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11-1423 Wigod v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
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Securities – SLUSA — class actions
11-1095 Appert v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc.
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Read More »Lawyers leery of preemptive strike to failure-to-warn claim
The confusing state of the U.S. Supreme Court’s preemption jurisprudence got trickier late last month with a ruling throwing out a state-based failure-to-warn claim on the grounds that federal law occupied the field of locomotive safety.
Tagged with: American Bar Association Clarence Thomas Elena Kagan Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court
Read More »Lawmakers push justices to adopt formal recusal rules
Despite assurances from Chief Justice John Roberts that such a move was unnecessary and unwise, a group of lawmakers is pushing the Supreme Court to drop its current self-policing policy for recusals and formally adopt the same judicial code of ethics that binds other federal judges.
Tagged with: Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas Elena Kagan John Roberts recusal Supreme Court
Read More »Torts – negligence — public policy — comparative negligence — duty
2010AP1207 Olson v. Zurich American Insurance Company, et al.
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Read More »Search and Seizure — reasonable suspicion
2010AP2769-CR State v. Capetillo
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Read More »Civil Procedure — default judgment — excusable neglect
2011AP479 Le v. Tjoe, et al.
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Read More »Employment — workers compensation — refusal to rehire — bad faith
2011AP1113 Prent Corp. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
Tagged with: Bad faith Civil Digest Employment Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest Worker's compensation
Read More »Sentencing – discretion — accurate information
2011AP2470-CR State v. Adams
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Read More »Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance — no-merit reports
2010AP1391-CRNM State v. Sutton
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Read More »Civil Procedure – appeal — waiver
2011AP987 Nickel v. U.S.
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Read More »Republican Party files ethics complaint against judge (UPDATE)
The Republican Party of Wisconsin filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against the Dane County judge who halted implementation of the state’s voter identification law and also signed a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
Tagged with: David Flanagan Gov. Scott Walker voter ID
Read More »Sentencing — discretion
2011AP900-CR State v. Aranda
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Read More »Contracts — future damages
2011AP1336 Bud’s Concrete LLC v. VCNA Prairie Wisconsin Inc., et al.
Tagged with: Civil Digest Contracts Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »Insurance — collateral source rule
2009AP2848 Orlowski v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
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Read More »Firearms – sentencing — using firearm in connection with a felony
Who’s Doing What: New law office in Oak Creek
Kevin Martin opened Martin Law Office SC at 7071 S. 13th St., Suite 208 in Oak Creek.
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Read More »Environmental Law — EIS
10-1322 & 10-1346 Habitat Education Center, Inc., v. USFS
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest Environmental Law Digest
Read More »Employment – ADA — accommodation
11-1774 EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc.
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Read More »State Supreme Court considers changes to rules hearing process
In the wake of limiting administrative matters held in public, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering alternatives to how it reviews rules petitions.
Tagged with: Patience Roggensack Steve Levine Supreme Court
Read More »Candidates to vie for Board of Governors’ open seats
On Tuesday, the State Bar of Wisconsin released its list of candidates for 16 open seats on the Board of Governors.
Tagged with: State Bar State Bar of Wisconsin
Read More »Criminal Procedure — collateral relief
10-3792 U.S. v. Wyatt
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Read More »Consumer Protection — Video Privacy Protection Act
12-8002 Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC
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Read More »Consumer Protection – RESPA — class actions
11-1816 & 11-1817 Howland v. First American Title Ins. Co.
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Read More »Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance — PTAC instruction
2010AP2559-CR State v. Young
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Read More »Search and Seizure — warrantless searches — consent
2010AP2612-CR State v. Green
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Read More »Torts — medical malpractice — jury instructions — expert testimony
2010AP2615 Trudeau, et al. v. Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin Inc., et al.
Tagged with: Civil Digest expert testimony Jury instructions Medical malpractice Torts Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »Criminal Procedure — successive appeals
2010AP3078 State v. Whiteside
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Read More »Criminal Procedure — equal protection — mental health records — ineffective assistance
2011AP166-CR State v. Langlois
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Read More »Probation and Parole – jurisdiction — ineffective assistance
2011AP308 State ex rel. Porter v. Cockroft, et al.
Tagged with: Criminal Digest Ineffective assistance jurisdiction Probation and Parole Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest
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