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Petitioners Ask WI Supreme Court To Accept Mask Mandate Case

Plaintiffs in the case challenging Tony Evers’s second state of emergency have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to step in after a trial court judge…

Everything You Need To Know About Wisconsin Tavern League v. Palm (Updated 11/25/2020)

Why This Case Matters Under Wisconsin law, to issue an order of general application with force of law, agencies must go through rulemaking—and in times…

Parties Brief Supreme Court On Why It Should Accept WI Absentee Voting Case

The Supreme Court hears only about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases appealed to it each year. Even before getting before the Supreme Court,…

Judge Denies Temporary Injunction in Mask Mandate Case

Under Wisconsin law, the Governor can call a state of emergency for up to 60 days. Governor Evers first issued a state of emergency due…

7th Circuit Reverses Decision in Absentee Ballot Deadline Case

After initially denying an appeal from the Wisconsin Legislature challenging a trial court order extending the deadline for absentee ballots, the 7th Circuit reversed its…

WI Supreme Court Clears Way for Legislative Intervention

On October 6, the Wisconsin Supreme Court officially cleared the way for legislative intervention under Wis. Stat. § 803.09(2m) in Democratic National Committee v. Bostelmann….

Judge Extends Injunction in WMC Lawsuit to Protect Name of Businesses with COVID-19 Positive Employees from Being Publicly Released.

On October 7th, a Waukesha County Judge extended an injunction that prevented the Wisconsin DHS from publicly releasing names of businesses that have had COVID-19…

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s October Oral Arguments

The Wisconsin Supreme Court kicked off oral arguments in October with two cases of particular importance to the regulated community: Anderson v. Town of Newbold…

Updates on the Case Challenging Wisconsin’s Mask Mandate

A Wisconsin trial judge heard oral arguments Monday on a case challenging Wisconsin Governor Tony Ever’s authority to extend a state of emergency past the…

Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments For Two Important Voting Cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court concluded the month September with oral arguments in two potentially important election cases: Timothy Zignego v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (19AP2397) and…

Wisconsin Supreme Court Announces October Oral Arguments Schedule

Thursday, October 1 will kick off October’s oral arguments before the Wisconsin Supreme Court with more scheduled for October 5th and 26th. Of the six…

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Legislature Lawsuit Against AG Kaul

Over a year after the Wisconsin Legislature first filed an original action against Wisconsin Attorney General Kaul for violating 2017 Wis. Act 369, the Wisconsin…