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The Wisconsin Court of Appeals can’t brand an attorney a liar without giving the attorney a chance to challenge that label, according to a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision Tuesday.

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Despite the terms of a couple’s divorce agreement granting a father the right to claim tax exemptions for his children, because the children spent more than half of the year living with their mother the father is not entitled to the deductions, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled.

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11-1846 Tumminaro v. Astrue

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2010AP2483 Hoeft v. Dezotell

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2010AP2591 Ford Motor Company LLC v. Heinrich

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2010AP2832-CR State v. Shaw

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2010AP2838-CR State v. Zakovec

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2010AP2948-CR State v. Smith

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2010AP3110-CR State v. Kasprzak

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2010AP3124-CR State v. Rockefeller

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2011AP101 Simon v. Baker

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2011AP217-CR State v. Kappus

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2011AP375-CR State v. Echols

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2011AP956-CR State v. Plum

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2010AP387-CR State v. Nielsen

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2009AP2422-CR State v. Domke

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The first of what promises to be many smaller-sized job discrimination class actions against Wal-Mart in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring a single massive class has been filed in California.

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10-3948 In re Resource Technology Corp.

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Attorney Eric Maassen plans to use a lot less paper clips and Post-its in the near future.

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At least two candidates will vie for the Branch 28 seat in Milwaukee County Circuit Court next spring.

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Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday appointed new district attorneys in Green Lake and Marquette counties.

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Shana Lewis has joined the Labor & Employment law practice group at Davis & Kuelthau SC’s Madison office. Lewis practices in the areas of labor and employment, and school and municipal law.

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Lindsey Grady, Deputy Register in Probate in Milwaukee County, announced her candidacy Thursday for the Branch 28 seat in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, currently occupied by Judge Thomas Cooper. Cooper's term expires next spring.

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Wisconsin legislators are racing to pass a bill that would confirm longstanding liability protections for property owners when trespassers are injured.

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In testimony before Congress, the chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission urged lawmakers to pass legislation that would cut down on sentencing disparities and add more teeth to sentencing guidelines adopted by the Commission.

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2009AP2494-CR State v. Lale

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2010AP1532-CR State v. Arnold

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2010AP2863, 2011AP420 In re the marriage of: Wagner v. Sobszak

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2011AP4-CR State v. Morris

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2011AP898 In the matter of the refusal of John E. Ahern

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