Licensing Board/DSPS Complaints – What Do I Do?
You just received a notice from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (“DSPS”) that a complaint has been filed against you. Now what?
Notice of Claim Statute – Affirmative Defense or Jurisdictional Prerequisite?
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently clarified that noncompliance with the notice of claim statute is an affirmative defense and not a jurisdictional prerequisite to filing suit.
Prisoner Litigation Reform Act’s Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Requirement: Inapplicable if Grievance Process Unavailable or Prisoner Uninformed
Failing to exhaust one’s administrative remedies is a prevalent affirmative defense in prisoner civil rights litigation.