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BENCH BLOG: The importance of jury instruction
When there’s no objection to jury instructions, how can they be faulty enough to warrant reversal?
Attorney, landlord wage 12-year fight
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.
BENCH BLOG: Frustrating decision reflects division at state Supreme Court
In an unusually terse decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reached a startling new conclusion in Shiffra jurisprudence without a unifying analytic rationale.
Justices side with Bostco in Deep Tunnel case
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District must abate a groundwater problem that is damaging a Boston Store, according to a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion.
Attorneys brace for evictions backlog from courthouse closure
Landlords trying to rid themselves of problem tenants might have to get in a long line when Milwaukee County Circuit Court repairs its fire damage and resumes hearing eviction cases.
Charges filed against former Milwaukee County employee (UPDATE)
Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Small Business Development Partners, has been charged with forgery, misconduct in public office, theft by fraud and having a private interest in a public contract.
Grady demonstrates judicial ideals
It’s not about looking the part. It’s about playing the part well.
DiMotto goes out on top
Jean DiMotto has spent her 29-year legal career proving that a colleague was right when saying the Milwaukee judge never lacked for courage.
Commentary: Wisconsin appeals decision on Cannon vs. Habush sure to create nationwide stir
A couple of enterprising Wisconsin lawyers set it up so that a link to their firm’s website would appear whenever a prospective client entered their competitors’ last names in Internet search engines.
Bus driver wins appeal in sexual assault case (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a Milwaukee high school bus driver who argued a lower court failed to consider some evidence and unfairly used testimony in convicting him of sexually assaulting a student.
Carmody guides the next generation
Mentoring young attorneys is not an elective for Megan Carmody. She considers it a job requirement.
Ashley shares lessons learned
Not long after Judge Carl Ashley took the bench, he was at a church festival when a man approached saying the judge had sent him to prison.
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- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
- Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?
- Milwaukee Mayor speaks in D.C. Tuesday at White House water summit
- Chicago man sentenced to prison after being caught with ‘Trump Gun’
- FTC bans non-competes
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Dane County Circuit Court
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