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Wisconsin lawmaker sued over credit card debt
Wisconsin Rep. Kalan Haywood II faces a debt collection lawsuit over alleged credit card debt as younger Americans struggle with delinquencies.
Wisconsin Supreme Court appeal looms in map cases
Challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional maps may head to the state Supreme Court amid disputes over appeal procedures.
Wisconsin lawmakers spend taxpayer funds on legal fees
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers face a lawsuit as they spend taxpayer funds on private attorneys, with rates up to $550 an hour.
Wisconsin GOP seeks dismissal of school funding lawsuit
Wisconsin Republicans seek to dismiss a school funding lawsuit, citing a 2000 Supreme Court ruling as Democrats and voucher schools join the case.
Wisconsin Democrats back school funding lawsuit
Wisconsin Democrats side with school districts suing over funding, as voucher parents seek to intervene in lawsuit over education finance system.
Wisconsin school funding lawsuit nears key deadline
A school funding lawsuit challenging constitutional adequacy nears a key deadline as lawmakers weigh response and districts warn of cuts.
Wisconsin court staffing bill dies in state Senate
A Wisconsin court staffing bill adding prosecutors and public defenders stalled in the Senate, raising concerns over case backlogs and defendants’ rights.
Law Forward sues Wisconsin Legislature over legal fees
Law Forward sued the Wisconsin Legislature over $26M in taxpayer-funded private legal fees since 2017, alleging violations of the state constitution.
Supreme Court weighs control of settlement funds
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in a dispute between the Legislature and Attorney General Josh Kaul over who controls money from multi-state lawsuit settlements.
Supreme Court to hear DOJ settlement funds case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case over whether Attorney General Josh Kaul or the Legislature controls state legal settlement funds.
Evers calls special session to ban gerrymandering
Gov. Tony Evers calls an April special session to pass a constitutional amendment banning partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin redistricting.
Wisconsin bill adds judges, prosecutors to cut backlog
Wisconsin lawmakers advance a bill to add judges, prosecutors and public defenders to reduce criminal case backlogs and address speedy trial concerns.
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- Judge halts tree clearing at Potawatomi State Park
- Former funeral home owner indicted in Medicaid fraud
- Enbridge settles Wisconsin pipeline spill for $275K
- Supreme Court backs end of protections for Haitians, Syrians
- Wisconsin court upholds Menominee tribal immunity
- Milwaukee prenatal care owner to plead in Medicaid fraud
- Oracle sues PSC over Wisconsin data center rules
- Worker files NLRB charges over union dues dispute
- Canadian gets prison in $1.2M mail fraud scheme
- Eau Claire firm to pay $325K in state pollution settlements
- Illinois man sentenced in Marshfield ATM theft scheme
- Wisconsin officials push to destroy 2020 absentee ballots
Case Digests
- Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- Sufficiency of Evidence-Plain Error
- 6th Amendment-Failure to Prosecute
- Relief from Judgment-Attorney Withdrawal
- Statute of Limitations-Bail Jumping
- Marital Property Division-Competency
- Standing-Marsy’s Law
- Good Faith Covenant-Banking Fees
- Voluntary Consent-Totality-of-the-Circumstances Test
- Class Action Fairness Act-Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Policy Exclusions-Commercial Crime Bond
- Negligent Misrepresentation-Tortious Interference
