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High court to review limit of driver record protections
The Supreme Court has stepped into a dispute over whether lawyers can obtain personal information from driver license records to recruit clients for lawsuits, despite a federal privacy law intended to shield motor vehicle records.
Scalia opines on canons of interpretation
In the most anticipated decision of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term, the fate of the American health care system hinged on the meaning of a single word: “penalty.”
$52 million patent verdict overturned, appeal planned
A $52 million federal jury verdict -- the largest patent infringement award in the history of the Western District – has been overturned.
Appeals court: Judges can prohibit DA’s hidden gun
A state appeals court says Winnebago County's judges can bar prosecutors from carrying concealed weapons in courtrooms.
Wisconsin justices weigh in on lawyers paying non-lawyer colleagues
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held recently that a law firm could pay a paralegal a percentage of the gross proceeds from cases on which the paralegal worked.
State justices to consider Innocence Project appeal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this fall in an Innocence Project appeal, State v. Brian K. Avery, to consider whether new photogrammetry and video enhancement evidence can be presented to a Wisconsin court more than 16 years after trial.
Domestic partners case sent back to appeals court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to take up a case challenging Wisconsin's domestic partnership law until an appeals court has heard the case.
Van Hollen to ask for stay in union ruling Tuesday
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will ask a judge Tuesday to put his decision reinstating collective bargaining rights for school and local government workers.
Food labels spark class-action suits
The increase in class-action litigation challenging labels on certain food products has consumer litigation attorneys taking notice, and laying at least part of the blame on federal regulators.
Judge strikes down law limiting union rights (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.
7th Circuit: Disabled employees entitled to reassignment
United Airline workers who lose their jobs due to disability are entitled reassignment to vacant positions for which they are qualified, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Justice Thomas: Americans still arguing over government limits
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the same arguments the Founding Fathers fought over during the creation of the United States are still raging today.
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