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10-3898 & 11-1006 Weitzenkamp v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America
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Civil Procedure – dismissal — sanctions
09-1487 Stanard v. Nygren
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Read More »Torts — expert witnesses
10-2428 & 10-2637 Show v. Ford Motor Co.
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Read More »Civil Rights – prisoners — access to law library
Contracts – railroads — exclusive lines
10-3177 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. v. Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Corp.
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Read More »Intellectual Property – trademarks — TROs
11-CV742 H-D, Michigan, LLC, v. Hellenic Duty Free Shops, S.A.
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Read More »Sentencing — postrevocation sentencing
2010AP2229-CR State v. Grube
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Read More »Family — child support — modification; contempt
2010AP2513 In re the marriage of Chon v. Sorensen
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Read More »Search and Seizure — search warrants — probable cause
2010AP2827-CR State v. Lusty
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Read More »Municipalities — public housing
2010AP2305 Guerrero v. City of Kenosha Housing Authority
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Read More »MBA cancels Battle of the Barristers
The Milwaukee Bar Association has pulled the plug on its second annual ‘Battle of the Barristers’ event planned for Oct. 13.
Read More »Ineffective assistance — Judicial estoppels — sentencing discretion
2010AP1804-CR State v. Deal
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Read More »Criminal Procedure — Speedy trial — waiver
2010AP2138 State v. Jaimes
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Read More »Sentencing — Modification — inadequate explanation of factors
2011AP934-CR State v. Spears
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Read More »Professional Responsibility — Reinstatement
1997AP457-D In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Warmington
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Read More »Professional Responsibility — Reciprocal discipline
2011AP1509-D In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Forstrom
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Read More »Cotrone composes his retirement plan
Milwaukee native Carlo Cotrone does not plan to retire anytime soon, but when he does, he’s got an active second career to fill his days outside the legal world.
Tagged with: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Read More »Risser’s law: Longtime senator, lawyer lives by the rules of his father
Fred A. Risser introduces himself by handing out two business cards and a brief explanation for why his life no longer fits on one.
Tagged with: Fred Risser Jon Erpenbach Scott Walker
Read More »Milwaukee mans sues after fall in Walmart
A Milwaukee man is suing two corporate titans for negligence.
Read More »Innocence Project gets $1 million in grants
For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center.
Tagged with: Department of Justice DNA Innocence Project University of Wisconsin Law School UW-Law School Wisconsin Innocence Project
Read More »Anna Nicole Smith case continues to roil bankruptcy world
Anna Nicole Smith has created a potentially major problem for litigants in bankruptcy proceedings.
Tagged with: Bankruptcy John Roberts Supreme Court
Read More »Milwaukee attorney Fishbach dies (UPDATE)
Nathan A. Fishbach, a former Wisconsin Law Journal Leader in the Law, died Saturday of cancer. He was 58.
Tagged with: Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association Milwaukee Bar Association Nathan Fishbach Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC
Read More »The waiting game
Four of the five Article III judges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be eligible for senior status by fall 2012.
Tagged with: Charles Clevert J.P. Stadtmueller John Shabaz Lynn Adelman Rick Esenberg Rudolph Randa Stephen Meyer U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Read More »Young lawyers fill volunteer gap
At a time when some law firms are scaling back on pro bono work, Marquette University is helping to fill a gap in Milwaukee.
Tagged with: Marquette University Milwaukee Justice Center Quarles & Brady LLP Rick Sankovitz Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC
Read More »Labor lawyer preserves the state of the union
Attorney Kurt Kobelt traces his union law roots to an internship with an electrical workers association while at George Washington University Law School.
Read More »Part-time prosecutors seek work balance
Elder law attorney Steve Schultz doesn’t mind putting on his prosecutor hat, even if that means occasionally facing current or former clients.
Tagged with: DA District Attorney John Chisholm Milwaukee County District Attorney
Read More »Senators introduce legislation that would abolish Supreme Court elections
Two state senators introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate the election of state Supreme Court justices and replace that system with an appointment process based on merit.
Tagged with: David Prosser election Elections JoAnne Kloppenburg Scott Walker Supreme Court Tim Cullen Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Read More »Kuchler keeps legal work all in the family
For attorney Donna Kuchler, the practice of law has always been a family affair.
Tagged with: Donna Kuchler Kuchler & Cotton Law Offices
Read More »Constitutional Law, Free-exercise clause, prison diets
10-1681 Vinning-El v. Evans
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Read More »State Supreme Court agrees to consider abolishing mandatory bar (UPDATE)
On Thursday, the state Supreme Court breathed life into a contentious petition to abolish mandatory participation in the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Tagged with: Ann Walsh Bradley David Prosser Julie Rich Patrick Crooks Shirley Abrahamson State Bar of Wisconsin Steve Levine Supreme Court
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