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An appeals court on Thursday found the city of Brookfield improperly sought to compel a developer to pay for a public road through a planned subdivision in a closely-watched land use case.

Tagged with: District II Court of Appeals Husch Blackwell Lisa Neubauer

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Monday that his office has obtained a civil judgment requiring a Shawano wood producer to pay a $75,000 penalty for alleged violations of the state's air-pollution laws.

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A jury last week found a Milwaukee alderman was liable for statements alleged to have caused an affordable-housing operator to default on a loan in a decision that could cost taxpayers $1.4 million.

Tagged with: Bob Bauman City of Milwaukee

The owner of a Sun Prairie electrical contractor was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in prison for failing to pay $622,702 in employment taxes.

Tagged with: Tax

Jamie Kroening makes sure Godfrey & Kahn lives up to its reputation.

Carey Provan knows what it takes to pull off a successful project.

Sandy Jacobson’s mantra is simple: She tries to make things easier for people.

For more than two decades, Betsy McGuire has kept Godfrey & Kahn up to date on the ever-changing rules governing intellectual property.

Yelena Goloborodko’s key to success is her optimism.

A case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday threatens to invalidate a Brown County sales tax used to reduce debt and pay for road work, a new expo center and other projects. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, ...

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The 100 East high-rise in downtown Milwaukee is in foreclosure after losing an anchor tenant last year.

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For as long as she can remember, Evann Derus has wanted to be a lawyer.

On its face, sea kayaking doesn’t have much in common with Milwaukee’s start-up scene.

State officials are weighing how a legal opinion requiring fire sprinklers in apartment buildings could affect how state agencies enforce and adopt new administrative rules.

Tagged with: Brad Schimel fire sprinklers Josh Kaul Tetra Tech v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Even in normal situations, Alma Inger’s workload is intense.

Allison Reimann never expected to become a lawyer.

John Sobotik thinks of himself as a generalist.

At first, Justin Webb wanted to become a doctor.

A judge on Wednesday ordered the owner of the long-dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear the property down, siding with Milwaukee officials who had called for the former shopping center to be razed more than a year ago. The mall has ...

Tagged with: City of Milwaukee Tom Barrett

Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos was sentenced to serve six-and-a-half years in prison on Monday for orchestrating a decade-long scheme that exploited programs used to help minority companies win construction contracts.

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These days, there’s a lot that a spiffy website, a sharp social-media presence and a keen eye for the hot topics of the day can do for your law firm.

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is suing a Cedarburg contractor for failing to perform nearly $250,000 worth of remodeling work at his home.

A bill that would make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline project won approval from a Legislative committee on Wednesday.

Tagged with: ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council

A new bill in the state Legislature would supplement federal tax incentives by offering a state tax break to those that invest in opportunity zones.

Tagged with: Opportunity Zones

As a “born tinkerer,” Erica Liabo-VanDerPol has always been drawn to new technology.

Bryan Kroes didn’t take a direct path to a legal career.

If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom.

Tagged with: fraud

A lawsuit filed this week accuses a Fox Valley construction company of failing to give its employees a full lunch break, effectively "shaving" hours from workers' weekly earnings — a claim the company denies.

Tagged with: wages

The Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused in a 14-count criminal complaint of stealing from his former law partner, his uncle and various clients.

Tagged with: Derzon & Menard office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Menard

Eau Claire is faced with yet another legal challenge from familiar plaintiffs over its use of a development district after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld its right to pay developers cash incentives last summer.