Various judges, lawyers and lawmakers are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify its rules for briefs filed in appeals involving more than two parties.
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Budget panel rejects elimination of Judicial Council
For the second time in a row, a powerful budget-writing panel has struck from the biennial budget Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate a body that updates the state’s rules of procedure.
Read More »Lawmakers to decide whether to can Judicial Council
A powerful panel of state lawmakers will be voting Monday on whether to advance a proposal to eliminate an independent body that proposes changes and revisions to the state’s rules of procedure.
Read More »Judicial Council files proposal to update class-action statute
A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers have filed a proposal to revise the state’s class-action statute so that they mirror federal rules.
Read More »Change to state class-action rule on way to Supreme Court
A proposal to update Wisconsin’s rules for class-action lawsuits will soon be filed with the state Supreme Court.
Read More »Winners and losers in Walker’s proposed budget
Gov. Scott Walker last week revealed his proposals for the 2017-2019 budget, which calls for more money for drug courts and pay progression for certain government lawyers while proposing eliminating certain review and advisory boards.
Read More »Walker targets Judicial Council — again
The Judicial Council is again in Gov. Scott Walker’s crosshairs.
Read More »Changes could be coming to state class actions
A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal that would have the state’s class-action procedures revised to mirror federal rules.
Read More »Attorneys weigh in on proposed repeal of dead man’s statute, changes to rules of evidence
Government and private-practice lawyers are weighing in on petitions calling for the elimination of Wisconsin's dead man's statute and changes to the state's rules of evidence.
Read More »Judicial Council nixes plan to ask for changes in budget
The Judicial Council won’t be asking for any changes in the next biennial budget after all.
Read More »Judicial Council to meet Friday
An independent body of judges and other practitioners that suggests rules changes to the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet Friday.
Read More »Proposal to lay dead man’s statute to rest
Wisconsin’s Judicial Council is asking the Supreme Court to put the final nail in the coffin of the state’s dead man’s statute.
Read More »High court to hold hearings on dead man’s statute, changes to rules of evidence
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is preparing to take up long-sought changes to the state's so-called dead man's statutes, which prevent from witnesses from testifying in civil cases about communications they had with a person who has since died.
Read More »Council may propose criminal procedure changes
More than 20 years in the making, a proposal to overhaul the state's rules of criminal procedure still could not make it through the state Legislature this year.
Read More »New IT system leading to pay problems for DOJ, Judicial Council
Some state agencies, including the Judicial Council and the Wisconsin Department of Justice, continue to face problems with the state’s new IT system.
Read More »Committee to vet candidates to lead Judicial Council
The Wisconsin Judicial Council is starting the process to select new leadership.
Read More »Judicial Council still ‘fuzzy on the funding’
Although the Joint Finance Committee has deleted Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate the Judicial Council from the budget bill, its members are still concerned about how the council will be financed.
Read More »Republicans say they won’t touch judicial panels (UPDATE)
The Joint Finance Committee has approved a motion to delete Gov. Scott Walker's budget recommendation to eliminate the Judicial Council.
Read More »Debate over Walker’s budget to begin with judicial issues (UPDATE)
The first votes to be taken Wednesday on Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal include whether to give the state Supreme Court authority over an independent commission that investigates judges, eliminate a panel that provides research on judicial issues and further cut the already greatly diminished secretary of state's office.
Read More »Walker proposes eliminating Judicial Council (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker wants to eliminate the 64-year-old Judicial Council, according to budget documents released Tuesday.
Read More »Litigators to battle for Judicial Council spot
A shareholder at von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee, is challenging the chairman of the Wisconsin Judicial Council for his spot on the 21-member body.
Read More »7th Circuit considers allowing arguments via video
Officials with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are considering allowing some oral arguments to be done by video.
Read More »Judicial Council taking on prisoner litigation statutes
A Wisconsin Judicial Council committee is working on a proposal to tweak and reorganize state statutes for some prisoner litigation.
Read More »Judicial Council considering next push for criminal code rewrite
The Wisconsin Judicial Council will discuss a proposed rewriting of the state’s criminal code during its meeting Friday.
Read More »Cold shoulder at the Capitol
April Southwick is staring down the possibility of unemployment with the eyes of someone who’s seen a lot worse.
Read More »Budget panel votes to eliminate judicial position, office (UPDATE)
The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to eliminate the only staff position that coordinates activity of the Judicial Council.
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