TMJ centers settle false claims case for $1M
A company doing business as TMJ & Orofacial Pain Treatment Centers of Wisconsin will pay $1 million to resolve allegations that the centers submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE, a health-care provider for service members and their families.
Lawmakers OK state’s 1st settlement under lame-duck laws (UPDATE)
Republicans who control the Legislature's budget committee signed off Thursday on the state's first settlement under laws that granted them oversight of Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's legal negotiations.
$100K settlement reached in car-crash case
A $100,000 settlement was reached in a car-crash case in Dane County on Jan. 28, 2019.
$65K settlement reached in slip-and-fall case
A $65,000 settlement was reached in a slip-and-fall case in La Crosse County in March.
$250K settlement reached in auto-injury case
The parties in auto-injury case in Milwaukee County agreed to a $250,000 settlement in May.
Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes
An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday.
Milwaukee pays nearly $7M to settle jail-death lawsuit
Milwaukee County paid nearly $7 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a man whose dehydration death in jail was described by his attorneys as torture.
Settlement reached in Hudson parade accident
A Hudson family injured during a 2013 parade accident has settled a lawsuit against the Shriners.
Milwaukee hospital to pay $360K for improper waste disposal
Wisconsin's attorney general says a Milwaukee hospital will pay $360,000 to settle a lawsuit for improperly disposing of pharmaceutical hazardous waste from 2013 to 2016.
UW-Oshkosh, foundation reach $4.6 million settlement
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and its private foundation have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement as part of a bankruptcy case related to five building projects.
Settlement requires ‘anti-hate training’ for internet troll
An internet troll who harassed a black college student with racist messages on social media has agreed to a court settlement requiring him to get "anti-hate training," apologize in writing and on video and publicly renounce white supremacy.
Wisconsin strip club reaches $400K settlement with dancers
A Wisconsin strip club has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle dancers' claims that they were paid essentially nothing for their performances.
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property