COURT GESTURES BLOG: What’s in a name?
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.
COURT GESTURES: Former Justice Diaz to speak on high court elections
So you think Wisconsin is the only state whose Supreme Court elections are seeing an influx of special interest money?
COURT GESTURES: Don’t be so judgmental
I don’t know why Court of Appeals decisions that describe journalistic tactics taken by TV stations amuse me. But they do, and I found another one.
COURT GESTURES: Food for thought: What happens when attorneys, witnesses, jurors co-mingle
I guess I thought it would be a bigger deal if attorneys, witnesses and jurors in the same case went to eat in the same place. But I was wrong.
COURT GESTURES: Eviction case should be evicted
Sometimes, it’s pretty easy to sense frustration in an appeal.
COURT GESTURES: Access to Justice Commission’s report reads like a mission statement
The Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission’s new report says many interesting things about the state’s civil legal system.
COURT GESTURES: When pro se goes bad
See, this is why you don’t represent yourself in court.
COURT GESTURES: Term limits could take an interesting path
It will be interesting to see how likely a soon-to-be-proposed bill regarding state Supreme Court term limits fares as it makes its way through the Legislature.
COURT GESTURES: ‘Breaking Bad’ on charges
A co-worker sent me a link Wednesday to a blog post that discusses the possible charges against the character of Walter White in the AMC show “Breaking Bad.”
COURT GESTURES: The ‘kiss of death’
I think I may have found the oddest entry ever put into a court record. And it’s in Milwaukee County.
COURT GESTURES: Location, location, location
Wait, where exactly did I move? I guess close enough to a place where a dead body was hidden by alleged prostitutes before being found several days later.
COURT GESTURES: A TAD on the technical side
The takeaway from Friday’s treatment alternatives and diversion symposium in Madison was pretty clear: there needs to be a better way to prevent those who are arrested from coming back.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- 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
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