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BENCH BLOG: Choice of wrong legal route wastes opportunity in adoption case
The attorney for a same-sex couple recently tried unsuccessfully to use an adoption action to challenge the constitutionality of statutes related to artificial insemination and to the presumption of paternity stemming from marriage.
BENCH BLOG: Decision should guide cases involving Internet advertising
Internet advertising is commonplace. But what happens when the sale of advertised goods goes awry and an out-of-state advertiser is sued in Wisconsin?
BENCH BLOG: Justices, judges assemble their wish lists
The Bench Blog’s Santa asked Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges what they want in their appellate Christmas stockings.
Former Oostburg treasurer loses theft appeal
The former treasurer and clerk who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the village of Oostburg lost his appeal Wednesday.
Appeals court won’t let man who threatened judge withdraw pleas
A Kenosha man with a history of mental health issues will not be allowed to withdraw his pleas for sexual assault of a child and threatening a judge, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Court: Legislator must turn over email records
A Democratic state senator must release the names and email addresses of people who sent him messages during the bitter debate over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's union restrictions to a conservative think tank, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Court rules on explosion settlement
An insurer is exempt from paying court costs and settlements connected to lawsuits filed after a contractor ruptured a gas line and caused an April 2008 explosion in Oconomowoc, the Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Court of Appeals weighs in on collective bargaining
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.
Unwrapping Wisconsin’s difficult land-use code
The Court of Appeals has peeled a layer off Wisconsin’s thick and smelly land-use onion.
Dorow named Branch 2 Judge in Waukesha
Waukesha attorney Jennifer Dorow is the new Branch 2 Judge in the Waukesha County Circuit Court.
State seeks applicants for circuit court openings
Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants for two circuit court openings in Wisconsin.
Walker appoints Gundrum to appeals court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker appointed a Waukesha County judge Friday to serve on the state appeals court. Judge Mark Gundrum was appointed to District 2, which is based in Waukesha. Before he was elected to the Waukesha County Circuit Court in April 2010, Gundrum served in the state Assembly representing the 84th […]
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