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For attorney Donna Kuchler, the practice of law has always been a family affair.

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10-1681 Vinning-El v. Evans

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On Thursday, the state Supreme Court breathed life into a contentious petition to abolish mandatory participation in the State Bar of Wisconsin.

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10-2564 Ryan v. U.S.

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10-3381 Dickerson v. Board of Trustees

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Despite evidence that the police withheld exculpatory evidence and witnesses were not truthful at trial, a state prisoner convicted in 1994 of sexual assault and attempted homicide will not get a new trial.

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Civil cases in the federal courts should be locked away from public view only for “extraordinary circumstances” unless required by statute, the courts’ policy-making board has decided.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday shot down proposals to hold private deliberations in public, but is still considering a therapeutic resolution to internal bickering that has plagued the court.

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Intellectual property lawyers could get a lot more work if President Barack Obama follows through on his promise to create entrepreneurial jobs by overhauling the U.S. patent system.

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2010AP907-CR State v. Hunt

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2010AP1719-CR State v. Hole

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2010AP2597-CR State v. Lemoine

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2010AP2632 Baylake Bank v. Fairway Properties of Wisconsin LLC, et al.

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2011AP85-CR State v. Kettner

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10-2260 Nelson v. Napolitano

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10-2254 U.S. v. Clark

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10-1521 Burns v. Orthotek, Inc., Employees’ Pension Plan and Trust

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09-4112 & 10-1408 Van den Bosch v. Raemisch

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Congress does not have the authority under the Commerce Clause to require individuals to purchase a minimum level of health insurance coverage, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled in granting summary judgment.

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Starting Nov. 1, it will cost attorneys more to be admitted to practice in the federal appellate and district courts in Wisconsin.

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Employees who were fired over comments made on Facebook were illegally terminated, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board has determined.

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Intellectual property lawyers say the biotech field dodged a bullet with a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finding human genes are patentable.

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2010AP1973-CR State v. Gasper

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2011AP240-CR State v. Halverson

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2011AP700 City of Sheboygan Falls v. Prinsen

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A recent decision from the New Jersey Supreme Court that found existing state procedures for eyewitness identification invalid could have a major impact in other jurisdictions.

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Any moment now, patent law could become as new as the inventions it governs.

09-3883 Lindquist Ford, Inc., v. Middleton Motors, Inc.

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2010AP1265-CR State v. O’Quin

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2010AP2272-CR State v. Grant

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