OLR sets hearing for sexting DA
A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment will get a chance to persuade the state not to suspend his law license.
Court denies feds’ appeal in insurance case (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court refused Thursday to allow the federal government to appeal an order barring the Internal Revenue Service from pursuing claims against a special account the state created to protect a struggling insurance company's policyholders.
Lawyers leery of preemptive strike to failure-to-warn claim
The confusing state of the U.S. Supreme Court’s preemption jurisprudence got trickier late last month with a ruling throwing out a state-based failure-to-warn claim on the grounds that federal law occupied the field of locomotive safety.
Lawmakers push justices to adopt formal recusal rules
Despite assurances from Chief Justice John Roberts that such a move was unnecessary and unwise, a group of lawmakers is pushing the Supreme Court to drop its current self-policing policy for recusals and formally adopt the same judicial code of ethics that binds other federal judges.
State Supreme Court considers changes to rules hearing process
In the wake of limiting administrative matters held in public, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering alternatives to how it reviews rules petitions.
View from around the state: Justices wrong to close court meetings
Over the past few years, the state Supreme Court's reputation has been tarnished.
Wis. Supreme Court takes deep tunnel case (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court's decision to hear a deep tunnel lawsuit has placed the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District at risk of spending at least $16 million to resolve the dispute.
Milwaukee attorney denied reinstatement
A Milwaukee attorney failed Thursday at her bid for license reinstatement after 11 years out of practice, but still has to pay almost $8,000 for costs of the proceeding.
West Allis attorney suspended again
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday suspended a chronically disciplined West Allis attorney’s license for one year and ordered $6,000 in reimbursement to the Wisconsin Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection.
State’s high court issues reciprocal discipline to Minn. lawyer
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded and suspended a Minnesota lawyer who failed to notify the court of his disciplinary history.
Gableman removal bill faces long odds despite ethics investigation
Though state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is under investigation, there is little hope for a recent legislative proposal to remove him from the court.
State Supreme Court ends discussions of audit, voluntary bar
The Wisconsin State Bar dodged a budgetary bullet this week when the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted, 4-3, Monday against a potential performance audit of the organization.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies