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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.

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.

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.

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.

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, arguing on behalf of a group called the Brown County Taxpayers Alliance, contended the state Legislature has required counties to ...

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

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.

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 largely sat abandoned on Milwaukee’s northwest side since being closed in 2003. For years, a Chinese investment group called U.S. ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.