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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.
MillerCoors, Pabst settle lawsuit over brewing contract
MillerCoors and Pabst Brewing Co. settled a lawsuit Wednesday in which the hipster's brand of choice claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst's beers to put that company out of business.
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