After a “wholistic” reading of the statutory text about an alternative fuel tax credit, the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a Wisconsin-based fuel producer may not receive tax refunds for its gasoline-butane fuel mixture. The court released its decision in U.S. Venture, Inc. v. United States of America on Tuesday. The lawsuit was over the scope of a statutory credit taken against excise ...

The U.S. Senate has taken the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to serve as a federal judge despite the objections of one of his home-state senators.

Although President Donald Trump recently announced that he had chosen a Milwaukee lawyer to fill a long-vacant federal judgeship designated for a judge from Wisconsin, the nominee still needs to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Mark Bartels has one regret about his firm changing names from Stellpflug Law to One Law Group. “I think we should have done it sooner,” said Bartels, president of the 10-attorney firm, which has offices in De Pere and Appleton.

When it comes to law-office technology, there are the must-haves, the don’t-needs and the wish lists.

Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday that a committee charged with finding a successor to Justice David Prosser on the state's high court has narrowed the list down to three finalists.

A business lobbyist with the Hamilton Consulting Group LLC, Madison, will be the new attorney general’s deputy, according to a news release from J.B. Van Hollen’s office.

Gov. Scott Walker will decide between four former Wisconsin circuit court judges to fill an opening spot on the Government Accountability Board.

Clients can deal with legal questions on their schedules, from their homes or businesses. Attorneys save a lot of money in bypassing the bricks-and-mortar office, and they can pass the savings on to clients.

On Friday, Gov. Scott Walker appointed seven members to his new Judicial Selection Advisory Committee.