A federal judge has fined a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer $1.5 million for stealing trade secrets.

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The state Department of Corrections has reached a legal settlement that calls for the agency to end the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement at Wisconsin's youth prison.

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Although the Western District of Wisconsin may be known for its speed in moving along cases, that doesn’t necessarily mean lawyers need to be rocket scientists to practice there.

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A federal judge has dismissed a northern Wisconsin tribe's lawsuit over the expansion of a rival tribe's casino.

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The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans is trying to persuade a federal judge to preserve a casino expansion lawsuit against the state.

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Pandora Lobacz was trying to assert control of her classroom at Lincoln Hills youth prison when she ordered an inmate pacing in front of her desk to return to his seat.

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A federal judge has sided with the Ho-Chunk Nation and its casino expansion plans in a lawsuit filed by the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe.

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A federal judge issued a stinging rebuke Friday of disciplinary practices at Wisconsin's youth prisons, saying state officials have demonstrated a "callous indifference" to the harm caused to juvenile inmates by the use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and shackles.

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A federal judge is set to hear evidence in a case seeking to halt the use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and the shackling of inmates at Wisconsin's troubled youth prisons.

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Wisconsin's attorney general is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a law that allows the state to detain pregnant women suspected of drug abuse.

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A federal judge has struck down a Wisconsin law that allowed the state to detain pregnant women suspected of drug or alcohol abuse, saying the 1998 law meant to protect developing fetuses was unconstitutionally vague.

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Three federal court judges expressed deep skepticism Friday over claims that Wisconsin Republicans deliberately made it harder for minorities to vote.

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A federal judge refused to halt Wisconsin's presidential recount Friday, telling President-elect Donald Trump's supporters that the effort probably won't change anything anyway.

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A federal court in Wisconsin on Friday rejected an attempt by pro-Donald Trump groups to stop a recount of the state's presidential vote, saying there was no harm in allowing it to continue.

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U.S. District Judge James Peterson made the right call last week when he ordered the state to provide additional information to the public about how to get voting credentials but chose not to halt the state's voter ID law.

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A federal judge has signed off on new handouts explaining how people who lack photo identification can get alternative voting credentials.

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A federal judge ordered Wisconsin transportation officials Thursday to immediately produce documents clearly explaining how people who lack a photo ID can obtain voting credentials and to perform checks to ensure field workers are giving applicants correct information about the process.

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State attorneys won't appeal a federal judge's order to produce documents that clearly explain Wisconsin's alternative voting credential system.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart recently announced that Eric Hobbs, shareholder in the firm’s Milwaukee office, has been elected as a Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation.

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A hearing has been scheduled in federal court less than four weeks before the election to consider a motion calling for suspension of Wisconsin's voter ID law.

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Workers at seven Division of Motor Vehicles offices across Wisconsin are heard in newly released recordings giving would-be voters without photo IDs inaccurate information about the availability of credentials that would allow them to cast a ballot in next month's election.

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A federal judge has ordered the state to investigate whether transportation officials have been denying people temporary photo identification to vote.

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A former Madison police officer will be on probation for two years for stealing government property.

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Milwaukee and Madison apparently will be able to start early voting next month.

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U.S. District Judge James Peterson issued a ruling last week loosening Wisconsin's voter ID law and striking down a host of other state election laws that Republicans have passed over the last five years.

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Wisconsin election officials say they're taking a wait-and-see approach in the wake of a federal ruling loosening the state's voter ID law and striking down multiple portions of other election-related statutes.

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A federal judge on Friday threw out as unconstitutional a host of Wisconsin election laws passed in recent years, saying they unfairly benefited Republicans who had enacted them and made it more difficult for Democrats to vote.

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A federal judge said Thursday that opponents of more than a dozen new Wisconsin election laws had made a "pretty decent case" that Republicans approved them to secure a partisan advantage, but added he isn't convinced the measures actually had a dramatic effect.

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There will be no change to Wisconsin's voting laws before the Aug. 9 primary, including the requirement that photo identification be shown at the polls, a federal judge hearing a challenge to more than a dozen election laws said Thursday.

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The defense of Wisconsin voting laws being challenged in federal court as discriminatory begins with local clerks saying they haven't encountered any serious problems with the changes.

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