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![In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.webp)
Oct 15, 2024
In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment
With no additional explanation, the circuit court also granted V1’s request for a special prosecutor.
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![In Brief: Kaul challenges Legislature's intervention in election case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Sep 26, 2024
In Brief: Kaul challenges Legislature's intervention in election case
The Legislature's spending "included almost $2 million dollars in 2020 on involvement in election lawsuits against the Commission alone."
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![In Brief: New briefs filed in SCOW abortion case — First up, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Sep 13, 2024
In Brief: New briefs filed in SCOW abortion case — First up, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul
Is it lawful for physicians to perform an abortion that is not necessary to save the pregnant woman from dying or is doing so a felony?
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![In Brief: State appeals appellate ruling suppressing juvenile's statements](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Aug 29, 2024
In Brief: State appeals appellate ruling suppressing juvenile's statements
"The question is whether these accepted (interview) techniques become coercive if the defendant is under 18."
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![The Roundup from July 23, 2024: state appeals order for new trial in sexual assault case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jul 24, 2024
The Roundup from July 23, 2024: state appeals order for new trial in sexual assault case
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![The Roundup from June 25, 2024: contesting a double jeopardy ruling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 25, 2024
The Roundup from June 25, 2024: contesting a double jeopardy ruling
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
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Jun 25, 2024
The Roundup from June 24, 2024
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
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![In Brief: No guns for domestic violence offenders, even after expunction, appeals court rules](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 4, 2024
In Brief: No guns for domestic violence offenders, even after expunction, appeals court rules
The case:Â Scot Van Oudenhoven v Wisconsin Department of Justice Case no.: 2023AP70-FT "In brief" posts are shorter looks at various court...
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![State DOJ weighs in on state's harassment injunction law: Lesser standard of proof could be appropriate](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Apr 11, 2024
State DOJ weighs in on state's harassment injunction law: Lesser standard of proof could be appropriate
The burden the state must meet to show in civil harassment case that defendant's knew his words or acts could be interpreted as a "true...
Nov 19, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part 2: in this corner, representing the respondents...
All of the respondents in the Rebecca Clarke redistricting lawsuit are named in their official capacities and not necessarily because the...
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