Gov. Scott Walker has appointed an assistant attorney general to fill a spot on the Dane County Circuit Court.

Gov. Scott Walker is searching for applicants for an appointment to the Dane County Circuit Court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will start the month by hearing oral arguments in three criminal cases.

A Dane County judge has ruled the Department of Natural Resources can't retract a previous decision and must continue imposing environmental protections on a large dairy-farm expansion.

A judge has sentenced a Massachusetts steelworker to two decades in prison in connection with his former girlfriend's death.

A scene that regularly plays out in my kitchen recently took center stage in a Dane County courtroom.

Attorney David Pliner knew his request for jail time was “extreme,” but he felt he had to try.

Despite pleas from their opposing attorneys, a judge did not send a pair of litigious Madison pro se plaintiffs to jail for violating his court order in an already closed lawsuit.

A Dane County judge will hear arguments Sept. 8 whether to again find a pair of litigious Madison residents in contempt for disobeying his order.

Another day, another judge who criticizes and sanctions Rodney Rigsby for his litigious nature.

Two attorneys have asked a Dane County judge to make good on his threat of jail time for two litigants who continue to pursue a case the judge declared over.

A Madison entertainer who has made a name for herself by repeatedly filing frivolous lawsuits has filed her second suit this month associated with a car crash.

A Massachusetts steelworker pleaded guilty Thursday in the death of his former girlfriend, whom authorities found shot in the head in her southern Wisconsin home.

A frequent University of Wisconsin System protester's antics clearly crossed the line into harassment but an injunction banning him from UW property or contacting UW personnel is too vague and must be rewritten, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

A Dane County judge has permanently enjoined two Madison artists from filing any lawsuits against defendants and attorneys who were the subject of up to seven lawsuits that repeatedly have been thrown out as frivolous.

Attorneys who have been targeted by two Madison artists who made a reputation for themselves by filing frivolous claims against attorneys want a judge to put a stop to things, with jail time if necessary.

In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.

Arguing that the law penalizes those who exercise their constitutional right of association, Madison lawyer Lester Pines argued Monday that Wisconsin’s Supreme Court should strike down the state’s controversial collective bargaining legislation.

A Dane County judge on Wednesday dismissed a law enforcement union lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 2011 collective bargaining law.

A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors.

A police union's lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's polarizing collective bargaining law will go forward, following a ruling Friday by a Madison judge who refused the state's request to delay proceedings until appeals in another case were settled.

A Madison judge improperly issued a restraining order against a former legislator's son, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

Treatment court judges serve as both enforcers of the law and collaborators with defendants; a unique dichotomy that can test ethical boundaries.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Talk about your legal technicalities. Three state doctors are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to the state Justice Department’s headquarters in Madison. The doctors contend state law says such notices must be mailed to the attorney general’s state Capitol office and nowhere else. There’s ...