The Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association will be honoring several members of the legal community at its annual meeting.
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Federal judge tosses food stamp drug testing lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit state attorneys filed this summer seeking a declaration that screening food stamp recipients for drugs is legal.
Read More »Lawyer gets 4 years in prison for estate planning fraud
A federal judge has sentenced a Greenfield-based lawyer to four years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for stealing millions from clients.
Read More »Greenfield attorney pleads guilty to mail fraud, other charges
A Greenfield attorney who allegedly defrauded four clients out of $2.2 million has pleaded guilty to five of the charges made against her.
Read More »Judge orders board to post campaign finance decisions (UPDATE)
A federal judge has ordered state election officials to post links to decisions striking down swaths of Wisconsin's campaign finance laws on its website.
Read More »Woman plans to challenge fetal protection law (UPDATE)
A pregnant Wisconsin woman said Thursday she plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging the state's fetal protection law after she was jailed for refusing treatment for drugs.
Read More »Pepper becomes first female Eastern District judge
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Pamela Pepper to be a new Eastern District of Wisconsin judge.
Read More »Federal judge says case against PharMerica can proceed
A Milwaukee federal judge has denied a pharmacy services company's attempt to dismiss parts of a lawsuit alleging that it violated federal laws by dispensing narcotics without a doctor's approval.
Read More »Insider trading case dismissed in Milwaukee
An insider trading case against a former Heartland Advisors executive has been dismissed.
Read More »Man indicted for sending threatening letters to judges
A Dodge County inmate has been indicted for allegedly mailing threatening letters to a state and federal judge.
Read More »Who’s Doing What: DeClercq wins pro bono award; new hires
Andrew DeClercq of Boardman & Clark LLP received the Individual Attorney Pro Bono Award at the Dane County Bar Association’s annual Pro Bono Breakfast on May 1.
Read More »Obama nominates Pepper for federal judge
Pamela Pepper has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Read More »Judges, attorney nominated to fill Eastern District spot
Two Milwaukee judges and one attorney have been recommended to the White House to fill a vacant seat in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Read More »Commission taking applications for Eastern District judge seat
The Wisconsin State Bar-appointed Federal Nominating Commission is now accepting applications for a vacant judge seat in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Read More »Milwaukee County offers argument for real estate tax appeal
Milwaukee County is continuing its campaign to get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay real estate transfer taxes.
Read More »Fannie, Freddie appeal to be combined with Ill. cases
Milwaukee County’s appeal of a federal judge’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be consolidated with three Illinois cases.
Read More »Couple files suit against Milwaukee County DA (UPDATE)
An Orthodox Jewish couple from Milwaukee who has been investigated multiple times on allegations of child abuse is suing local prosecutors and child-welfare investigators for what they see as wrongdoing in court and investigation proceedings.
Read More »County could consolidate cases for Fannie, Freddie appeal
Milwaukee County’s appeal of a federal decision that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not liable for unpaid taxes could be consolidated with three other cases.
Read More »Milwaukee County appeals Fannie, Freddie decision
Milwaukee County’s attorneys filed an appeal Tuesday over a federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit over whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are liable for transfer taxes.
Read More »Chinese researcher sentenced in drug case (UPDATE)
A Chinese researcher was sentenced Tuesday to time served plus two years of probation on charges stemming from the theft of a cancer research drug from a Wisconsin medical school.
Judge dismisses Milwaukee County suit against Fannie, Freddie
A federal judge dismissed Milwaukee County’s lawsuit to recoup an estimated $1 million it claimed to be owed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in unpaid real estate transfer taxes.
Read More »Finance agency awaiting judge’s decision on Fannie, Freddie lawsuit
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a judge’s approval to become a defendant in Milwaukee County’s federal lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Read More »Housing agency could join lawsuit against Fannie, Freddie
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has until July 8 to petition to be added as a defendant in Milwaukee County’s lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Read More »Federal judges fired up over social security cases
Tensions between the Social Security Administration and the judicial community boiled over recently, as evidenced in a terse decision issued by Eastern District of Wisconsin Judge J.P. Stadtmueller.
Milwaukee neurosurgeon convicted on tax counts
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A prominent Milwaukee neurosurgeon was convicted on tax charges for failing to disclose offshore bank accounts, prosecutors announced Thursday. Dr. Arvind Ahuja was found guilty late Wednesday in U.S. District Court of Milwaukee of one count of filing a false tax return in 2009 and one count of failing to file a report of foreign bank and ...
Read More »Woman pleads guilty in child care fraud case
A woman who built a mansion and bought a Jaguar while collecting roughly $3 million in taxpayer subsidies from her Milwaukee child care centers has pleaded guilty to fraud, theft and conspiracy.
Read More »State Supreme Court dismisses campaign case (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday unanimously dismissed a case challenging campaign rules that require financial disclosure from groups running issue ads for or against candidates.
Read More »The waiting game
Four of the five Article III judges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be eligible for senior status by fall 2012.
Read More »Transgender inmates win appeal over treatments (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling striking down a Wisconsin law banning publicly funded hormone therapy for transgender inmates, saying denying the treatment amounted to torture. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision came in a case brought by a group of male inmates who identify ...
Read More »Agreement reached in EEOC complaint against Richardson
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin building products manufacturer has agreed to pay more than $22,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee who says she was sexually harassed at the company’s Christmas party. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused Richardson Industries, doing business as Richco Structures, of violating federal law when it fired Morgan ...
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