The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday held that personal injury lawyers need not pay certain statutory fees in order to obtain client medical records if the lawyers have written authorization from the client.

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Milwaukee County prosecutor Christopher Dee has been appointed to the county’s bench, Gov. Scott Walker’s office announced Monday.

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In a recent Court of Appeals’ case, domestic violence clashed with the open records law.

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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Karen Christensen, who has been on the bench since 1998, is stepping down, according to a news release from Gov. Scott Walker’s office.

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A case that began as a landlord-tenant dispute has erupted into a 12-year battle in the Milwaukee courts system with allegations of aggressive prosecution and evading a debt by any means necessary.

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