A federal judge whose public online writings have been a lightning rod for controversy says he's shutting down his blog.
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Read More »A federal judge whose public online writings have been a lightning rod for controversy says he's shutting down his blog.
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Read More »In any political race, there are always keywords that candidates go back to again and again.
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Read More »According to a survey by the National Association for Law Placement, recent law school grads who get the coveted big law jobs aren't making as much as they did a few years ago.
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Read More »It looks like Ryan Braun's former friend isn't giving up in his litigious quest against his former Milwaukee Brewers friend and the attorneys who represented him. To me, though, it's just another quirky part of a rare example of jail being imposed in a contempt proceeding.
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Read More »Forgive, me, please, but I think I have a case of report fatigue.
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Read More »Maybe I wasn't reading as many tweets about prior same-sex marriage decisions, but I don't remember seeing nearly as many memorable quotes as I did Thursday.
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Read More »I felt like Henry Fonda from "12 Angry Men." Except a boy's life wasn’t on the line -- just a few thousand dollars and the dignity of a soon-to-be ex-husband who lost his wife to another man.
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Read More »Another day, another judge who criticizes and sanctions Rodney Rigsby for his litigious nature.
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Read More »One thing became abundantly clear during Tuesday afternoon’s debate between the Democratic state attorney general candidates: if you don’t know who you’re voting for by this point, there’s not much the candidates can do for you.
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Read More »We’re still several months away from any major state Supreme Court election activity, but recent campaign finance reports reveal who continues to plug away during the offseason.
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Read More »Trials in Florida were never boring, but there weren’t that many surprises, either.
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Read More »At least two state Supreme Court justices continue to show concern about the application of a newly-passed rule designed to give judges a roadmap on how to deal with pro se litigants in court.
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Read More »A U.S. Supreme Court decision slated to be released Monday could have implications for the Wisconsin State Bar, but it all depends on the breadth of the justice’s ruling.
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Read More »The longest preliminary hearing occurred in Outagamie County in September 1987. It took six weeks.
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Read More »The State Bar is starting a bit early in its attempts to get more money for the courts system in the next year’s budget.
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Read More »Serial pro se litigant Rodney Rigsby is still at it.
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Read More »Milwaukee contractor Homer Key faces four felony charges in a trial that began Tuesday and is expected to last through May 14.
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Read More »Nathan Schilz is walking a fine line by putting Jeffrey Dahmer at the center of a musical.
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Read More »Rep. Dale Kooyenga said he is going to get the money owed to Robert Stinson one way or another, even if it means putting it in next year’s budget.
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Read More »I didn’t think Pussy Riot even knew that Wisconsin existed. I guess I was wrong.
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Read More »One of the attorneys representing a group of Racine bar owners who are suing city officials for alleged racial discrimination said the suit started with one person and grew from there.
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Read More »As more lawyers carve out specialty practices, they are taking to the Web to share their niche knowledge with the masses
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Read More »It seems like the State Bar may be a little hurt over questions the Supreme Court asked them during a hearing Jan. 21 about a petition that seeks the ability to boot a member of the Board of Governors.
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Read More »The open rules conferences that the Wisconsin Supreme Court holds are continually proving to be a time where the power struggle between two factions that divide the court get to air their grievances in public.
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Read More »With the latest bill addressing the removal of information from CCAP popping up this week, I thought it was worth reviewing a few of the other bills introduced in the past few months that sought to address the exact same problem, yet have gone nowhere.
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Read More »A Madison man wants a federal judge to fire a judge and pay him $1 million to compensate him for a denied name change petition.
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Read More »A blogger isn’t entitled the statutory and constitutional protections of a journalist when sued for defamation, a U.S. District Court in Oregon has ruled in entering a $2.5 million judgment.
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Read More »Let the long-anticipated O’Donnell Park legal battle begin.
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