A federal appeals court panel refused Thursday to reinstate Wisconsin Democrats' lawsuit challenging Republican-authored lame-duck laws that curbed the powers of the Democratic governor and attorney general before they took office.

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently publicly reprimanded a Chicago lawyer for taking a brief and changing it in ways that went beyond its specific orders.

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision Monday clarifying that disputes over the interpretation of class-action waivers in employment agreements must be decided by a district court – not an arbitrator.

A committee has released revised federal criminal jury instructions to be used in the district courts that feed into the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

President Donald Trump has nominated a Milwaukee attorney to fill a federal appellate-court vacancy and a central Wisconsin prosecutor to serve as a U.S. attorney.

A federal appeals court panel has upheld Wisconsin's right-to-work law.

Should the medical-technology firm Epic Systems and other companies be able to require that employees sign on to agreements forcing them to take labor disputes to independent arbitrators rather than court?

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals isn’t backing down on its decision to sanction a Platteville lawyer for filing a case in an Arkansas state court rather than in a federal court in Wisconsin.

It looks like a federal appeals court won't rule on whether to halt gay marriages in Wisconsin until at least Wednesday.

Federal appeals court judges on Monday questioned the bankrupt Archdiocese of Milwaukee's claim that it needs all the money in a $55 million trust fund to maintain its cemeteries and asked whether some could be used to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse without violating the Catholic faith.

A person close to an investigation of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and other conservative groups said Wednesday that Walker's attorney is talking with the lead investigator about a possible settlement that would end the probe.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from two Wisconsin unions to re-hear an appeal they filed of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

Officials with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are considering allowing some oral arguments to be done by video.

A Republican state senator promised Thursday to update Wisconsin's campaign finance laws in the wake of several court rulings that major portions of the statutes are unworkable.

Prosecutors asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to allow an investigation into Republican Gov. Scott Walker and other conservative groups to proceed while they appeal an order that halted the probe.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared major portions of Wisconsin's campaign finance law unconstitutional in a decision that experts said would have little immediate effect but would make it clear that the rules must be rewritten.

Prosecutors investigating Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and conservative groups that supported him won a victory Wednesday with a federal appeals court ruling that, at least for now, blocks a judge's ruling that halted the probe.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions, dealing another loss to unions trying to overturn the Republican governor's signature legislation that led to massive protests at the Wisconsin Capitol three years ago.

A suspended Milwaukee criminal defense attorney who is the subject of 14 pending misconduct investigations and multiple filed disciplinary cases is asking the state Supreme Court to revoke her law license.

A lawsuit that involved deer hunting, a game warden and a “dust-up” in northern Wisconsin should not have been fully dismissed, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

A Milwaukee criminal defense attorney is facing a two-year suspension of his law license for allegedly repeatedly ignoring clients and missing court deadlines.

The latest rejection of Milwaukee County’s attempt to levy real estate transfer taxes on two federal enterprises reinforces an emerging national trend.

A Wisconsin man convicted of poisoning his wife 15 years ago was improperly tried because he couldn't confront his dead wife and her "letter from the grave" implicating the husband as the primary suspect, a federal judge has ruled.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of a Wisconsin man who filed fraudulent small claims lawsuits against residents in multiple counties.

An appellate court on Tuesday questioned a lawyer for the state of Wisconsin about why lawmakers singled out abortion clinics in requiring their doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, as judges heard arguments about a hotly debated law.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's contentious new law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month in a legal challenge of the 2011 law stripping most public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.

Wisconsin’s law stripping most public employees of all but a few of their collective bargaining rights does not violate the Constitution, a U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday.

A Milwaukee criminal defense attorney, facing her fourth misconduct complaint in three years, has formally denied the most recent allegations made against her, according to court filings.

Recent developments interpreting the protections and limitations of the Drivers Policy Protection Act signal that conflict may be on the way between the DPPA and Wisconsin’s Open Records Law – a reality that may require more resources expended by information-hungry entities and municipalities in their attempts to navigate both laws.