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Court Error – Contempt of Court
Cheryl Krause (now known as Cheryl Fletcher) appeals an order in which the circuit court denied her motion to find her ex-husband, Dale Krause, in remedial contempt of court.
6th Amendment Violation
Terrance Lavone Egerson appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, as well as an order of the trial court denying his postconviction motion.
Statutory Interpretation – Sales Tax
Healthcare Services Group, Inc., (HSG) appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission (the Commission).
Plea & Sentencing – Plea Withdrawal
Josef K. Eibl appeals judgments convicting him of stalking and felony bail jumping, both as acts of domestic abuse.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Phillip T. Bailey appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of possessing a firearm while a felon.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Ashley Baumann appeals a judgment, entered after a jury trial, convicting her of two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 940.09(1)(a) (2015-16), one count of causing great bodily harm by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle contrary to WIS. STAT. § 940.25(1)(a), and one count of reckless driving causing great bodily harm contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346[...]
ALJ Error – Disability
Paul Lambert appeals the denial of Disability Insurance Benefits for chronic back pain.
Court Error – Expert Testimony
Isaac Owens used Testim, a topical gel containing 1% testosterone, sporadically for two years.
DCPA Violation
Amy Dunbar and Tammy Smith received collection letters offering to settle their debts at a significant discount. Both letters included the warning: “This settlement may have tax consequences.” In separate suits Dunbar and Smith claimed that this statement is misleading in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1692e, because they were insolvent when the[...]
ALJ Error – Disability
When a person applies for disability benefits, the Social Security Administration evaluates that person’s capacity to work and, at the fifth and final step of the analysis, assesses whether significant numbers of jobs exist that someone with those abilities and limitations could perform.
Statutory Interpretation – ACCA
The defendant‐appellants’ petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED, and the opinion and judgment issued February 26, 2018, are VACATED.
Class Action – False & Misleading Statements – Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
In September 2011, Kohl’s Corporation announced that it was correcting several years of its financial filings because of multiple lease accounting errors.
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- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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
