Wisconsin Court of Appeals Civil Employment — public employment — pension benefits Mark Ryan appeals the circuit court’s order vacating the denial of his claim for additional pension benefits and remanding for further proceedings before the County of Milwaukee Pension ...
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Read More »Wisconsin Court of Appeals Criminal Prisoner classification — mootness Thomas Stanton, pro se, appeals an order dismissing his petition for certiorari review of an inmate program review decision. The issues involve exhaustion of administrative remedies and mootness. We conclude the ...
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Read More »Wisconsin Court of Appeals Criminal Motor Vehicles – OWI — reasonable suspicion The State of Wisconsin appeals a circuit court order granting Anthony James Wilson’s motion to suppress evidence in its case alleging fourth offense operating a motor vehicle while ...
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Read More »Several Democratic members of the Senate sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts this week urging him to release the Supreme Court’s ethics rules and confirm the court’s justices follow the same ethics code that binds other federal judges.
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Read More »Women’s ranks in firms are thinning, according to an annual survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers.
Read More »The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would require U.S. Supreme Court proceedings to be televised.
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Read More »2011AP2226-CR State v. Griffiths
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Read More »The Department of Labor has announced proposed revisions to regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act that would expand military family leave provisions and incorporate a special eligibility provision for airline flight crew employees.
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Read More »2011AP213 Devine v. Germantown Mutual Insurance Co., et al.
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Read More »2011AP450-CR State v. Burton
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Read More »2011AP592 Wisconsin Dental Group SC vs. Kelley
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Read More »2011AP996-CR State v. Vasquez-Ramos
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Read More »2011AP1777 Equity Assets Limited LLC vs. Garland, et al.
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Read More »2011AP2642 In re the termination of parental rights to Mariyana O.
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Read More »2011AP364 Koscielak v. Stockbridge-Munsee Community
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Read More »2011AP185 Bowen v. American Family Ins. Co.
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Read More »2010AP772-CR State v. Dowdy
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Read More »10-1566 Bland v. Hardy
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Read More »11-1934 Johnson v. GDF, Inc.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Milwaukee solo practitioner Michael Hicks for failing to adequately represent three clients appointed by the State Public Defender during 2007-08.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday suspended the law license of Jackson attorney Arik Guenther for 90 days.
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Read More »Gov. Scott Walker on Friday appointed veteran defense attorney Steven Gibbs, of Hertel & Gibbs SC, Chippewa County District Attorney.
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Read More »Live streaming of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors meetings would increase visibility of bar leadership, but some question if anyone would log on to listen.
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Read More »Midway through its fiscal year, the State Bar of Wisconsin is facing another six-figure budget deficit, and leaders foresee potentially drastic changes to close the gap.
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Read More »The number of new bankruptcy filings fell during the 2011 calendar year.
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