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Jun 21, 2012

Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases (UPDATE)

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people who committed crack cocaine crimes before more lenient penalties took effect and received their prison sentence afterward should benefit from the new rules.

Jun 20, 2012

US Supreme Court fractures on expert testimony issue

The Confrontation Clause does not bar an expert from testifying at a criminal trial that a DNA profile produced by an outside laboratory matched the defendant’s state lab DNA profile, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a fractured opinion.

Jun 18, 2012

US high court sides with state in DNA case

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a rape conviction over objections that the defendant did not have the chance to question the reliability of the DNA evidence that helped convict him.

Jun 18, 2012

Winnebago County DA wants his gun in courthouse (UPDATE)

The Winnebago County district attorney plans to file a petition with the state Supreme Court on Monday asking that he be allowed to carry his gun in the county courthouse.

Jun 15, 2012

Wal-Mart equal pay claims approach 2,000

Nearly 2,000 women have filed individual employment discrimination claims against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last June rejecting their equal pay and failure-to-promote class action, plaintiffs’ lawyers say.

Jun 15, 2012

Former DA Kratz pleads no contest to ethics violations (UPDATE)

A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment has agreed to plead no contest to a half-dozen ethics violations.

Jun 15, 2012

Man convicted in Green Bay murder denied appeal

The state Supreme Court has declined to review an appeal by a man convicted in the grisly 1992 killing of a Green Bay paper mill worker.

Jun 14, 2012

Lawyers, lawmakers ponder limits of Supreme Court’s GPS tracking ruling

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the police’s use of GPS tracking devices on suspects’ cars constitutes a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, law enforcement officials, defense lawyers and lawmakers are trying to define the limits of the ruling.

Jun 13, 2012

Qualified immunity decision leaves retaliatory arrest issue unsettled

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to clearly answer the question of whether plaintiffs can bring First Amendment-based retaliatory arrest claims despite the existence of probable cause.

Jun 13, 2012

Verdict proves lesson on risk from ‘accidental clients’

A hefty $34.5 million legal malpractice verdict against Massachusetts law firm Holland & Knight is a wake-up call to lawyers about the pitfalls of creating an “accidental client” relationship.

Jun 12, 2012

US Justices: Federal workers’ constitutional claims barred

The Merit Systems Protection Board provides the exclusive avenue of judicial review for federal employees’ adverse employment action challenges, even when those employees argue that a federal statute is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

Jun 12, 2012

Supreme Court’s Double Jeopardy ruling draws mixed reaction

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that an informal jury poll did not rise to the level of an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes didn’t just draw mixed reactions from the justices themselves.

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