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Your comprehensive archive of all news stories added to WisBar.org. You’ll find stories featured on the WisBar.org homepage, in the Wisconsin Lawyer magazine, the WisBar InsideTrack, the Rotunda Report, and on individual pages of WisBar.org.

  • Police stop for missing license plate upheld, drug charge sticks

    Police stop for missing license plate upheld, drug charge sticks

    Feb. 3, 2012 – Drivers from other states that issue two license plates must display two license plates when they drive in Wisconsin, a Wisconsin appeals court recently clarified.
  • Supreme court decides issues on presiding judges and family member jurors

    Supreme court decides issues on presiding judges and family member jurors

    Feb. 2, 2012 – A defendant who used a peremptory strike during jury selection to remove the circuit court judge's daughter-in-law from the jury pool won't get a new trial, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently concluded.
  • Legal Association for Women Newsletter: February 2012

    Newsletter of the Legal Association for Women, for February 2012.
  • State Bar elections: Candidates make video pitch for president-elect seat

    State Bar elections: Candidates make video pitch for president-elect seat

    Feb. 1, 2012 – Candidates for State Bar president-elect recently appeared by video to explain what they hope to accomplish in the organization's top leadership post. The latest edition of WisBar InsideTrack includes the videos and other information about the candidates.
  • Corporate directors did not violate Wisconsin law in merger deal

    Corporate directors did not violate Wisconsin law in merger deal

    Jan. 30, 2012 – A shareholder who claimed that seven corporate directors violated both federal and state law by failing to disclose material facts to investors before selling the corporation won’t get any damages, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled.
  • Guilty plea prevents further investigation in 1988 statutory rape case 

    Guilty plea prevents further investigation in 1988 statutory rape case 

    Jan. 27, 2012 – A defendant who pled guilty to multiple counts of statutory rape nearly 25 years ago waived an argument that police destroyed rape kits in bad faith, a state appeals court recently concluded.
  • Forgiveness of debt in contemplation of death not valid, appeals court concludes

    Forgiveness of debt in contemplation of death not valid, appeals court concludes

    Jan. 26, 2012 – A dying man's wish to forgive several debts cannot be granted, a state appeals court has ruled.
  • Truant teens win appeals challenge to sanctions under municipal truancy law

    Truant teens win appeals challenge to sanctions under municipal truancy law

    Jan. 25, 2012 – A state appeals court recently clarified the proper procedure for sanctioning juveniles who violate conditions imposed for skipping school, reversing the sanctions imposed against two teenagers who played hooky repeatedly in Appleton.
  • State appeals court reverses $1.5 million award in asbestos case

    State appeals court reverses $1.5 million award in asbestos case

    Jan. 24, 2012 – In a recent decision, a Wisconsin appeals court reversed a $1.5 million damages award against a brake-shoe supplier whose product contained asbestos, concluding the evidence was insufficient to prove causation.
  • Appeals court upholds $1.2 million verdict under Federal Employers' Liability Act

    Appeals court upholds $1.2 million verdict under Federal Employers' Liability Act

    Jan. 23, 2012 – A railroad carrier employee, injured while dodging a drunk driving trespasser in the employers' railyard, recently secured his $1.2 million jury verdict in state appeals court by fending off a claim that a third party's criminal act was not foreseeable by the railroad carrier.

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