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2018 Construction Law

Jan 23, 2018

Lawyers: Foxconn lawsuit not your typical eminent-domain dispute

Wisconsin lawyers say a novel eminent-domain argument is being made in a recent lawsuit filed by several landowners in Mount Pleasant who are trying to prevent their property from being taken for projects related to Foxonn’s plans to build a $10 billion factory nearby. But in large part because the contentions they are making are […]

Jan 23, 2018

Bill would curtail deadline for filing lawsuits following projects

In the summer of 2010, a 13 1/2-ton concrete façade panel fell off the O’Donnell Park parking garage in downtown Milwaukee, killing the 15-year-old Jared Kellner and injuring Amy and Eric Wosinski just as they were on their way to the annual Summerfest music festival.

Jan 23, 2018

Justices questioning practice of deferring to agencies’ interpretations of statutes

The Wisconsin Supreme Court looks as though it might choose this term to end its decades-old practice of deferring to state agencies’ interpretations of statues in certain cases, possibly giving businesses and individuals more power in their dealings with those agencies.

Jan 23, 2018

Recent NLRB decisions benefit employers

Over two short days in mid-December, the National Labor Relations Board issued four historic decisions that will make a difference in workplace law for years to come.

Jan 23, 2018

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