Homebuilder gets 2 years probation for wage violations
A federal judge has sentenced a New Berlin homebuilder to two years of probation for failing to ensure that construction workers employed on a Milwaukee housing project received federally mandated prevailing wages.
Feds sue Milwaukee company over Navy contracts
The federal government has filed suit against a military contractor that it claims bilked the Navy out of millions when it was hired to build airplanes.
US high court decision upholds Keller dues ruling
In a few paragraphs in a Monday decision about certain public unions, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially left a precedent untouched that spells out a mandatory bar association’s ability to collect and use dues, experts say.
Spikes seen in wage, hour lawsuits in Wis., nationwide
Federal wage and hour lawsuits have been on the upswing in Wisconsin and nationally for several years, aided in part by increased public awareness, union changes and the ease of which cases are proven.
New law offers more case options
Whistleblower cases are long and difficult, but attorneys may soon bring more of them due to expanded options laid out in a new law that takes effect this month.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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