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Beloit to pay $270,000 to settle asbestos lawsuit
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — The city of Beloit has agreed to pay $270,000 to settle allegations that it sold a building with asbestos issues. City Manager Larry Arft said the city council voted 6-0 this week to approve the settlement. Dan Langone sued the city in 2009 claiming that the city failed to address asbestos […]
Court approves credit card steering settlement
By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between the Justice Department and MasterCard and Visa that requires the card processing networks to allow retailers to offer discounts or rebates to customers for using a particular kind of card. American Express Co. has refused […]
Former VA official faces discrimination suits (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs was sued in federal court Wednesday over allegations that he discriminated against white employees. The three lawsuits accuse Kenneth Black, who is African-American, of denying a promotion to one white worker, firing a second and retaliating against a third. The workers […]
Driller ordered to pay fines for well work
The state’s Attorney General office on Monday obtained a stipulated judgment resolving a Dane County civil action filed against Steven M. Beck and Absolute Well & Pump Service LLC, Eagle. The civil complaint filed against the defendants in December alleged that Beck and his company violated state law by failing to submit 276 required well […]
Government to pay Xcel $100M to settle lawsuit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xcel Energy says it has reached a $100 million settlement with the federal government over costs the company incurred because the Department of Energy failed to remove used nuclear fuel by a 1998 deadline. The company says Friday that the government will pay for used fuel storage costs at Prairie Island and […]
Second federal lawsuit filed over collective bargaining law (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two unions representing about 2,700 public workers in Madison and Dane County have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law restricting collective bargaining rights. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, is the second federal challenge to the law that was […]
Plaintiff wins verdict over contaminated Heparin; Illinois jury awards $625,000
An Illinois jury has awarded $625,000 to the estate of a man who died after being given a contaminated form of the blood thinner Heparin during dialysis.
Fees building in DA’s open records suit
Failure to immediately comply with an open records request could cost the Dane County District Attorney’s office thousands of dollars in legal fees. A Michigan education group is suing district attorney Ismael Ozanne to recoup upward of $5,000 in legal costs it incurred while pursuing an open records request tied to Wisconsin’s new collective bargaining […]
Teachers challenge governor’s regulatory changes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Teachers and parents have filed a lawsuit challenging a law that hands the governor more power in state agencies’ rule-making process. Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a measure in May that gives him the power to approve agency rules before they can take effect. The lawsuit alleges the law tramples the […]
Nygren lawsuit could upend election preparations
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — County clerks in northeastern Wisconsin have begun preparing ballots for a recall election in three weeks, fully aware that an impending court ruling involving the state senate race could turn all their plans upside-down. Clerks in Brown, Marinette, Oconto and Shawano counties are getting ready for a […]
State settles lawsuit over Shorewood Hills project
A Shorewood Hills man has agreed to pay a $13,000 fine and restore the lakeshore behind his home on Lake Mendota under the terms of a civil environmental settlement announced Tuesday by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute William Haus, Madison-based Bauer […]
Radtke Contractors faces state fine for lake work (UPDATE)
By Adam Wise A Winneconne contractor must pay $60,000 as part of a settlement with the state for illegal grading and construction of a seawall and riprap in Lake Butte des Morts, according to the Wisconsin attorney general‘s office. Radtke Contractors Inc. also must remove rock riprap in some places and deconstruct portions of an […]
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