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Panel: Time to move on discipline for Prosser
The Wisconsin Judicial Commission has asked the state Supreme Court to move ahead on discipline proceedings against Justice David Prosser.
Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.
Court upholds lemon law verdict (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court has upheld a $482,000 lemon law judgment against Mercedes-Benz USA LLC.
Posthumously conceived kids not entitled to benefits, rules US high court
The Social Security Administration reasonably interpreted federal law in determining that only children supported by a deceased wage earner in his or her lifetime are entitled to Social Security benefits, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Party can’t recover cost of translating documents, rules US Supreme Court
A defendant that prevailed in a personal injury case filed in federal court could not recover its costs for translating documents from Japanese to English, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.
High court: Parent’s years of residency not imputed to alien child
The Board of Immigration Appeals’ determination that a parent’s years of residency are not imputed to a child is a permissible construction of federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Madison lawyer who won landmark US high court case disbarred
A Madison attorney who argued a landmark sentencing guideline case before the U.S. Supreme Court had his Wisconsin law license revoked Wednesday.
THE DARK SIDE: Don’t let your clients sign land contracts
It is safe to say there is very little about which an old-school conservative like me and an advocate for majoritarian tyranny, such as Roscoe Pound, could agree.
Lawyers await Padilla retroactivity ruling
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that the Sixth Amendment requires criminal defense attorneys to warn noncitizen clients if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation, the justices are poised to decide just how far back that constitutional protection extends.
State Supreme Court suspends Eau Claire attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday suspended the law license of Eau Claire attorney Anne Brown for two years.
High court will take up wiretaps lawsuit
The Supreme Court says it will consider shutting down a legal challenge to a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas communications.
State Supreme Court accepts two new cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed next term to take up cases dealing with sufficiency of evidence and parental rights.
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