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Jul 12, 2023

Community pharmacies see big win against Pharmacy Benefit Manager OptumRX

A Philadelphia lawyer who is representing more than 70 Wisconsin community pharmacies has won a recent case in Marinette County against big pharma manager OptumRx, the nation's third largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM).

Mequon Police shooting
Jul 12, 2023

DOJ says no criminal charges against Mequon Police in shooting that killed 86-year-old man

Wisconsin DOJ officials and Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said no criminal charges for Mequon Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an 86-year-old man.

Florence County Sheriff Teresa Chrisman
Jul 12, 2023

Gov. Evers appoints Teresa Chrisman as Florence County Sheriff

Chrisman has been a sheriff’s deputy in the Florence County Sheriff’s Office since 2001 and for the past two years, has served as chief deputy.

Supreme Court ethics
Jul 12, 2023

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code

The nation’s highest court operates without an ethics code, instead following what Chief Justice John Roberts has referred to as a set of foundational “ethics principles and practices.”

Jul 12, 2023

Trump can be held liable in defamation suit

The Justice Department on Tuesday said that Donald Trump can be held personally liable for remarks he made about a woman who accused him of rape – a reversal of its position that Trump was protected because he was president when he made the remarks.

Jul 12, 2023

How Supreme Court justices help colleges – and themselves

Tens of thousands of pages of emails and other documents that reveal the extent to which public colleges and universities have seen visits by justices as opportunities to generate donations.

Jul 12, 2023

Wisconsin boy killed in sawmill accident was doing work allowed by state law, records suggest

State and federal labor agencies are investigating the accident in northern Wisconsin to determine whether workplace safety or child labor laws were violated.

Milwaukee sales tax
Jul 12, 2023

Milwaukee council approves sales tax hike as part of plan to avoid bankruptcy

The Milwaukee Common Council voted 12-3 on Tuesday to approve the higher sales tax.

Jul 11, 2023

Judge Rejects F.T.C. Delay of $70 Billion Microsoft-Activision Deal

JUDGE: F.T.C. had failed to show it was likely to prove the merger would result in a substantial reduction in competition that would harm consumers.

Jul 11, 2023

Judge refuses hold on his social media order

Biden administration attorneys had asked U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe to stay his own order, which was issued July 4, while they pursue an appeal.

Wisconsin billionaires unemployment
Jul 11, 2023

Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to restrict unemployment

In Wisconsin, the group has pushed bills that would broaden the definition of workplace misconduct to ease unemployment benefit denials as well as empower the Legislature’s budget committee to veto future federal jobless relief.

Jul 11, 2023

Husch Blackwell taps Jamie Lawless as new Chief Executive-elect

Lawless was selected from more than 1,000 applicants and went through a rigorous vetting process, the firm noted in a written statement.

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