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Madison attorney wants high court to change how bar spends dues — again
A Madison lawyer is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to further rein in the types of lobbying activities the State Bar can pay for using members' yearly dues.
Justices suspend Appleton attorney’s license over unearned fees
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Appleton patent attorney’s license for keeping thousands in unearned fees.
High court suspends Milwaukee lawyer’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Milwaukee attorney’s license for a year and a half.
High court to release decisions in disciplinary cases against 2 attorneys
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release decisions in the disciplinary cases of a Milwaukee attorney and an Appleton patent attorney.
High court: No reciprocal discipline for retired attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has dismissed charges against an attorney who failed to report that he had been disciplined in Maine.
High court reaffirms caveat emptor, finds former tenant not liable for worker’s injuries
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to adopt a new rule that that would hold former tenants or owners of commercial property liable for injuries that occur on their premises.
Dozens urge high court to take up proposal to change judicial recusal rules
A little more than a month after removing the proposal from its agenda, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider taking up a request by 54 retired judges asking the court to consider adopting what they deem an objective standard for judicial recusals. The justices will be meeting in open conference at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the state Capitol’s […]
High court: Jury won’t hear engineer’s lawsuit over failed construction project
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that a Milwaukee structural engineer won't be able to have a jury hear his and his wife's lawsuit against a bank because he had legally signed that right away.
Roggensack to continue as chief justice
Pat Roggensack will continue leading the Wisconsin’s highest court.
High court: Upgrades to transmission lines don’t change pre-1975 easements
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that utility companies need not obtain new utility easements from owners of property adjacent to a transmission line whenever that line is upgraded in order to continue maintaining it.
Supreme Court: Building permits key to having vested property interest
The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined Wednesday to overturn the state’s “bright-line” rule stipulating that developers have no vested interest in a property until they’ve obtained a building permit.
One bad apple in Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. v. Nebraska Cultures of California
The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided in 2016 several fundamental questions concerning liability-insurance coverage.
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