Author Archives: Nate Beck, nbeck@dailyreporter.com
Nate Beck is the construction staff writer for The Daily Reporter, a sister publication to the Wisconsin Law Journal. He can be reached at (414) 225-1814 (office) or 414-388-5635 (mobile).
April 22, 2022
2:21 pm
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
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March 7, 2022
2:33 pm
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.
Tagged with: Josh Kaul
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February 21, 2022
4:56 pm
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
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February 9, 2022
10:50 am
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
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December 10, 2021
12:00 pm
Jamie Kroening makes sure Godfrey & Kahn lives up to its reputation.
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December 10, 2021
12:00 pm
Carey Provan knows what it takes to pull off a successful project.
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December 10, 2021
12:00 pm
Sandy Jacobson’s mantra is simple: She tries to make things easier for people.
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December 10, 2021
12:00 pm
For more than two decades, Betsy McGuire has kept Godfrey & Kahn up to date on the ever-changing rules governing intellectual property.
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December 10, 2021
12:00 pm
Yelena Goloborodko’s key to success is her optimism.
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November 16, 2021
3:22 pm
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, ...
Tagged with: Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty Wisconsin Supreme Court
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August 26, 2021
2:08 pm
The 100 East high-rise in downtown Milwaukee is in foreclosure after losing an anchor tenant last year.
Tagged with: Michael Best & Friedrich
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April 29, 2021
12:00 pm
For as long as she can remember, Evann Derus has wanted to be a lawyer.
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April 29, 2021
12:00 pm
On its face, sea kayaking doesn’t have much in common with Milwaukee’s start-up scene.
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February 15, 2021
12:23 pm
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
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December 15, 2020
11:12 am
Even in normal situations, Alma Inger’s workload is intense.
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September 16, 2020
11:55 am
Allison Reimann never expected to become a lawyer.
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September 16, 2020
11:55 am
John Sobotik thinks of himself as a generalist.
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September 16, 2020
11:55 am
At first, Justin Webb wanted to become a doctor.
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May 14, 2020
1:01 pm
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
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December 17, 2019
10:21 am
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.
Tagged with: Brian Ganos
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December 5, 2019
12:00 pm
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.
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November 21, 2019
1:58 pm
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is suing a Cedarburg contractor for failing to perform nearly $250,000 worth of remodeling work at his home.
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October 2, 2019
2:33 pm
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
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September 27, 2019
10:36 am
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
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September 18, 2019
5:00 pm
As a “born tinkerer,” Erica Liabo-VanDerPol has always been drawn to new technology.
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September 18, 2019
5:00 pm
Bryan Kroes didn’t take a direct path to a legal career.
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August 20, 2019
2:31 pm
If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom.
Tagged with: fraud
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July 24, 2019
3:04 pm
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
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July 23, 2019
3:20 pm
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
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April 23, 2019
4:04 pm
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.
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