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Wisconsin courts appoint three to new leadership roles
Wisconsin Court System appoints Brittney Richmond, Tim Duggan and Morgan Young to lead judicial tech, public access and legal counsel initiatives.
Supreme Court approves mandatory appellate e-filing
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has approved a rule petition to make e-filing mandatory in the appellate courts.
RUSH TO EVICT: Filings increase 30% since statewide moratorium’s end
It’s been a busy month for Legal Action of Wisconsin, which offers free legal help to low-income tenants who are threatened with eviction.
JFC approves adding 20 new positions to manage CCAP
Wisconsin is adding 20 new employees to manage the state's CCAP services.
JFC considering request to add 20 new positions to manage CCAP
Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance is considering a request to add 20 new positions to manage the state's CCAP services.
Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to expunge marijuana convictions
When the Madison barber and business owner Brian Britt, 42, stepped up to a folding table in the entryway of the Urban League of Greater Madison, he had a single goal in his mind: Wipe from his record the decades-old criminal convictions he says are holding him back.
Power station fires knock out courts, Capitol, CCAP
Fires at two transmission substations in Wisconsin's capital knocked out power to more than 11,000 customers on a sweltering day, shutting down government buildings, courtrooms and businesses and prompting police to call in additional staff.
Panel votes to purge cases from state online court database (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's courts director is considering removing records of criminal cases that ended in dismissal or acquittals from the state's popular online courts database within months, rather than decades, out of concern that people are abusing the information.
After seven years, State Bar to revisit proposed changes to expunction
John Birdsall has seen it happen again and again in his 20-plus years of criminal-defense practice: A client is charged with a crime but never convicted.
E-filing gets official green light, but not without bumps (UPDATE)
Mandatory e-filing in circuit courts will be the law of the land in Wisconsin starting July 1, but making it officially so proved to be a monumental task for the state’s highest court on Thursday.
High court gives preliminary OK to mandatory e-filing
Officials from Wisconsin's trial courts encouraged the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to green light mandatory e-filing throughout the state.
Push continues to increase filing fees
A proposal to increase the fees charged filers of small-claims lawsuits could help county clerks around the state fill budgetary holes resulting from a fairly recent change to the claims limit on civil cases.
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- Officials worry about USPS speed with ballot delivery
- Judge: Ex-Milwaukee teacher’s aide can return to U.S.
- Ex-bank manager sentenced for $350K embezzlement
- Dugan sentencing delayed for oral arguments
- Wisconsin women’s prisons 78% over capacity, nearing record
- Milwaukee prenatal nonprofit founder to plead guilty to fraud
- Wisconsin DOJ takes years to fulfill public records requests
- Wisconsin sheriffs appeal ICE detention lawsuit
- Organic dairy brands sue over federal milk pricing rules
- Sheboygan Falls mom released from ICE detention
- Wisconsin courts need more judges, workload study finds
- FBI to interview Milwaukee police in Wisconsin 2020 election probe
Case Digests
- Involuntary Commitment-Waiver of Rights
- Contractual Discretion-Appellate Forfeiture-Raffle Statutes
- Standing -Zoning Variance
- Strickland Standard-Sentencing Discretion
- Sixth Amendment-Harmless Error
- Harassment Injunction-Social Media Evidence
- Termination of Parental Rights-Evidentiary Sufficiency
- Termination of Parental Rights-Reasonable Efforts
- Special Condition 13-Issue Preservation
- Right of Publicity Act-Defamation
- Plea Withdrawal-Witness Recantation-
- Election Fraud-Official Misconduct
