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Juvenile Prosecution Transfer to Adult Prosecution
Three juveniles—including M.G., who is the defendant-appellant here—and one adult allegedly robbed an Indianapolis CVS pharmacy at gunpoint on October 14, 2015.
Referee: Former Sheboygan attorney should pay for disciplinary proceeding
A court-appointed referee is saying that a former lawyer who had practiced in the Sheboygan area should pay for his disciplinary proceedings before the state Supreme Court.
Who’s Doing What: von Briesen opens new office; firms add new hires
von Briesen & Roper has opened a Waukesha office at 20975 Swenson Drive, Suite 400. It marks von Briesen’s eighth office in Wisconsin.
High court: Woman’s errors not substantial fault
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that government officials incorrectly denied a woman her unemployment benefits under a recently enacted law intended to make it tougher to get benefits.
Justices: Attorneys need not pay for client health records
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday held that personal injury lawyers need not pay certain statutory fees in order to obtain client medical records if the lawyers have written authorization from the client.
Indian Law – Sovereign Immunity
In a suit brought against a tribal employee in his individual capacity, the employee, not the tribe, is the real party in interest and the tribe’s sovereign immunity is not implicated
Exoneration Act – 14th Amendment
The Exoneration Act’s scheme does not comport with the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of due process
Deferred Restitution
A defendant wishing to appeal an order imposing restitution in a deferred restitution case must file a notice of appeal from that order.
Bad Faith Sanctions – Attorney Fees
When a federal court exercises its inherent authority to sanction bad-faith conduct by ordering a litigant to pay the other side’s legal fees, the award is limited to the fees the innocent party incurred solely because of the misconduct—or put another way, to the fees that party would not have incurred but for the bad faith
Subrogation – Reimbursement
Because contractual subrogation and reimbursement prescriptions plainly “relate to . . . payments with respect to benefits,” §8902(m)(1), they override state laws barring subrogation and reimbursement.
Third Party Plaintiff – Duty to Defend
The petition for review asked the court to decide: (1) whether a third-party complaint may state a claim for which an insurance company has a duty to defend when the third-party plaintiff was sued for misrepresentation by the first-party plaintiff; (2) whether a third-party defendant may supplement the third-party complaint with additional facts when the third party defendant seeks a defense from [...]
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