Retired Racine County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Ptacek continues to go beyond the bench to make Wisconsin courts better.
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Read More »Retired Racine County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Ptacek continues to go beyond the bench to make Wisconsin courts better.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled Thursday to weigh in on a tax assessment dispute between the city of Racine and the owner of a nine-building, 72-unit apartment complex.
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Read More »Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Wynne Laufenberg to replace Gerald Ptacek on the Racine County Circuit Court’s bench.
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Read More »Without laws prohibiting names and other identifying information from appearing in court documents, a nasty case involving "sextortion" in a New Berlin school only became more of a nightmare for the victims once details were posted online.
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Read More »Lawyers and others who file court documents will be responsible for removing Social Security numbers and similar personal information beforehand, under a rule petition adopted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be holding a public hearing on a petition to create a new statute that protects personal information in circuit court records.
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Read More »Even before Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien crunched the numbers, she knew something was amiss. Her strongest evidence: “The courtroom didn’t look right when I walked in.”
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Read More »Prohibitions against ex post facto laws are supposed to protect defendants from changes in the laws that increase punishment after a crime has been committed or sentencing has occurred, according to pro se defendant Aman D. Singh.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Court of Appeals again has tried to shed light on the ramifications of state laws that severely limit collective bargaining rights for public sector employees.
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Read More »Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Linda Van De Water avoided trial and pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct ordinance violation Monday morning in Racine County.
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Read More »Embattled Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Linda Van De Water will stand trial this fall for disorderly conduct charges. On Monday, Racine County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Ptacek set a trial date of Oct. 27 after denying a motion for ...
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