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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and an attorney for nearly 170 lead-poisoned children allege the paint industry is trying to shift blame to contaminated water.
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Read More »Attorneys: Too soon to think about new legislative elections
Attorneys who won a ruling that Wisconsin's legislative boundaries are unconstitutional say it's too soon to think about a new round of elections.
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Read More »Justices form unlikely alliance while probing attorneys in public-records case
Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court who are typically at odds with one another appeared to team up during an oral-argument session Thursday.
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Read More »Wisconsin redistricting trial wraps up with 2 witnesses
A federal trial to help a judicial panel decide whether Republicans discriminated against Democrats when they redrew state Assembly boundaries five years ago wound down Friday as two political analysts testified the map reflects demographic shifts and doesn't necessarily guarantee GOP victories.
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Read More »Lead-paint case bounces through legal system for a decade
Milwaukee attorney Peter Earle has been trying for nearly a decade to get his client’s lead-paint case in front of a jury. Yet, despite the passage of so much time, his goal remains as elusive as ever.
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Read More »7th Circuit revives lead paint lawsuit (UPDATE)
By overturning a lead paint lawsuit decision, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived eight lead poisoning lawsuits that were on hold pending the ruling.
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Read More »Rep. Vos subpoenaed in Wis. redistricting case
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other officials have been subpoenaed as part of a long-running legal fight over how the state's latest election maps were drawn.
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Read More »Court gives lawmakers last chance to revisit election maps (UPDATE)
Federal judges gave Republican lawmakers a final three-hour window Wednesday to decide whether to modify their newly drawn election maps or stand trial on legal challenges.
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Read More »Proposed liability bill puts lead paint cases at risk
For the past six years, Milwaukee solo attorney Peter Earle has dedicated half of his practice to researching and litigating civil claims against lead paint manufacturers on behalf of children allegedly poisoned by the product.
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