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State Supreme Court to decide government immunity dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be weighing in on a case that could clarify when immunity kicks in for contractors working on a government project.
State v. Howes: SCOW’s latest rejection of McNeely
As David Howes lay unconscious and injured in his hospital bed, a Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy took the curious step of reading to him the warnings from the “informing the accused” form, and then asking the form’s ultimate question: “Will you submit to an evidentiary chemical test of your blood?”
Judicial Council files proposal to update class-action statute
A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers have filed a proposal to revise the state’s class-action statute so that they mirror federal rules.
Judicial recusal proposal bumped off agenda
The Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t be discussing Thursday whether to take up a proposal to modify the state’s judicial recusal rules.
State Supreme Court to weigh in on government immunity dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be weighing in on a case that could clarify when immunity kicks in for contractors working on a government project.
View from around the state: Why independence is worth preserving
Political interests keep grasping for judicial control.
View from around the state: Keep court oversight free of bias, conflict
Independent oversight of Wisconsin's judges and court commissioners is at risk in Gov. Scott Walker's proposed new state budget.
Supreme Court won’t give sex offender release hearing
The state Supreme Court says a sex offender doesn't deserve a release hearing because he talks more, has joined a fitness group and talks more with his family.
Change could be coming to judges’ education requirements
The Office of Judicial Education's office for Municipal Court Education is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to make certain changes to the state’s mandatory education requirements for municipal judges.
Republicans shoot down changes to concealed-carry law
Republican lawmakers say Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is firing blanks if he thinks he can convince the Legislature to give him the authority to prohibit guns on his city's buses.
Justices to hear oral arguments in lawyer-discipline, workers’ comp, contracts cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear three cases in March involving appeals in lawyer-discipline and workers’ compensation cases and a certified case involving contracts.
Madison attorney fighting license suspension
A Madison attorney is fighting a recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court should suspend his license two times longer than what lawyer-regulation authorities had requested.
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- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
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- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
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