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Kohl’s, Calif. prosecutors reach nearly $1M settlement
Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's has reached a nearly $1 million settlement with prosecutors in four California counties who alleged some of the Wisconsin-based company's department stores charged customers more than the price advertised on shelves and signs.
Read More »Homebuilder reaches $1.6M settlement over Westlawn wage violations
A New Berlin homebuilder has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution and damages to settle charges that his company violated federal prevailing wage laws while working on the Westlawn Gardens public-housing project on Milwaukee’s northwest side.
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Read More »Northwestern Mutual settles lawsuit for $84 million
Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. will pay $84 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over changes it made to annuities.
Read More »Xcel Energy, railroads settle Ashland contamination lawsuit
Xcel Energy and two railroads have settled a lawsuit over contamination at the lakefront in Ashland.
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Read More »Medical college settles overbilling case with feds
Prosecutors say the Medical College of Wisconsin has agreed to pay $840,000 to settle allegations the institution overbilled federal health care programs.
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Read More »Wisconsin reaches proposed settlement with T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA Inc. has agreed to pay at least $90 million to resolve allegations that the company placed unauthorized charges for third-party services on consumers’ mobile phone bills, a practice known as “cramming.” Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s office announced ...
Read More »State to get part of $38M settlement from nursing home chain (UPDATE)
A nursing home chain has agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for substandard care at nearly three dozen facilities around the country, the Justice Department announced Friday.
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Read More »2 companies settle with state in scam lawsuit
Two out-of-state companies have agreed to pay $50,000 to consumers and Wisconsin after the state sued them for scamming people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and airline tickets.
Read More »Former Menards attorney reaches discrimination settlement with co.
Court records and attorneys say the Menards home improvement company has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former executive.
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Read More »State receives $200,000 in drug settlement
Wisconsin will receive $200,000 for its Medicaid program from the settlement of a multi-state lawsuit accusing a pharmaceutical company of improperly marketing a drug.
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Read More »Judge signs off on deal ending donation cap
A federal judge has signed off on an agreement that will result in the state of Wisconsin no longer enforcing a cap on how much people can donate in total to candidates running for office.
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Read More »Distributing settlement not enough to hold law firm accountable for lien
When Watertown Regional Medical Center filed a small claims lawsuit trying to collect on an outstanding hospital lien, the District 4 Court of Appeals court had to decide whether a law firm was just acting as a conduit for payment or as an actual payor when it disbursed a related personal injury settlement.
Tagged with: David Wambach District 4 Court of Appeals Hupy and Abraham personal injury
Read More »State settles Zoo Interchange claims
To resolve claims resulting from the Zoo Interchange project, the state of Wisconsin has agreed to spend $13.5 million in the next four years to expand public transportation.
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Read More »State to pay $562K after suicide at Mendota (UPDATE)
The state will pay more than half a million dollars to the estate of a man who committed suicide four years ago at Mendota Mental Health Institute, settling a lawsuit that accused hospital staffers of being negligent in his care.
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Read More »Wisconsin legislator settles open records lawsuit (UPDATE)
A legislator has agreed to turn over additional records from an American Legislative Exchange Conference she attended to settle a lawsuit.
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Read More »Parties reach $54M settlement in Fox River cleanup
Four companies, a municipality and a sewerage commission have agreed to pay $54 million toward claims brought in a federal lawsuit regarding the pollution and cleanup of the lower Fox River in Green Bay.
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Read More »Wis. residents eligible for part of $310M computer memory settlement
Consumers can file claims to recover money due to a preliminary approval of multi-state settlements worth $310 million with the major manufacturers of Dynamic Random Access Memory computer chips, which allegedly conspired to fix prices.
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Read More »EEOC: Time Warner to pay $130K to settle suit in Wis.
Time Warner Cable Inc. has agreed to pay $130,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a fired worker in Wisconsin.
Read More »2013’s largest settlements
The six largest settlements reported to Wisconsin Law Journal in 2013.
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Read More »2013’s largest verdicts
The six largest verdicts reported to Wisconsin Law Journal in 2013.
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Read More »Council approves Milwaukee City Hall facade settlement
A settlement proposal that would end Milwaukee’s litigation over its crumbling City Hall facade is awaiting the mayor’s signature.
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Read More »Drug wholesaler pays state $14M in fraud settlement
A drug wholesaler has agreed to pay Wisconsin nearly $14 million to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud.
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Read More »Settlement reached in upside down flag case
A Wisconsin man who flew a flag upside down to protest the denial of his liquor license application has reached a settlement with the city of Crivitz.
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Read More »Judge approves settlement with Wis. manufacturer
A federal judge has approved a $4.6 million settlement of an environmental lawsuit against a Madison manufacturer by a group of its neighbors.
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Read More »Wis. to get 35K from Kmart prescription settlement
Wisconsin is set to receive part of a multimillion dollar settlement Kmart Corp. is going to pay regarding false claims and statements made regarding the partial filling of prescriptions.
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Read More »Wis. to get 450K from Affinion settlement
A Connecticut-based company that charged customers for services without their authorization is settling with 47 states and the District of Columbia for more than $30 million.
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Read More »Dane County jury awards couple more than $1.7 million
After the defendant rejected the plaintiffs’ settlement offers, a Dane County jury awarded more than $1.7 million to a couple injured in a single-vehicle accident.
Tagged with: Dane County Circuit Court Ellen Berz Motor Vehicles Murphy & Prachthauser settlement
Read More »Legal Aid Society, state reach settlement with auto title loan co.
The state of Wisconsin and the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc. have reached a multimillion dollar preliminary settlement with an auto title loan company.
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Read More »DOJ settles fraud case with Mich.-based company
A Lansing, Mich.-based company that allegedly tried to defraud thousands of corporations settled for $340,000 Wednesday in a case brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
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