BENCH BLOG: Court finds tip from social media is same as from citizen informant
Is a tip to law enforcement from Tumblr.com equivalent to a tip from an anonymous police informant or a tip from an identified citizen informant?
YOU’VE BEEN E-SERVED: Practitioners weigh in on whether process of service should be done electronically
More and more in all walks of life, paper processes are getting replaced with electronic ones.
Weekly Case Digests — August 28 to September 1, 2017
Weekly Case Digests — August 28 to September 1, 2017
Valentyn finds true match in entrepreneurs
Coming from a family of legal professionals, Connor Valentyn was pretty certain he would become a lawyer himself. The real question was: What type of practice would he pursue?
Sufficiency of Evidence
Employer TCAT Corporation, which owns a gas station, appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission in favor of Esther Peterson, a former clerk at the gas station, regarding her retaliatory discharge complaint.
Prescriptive Easement Claim
Kenneth Wade owns property abutting Alexa Pfister’s property.
Probation Hearing
Olton Dumas, pro se, appeals a circuit court order denying his petition for certiorari review of a probation revocation.
Motion to Suppress Evidence
Michael Johnson appeals from a judgment convicting him of possessing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Evidentiary Hearing
Donald L. White appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion for an evidentiary hearing on his request to withdraw his no contest plea.
Plea and Sentencing – Plea Withdrawal
Vincent E. Boyd appeals pro se from an order denying his postconviction motion to withdraw his no contest pleas.
Motion to Suppress Evidence
Michel L. Wortman appeals from a judgment of conviction for ninth offense operating while intoxicated (OWI).
Court Error – Plea Withdrawal
Marlon Young appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon his no-contest plea to repeated sexual acts of the same child.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula