Court to decide when loss of property value should result in government compensation
Wisconsin residents who see their property lose value following government action may soon have better chances of getting compensation.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys join firms; DOJ’s Karofsky earns award
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek's Gina Carter has received YWCA Madison’s 2016 Women of Distinction Leadership Award.
Who’s Doing What: Quarles’ mentoring program honored; Ogletree Deakins joins LGBT Chamber
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has joined the LGBT Chamber as its newest Gold Founding Member.
Who’s Doing What: Michael Best’s Smith earns Marquette alumni award; Hupy moves in Madison
Billie Jean Smith, a partner in the Michael Best & Friedrich Intellectual Property Practice Group, will be honored with the Opus College of Engineering Service Award at the upcoming Marquette University Alumni National Awards Weekend.
Who’s Doing What: New hires; Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek joins LGBT Chamber
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce recently announced that Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. has joined the Chamber as its newest Gold Founding Member.
What it takes to make partner
Making sure you’re on track to become partner is somewhat a matter of putting yourself on that path.
Who’s Doing What: Habush gives back; attorneys on the move
Kerkman & Dunn, also known as Kerkman Dunn Sweet DeMarb, Madison, announced it will be splitting its two offices in Milwaukee and Madison into standalone law firms effective Oct. 20.
Madison contractor questions legal fees
A construction contractor and the city of Middleton together scored a victory in court over the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, but that result cost the company about three times as much.
Eminent domain stressed in driveway dispute
A Kenosha landowner is urging the state Supreme Court to reject the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s attempt to avoid paying damages after removing a driveway.
Who’s Doing What: Dennehy named to review board; attorneys catch on with firms
Daniel Dennehy of von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee, was nominated by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele to become a member of the five-person Milwaukee County Personnel Review Board.
Appeals court: Disorderly conduct charge means no conceal-carry permit
A Wisconsin resident is not entitled to a conceal-carry permit because his conviction for disorderly conduct is considered a crime of domestic violence, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
2013’s largest settlements
The six largest settlements reported to Wisconsin Law Journal in 2013.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- 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
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