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Court: Wisconsin skirted law when shutting down state
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – Wisconsin’s lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic has been overruled by the state Supreme Court, which has ruled officials didn’t follow the proper steps when implementing it. -
Dem-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate fails to stop TV ads as voters go to polls
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – A Wisconsin judge has declined a request by a liberal-leaning candidate seeking to unseat a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in today's apparently-going-ahead primary election to block political ads she claims falsify her prosecutorial record. -
In Wisconsin legal reform debate, GOP lawmakers split from party while lobbyist firm with corporate clients stumps for trial lawyers
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – As Wisconsin Republicans and their governor push a legal reform agenda that includes a bill that would reform the state’s electronic discovery and class action rules, a lobbying firm seeking to derail it on behalf of the state's trial lawyers may be at odds on this one with other clients it has represented. -
Wis. SC won't go easy on lawyer arrested for helping inmate make shanks, pepper spray
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to reduce the punishment on a lawyer previously arrested for allegedly giving his imprisoned client materials to make pepper spray and shanks. -
Seventh Circuit to address alleged civil rights violations in Wisconsin's controversial John Doe raids
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) –The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is considering the appeal in a Wisconsin civil rights case brought by Cindy Archer, former assistant to Gov. Scott Walker. Walker was the target of two John Doe investigations by Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisolm in 2010 and 2011. -
Wisconsin court dismisses defamation suit naming Megyn Kelly as defendant
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a defamation suit filed by a firefighter naming former Fox News host Megyn Kelly as a defendant. -
Legal wrangling over Wis. DA’s probe into Walker recall campaign continues; nonprofit targeted by investigation files class action against prosecutor
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, one of the targets of Milwaukee County District Attorney Mike Chisholm’s “John Doe” investigation, claims the district attorney, his employees and some state board staffers illegally seized the institute’s digital records during the now-stalled criminal probe that alleged “illegal coordination” of campaign funding by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 29 independent nonprofits. -
Wis. SC says Hormel employees should be compensated for time putting on protective attire
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court in March upheld a decision clarifying the circumstances under which employees can be compensated for time spent donning and doffing under Wisconsin’s minimum wage and overtime laws. -
Walker appoints state Appeals Court judge to Wis. SC
Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Rebecca Bradley, who decided to run for Justice N. Patrick Crooks’ seat on the high court prior to her appointment, will now serve in the deceased justice’s place until his current term ends July 31, 2016. -
Walker looks to fill open seat on Wis. SC
The governor argues there is precedent for appointing someone to fill the seat left behind by Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who died last week. -
Wis. SC Justice Crooks dies -- just days after announcing his planned retirement
Justice N. Patrick Crooks, 77, was found dead in his chambers at the state Capitol in Madison Monday. -
Crooks will not seek re-election to Wis. SC
Justice N. Patrick Crooks’ retirement date coincides with the end of his current term in July 2016. -
Special prosecutor wants Wis. SC to reconsider ruling in ‘John Doe’ case
Francis Schmitz filed a motion to stay the state high court’s decision last week. -
Letter to Editor: Lutz was honest and noble whistleblower
Michael Lutz, a lawyer and highly decorated retired Milwaukee police officer who shot himself July 26 after a quarrel with his ex-wife, deserves to be remembered as a good, honest, even noble man who was traumatized after being wounded in the line of duty. -
Wisconsin whistleblower found dead days after high court vindication in Walker case
The whistleblower who helped changed the course of the Wisconsin’s governor’s race last year, Michael Lutz, was found dead -- 11 days after the state supreme court came to the same conclusion with his allegations of prosecutorial bias. Lutz, 44, was American Media Institute’s confidential source who provided an eyewitness recounting of the political and personal motives behind Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s investigations into Gov. Scott Walker. -
Wis. SC orders prosecutors to drop ‘John Doe’ investigation
Court majority says in ruling that special prosecutor was the 'instigator of a perfect storm of wrongs' in probe of Gov. Scott Walker and his recall campaign -
Kloppenburg seeks Wis. SC seat for a second time
Former assistant attorney general ran against Justice David Prosser in 2011 -
Law professor: Wis. SC justice’s lawsuit over chief justice title doesn’t help already ‘dysfunctional’ court
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Legal Newsline) - Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh understands why Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is fighting an amendment adopted by voters in April that robbed her of the long-held title of chief justice. -
Abrahamson takes fight over Wis. SC chief justice title to Seventh Circuit
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is taking the fight over her long-held title of chief justice to a federal appeals court. -
Federal judge allows new Wis. SC chief justice to serve
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has rejected a request by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson to temporarily block her fellow justices from replacing her as chief justice.