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One Badger, LLC, appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Waukesha County Board of Adjustment (“the Board”).

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Brenda Lear Scheidler worked for the Indiana Department of Insurance (“IDOI”).

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After a bench trial, Anthony Lee was convicted of kidnapping and rape.

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Susan Nielen-Thomas, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, filed a complaint in Wisconsin state court alleging she and other class members were defrauded by their investment advisor.

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A new report confirms what advocates of replacing Green Bay's maximum-security institution have long been arguing: the prison is overcrowded, out-of-date and dangerous.

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After Dale Kleber unsuccessfully applied for a job at CareFusion Corporation, he sued for age discrimination on a theory of disparate impact liability.

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Maurice Lewis spent more than two years in pretrial detention in the Cook County Jail based on police reports falsely implicating him for unlawfully possessing a firearm.

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Ray Fuller asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to exercise its authority to reopen his removal proceeding sua sponte so that he could present new evidence in support of his request to defer his removal from this country under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

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Ronald Coleman is a former Chicago police officer who turned to crime.

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Edward Calvert was the sole owner and president of E.L.C. Electric, Inc., an electrical contracting company.

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C.R. Bard, Inc., manufactures a surgical mesh patch used to repair hernias by implantation.

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Under Wisconsin’s open-enrollment program, a public-school student can apply to transfer from his resident school district to a nonresident district that has an available space for him.

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Scott B. Griffith pled guilty to a three-count indictment that charged him with receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography.

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Weekly Case Digests – February 18, 2019 – February 22, 2019

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Although Maggie Cook has long had an interest in the law, she hadn’t always planned to go to law school.

Nancy Peterson knows a few things about moving parts and fixing problems. For the last 34 years, the veteran lawyer at Quarles & Brady has helped the firm’s business grow and established trust and rapport with clients of all kinds. Clients, as well as her colleagues at the firm, have come to count on Peterson’s expertise and attention to detail. To put it simply: Her achievements are an inspiration to many. Peterson is an environmental lawyer who always has her client’s long-term best interests in mind.

Lawrence Burnett knew early on that working for Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren was a perfect fit.

Mary Kuhnmuench has seemingly endless energy.