Employment – Discrimination
Current and former employees filed a complaint in federal court against Northeast Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (“Metra”) and several of its employees alleging various forms of discrimination.
Breach of Contract – Damages
BankDirect Capital Finance and Capital Premium Financing both participate in the market for loans to finance insurance premiums.
14th Amendment Violations
Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.
Statutory Interpretation – Securities – Statute of Limitations
Hype and reality can be at odds. This contrast arises often in postmortems on once-fashionable, now-failed investment securities.
Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions
On‐duty officer Marco Proano fired sixteen shots at a moving sedan filled with teenagers until the car idled against a light pole.
Sentencing Guidelines
Arturo Bustos conspired with his codefendants to deliver 995 grams of heroin to an undercover officer.
Abuse of Discretion – Restitution
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's restitution order of $8,487.41 against Shawn T. Wiskerchen for losses caused by his burglary of a neighbor's residence.
Negligence – Governmental Immunity
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's denial of summary judgment to the City of New Berlin and the New Berlin Parks and Recreation Department (together, "New Berlin").
Abuse of Discretion – Contempt Motion
The Town of Forest (“the Town”) appeals an order denying its motion to hold the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (“the PSC”) in contempt of court.
Termination of Parental Rights
A.J.S. appeals an order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, M.R.S.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Jesse Jermale Robinson appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying postconviction relief.
Postconviction Motion Denied
Brandon J. Hand appeals pro se from judgments of convictions in two drug cases and from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Legal News
- Evers signs measure decriminalizing use of xylazine testing strips
- Wisconsin district attorney asks attorney general compel WisDems to return donations allegedly tied to Epstein
- Women rainmakers under attack for their ambition: combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome
- Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
- Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula