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Hupy and Abraham attorney Ramzy Halaby has reached a $100,000 settlement for a client hurt in a Dane County car accident.
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Read More »Kohner, Mann & Kailas reaches $15M settlement in 13-year natural gas lawsuit
Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has reached a $15 million settlement in a massive natural-gas antitrust lawsuit, the largest to date in the case's 13 years of litigation.
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Read More »Record settlement is fraction of Google’s revenue (CHART)
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents’ consent.
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Read More »Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305M
The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, attorneys said.
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Read More »UW-Madison settles federal research dispute for $1.5 million
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have decided to settle allegations they overcharged the federal government for research projects for $1.5 million.
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Read More »Parents battle for settlement in son’s death
The parents of a 25-year-old man who died at a mental health facility are disputing over who'll get the money in a $1.4 million settlement with Milwaukee County.
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Read More »Milwaukee seeks to lower $6M stop-and-search settlement
Milwaukee officials are trying to lower the $6 million proposed cost to settle a lawsuit alleging that police officers targeted black and Latino residents for questioning without probable cause.
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Read More »Vote on Milwaukee police lawsuit settlement delayed
Milwaukee officials considering settling a lawsuit accusing the police department of stopping minorities without probable cause say they want to know how much the city will have to pay before they make a decision.
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Read More »View from around the state: Massive settlement underscores need for youth prison reform
Anyone needing further proof of the need to reform Wisconsin's juvenile corrections system was given 18.9 million reasons last week.
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Read More »DOJ warns about tobacco settlement online scam
The state Department of Justice is warning consumers about an online scam that tricks people into thinking they can get a share of Wisconsin's tobacco settlement.
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Read More »UW considers settling with UW-Oshkosh foundation creditors
The state of Wisconsin is considering a settlement with the creditors of financially-troubled UW-Oshkosh Foundation, according to University of Wisconsin System officials.
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Read More »Bucks settle lawsuit over cheerleader pay
A former Milwaukee Bucks cheerleader who claimed in a lawsuit that she and her colleagues were underpaid has reached a settlement with the team but the organization maintains it did nothing wrong.
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Read More »DirecTV settles with Wisconsin viewers over billing issues
DirecTV customers in Wisconsin will soon be seeing a $4.25 refund.
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Read More »View from around the state: An unsettling settlement
The full facts of the civil rights lawsuit against four Racine police officers and the city of Racine may never be known, now that the City Council has agreed to a $100,000 settlement of the case.
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Read More »Barton Solvents to pay $1M EPA settlement, change processes
An Iowa-based company that mixes and transports chemicals for customers in the printing, coating, and cleaning industries has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle federal environmental violations and ensure safety at six plants in Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin.
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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 »Railroad settles Mississippi River oil spill claim (UPDATE)
A railroad company has agreed to pay $625,000 to cover environmental costs related to a 2008 derailment that caused an oil spill in the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin.
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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 »More than 300 Wis. residents could benefit from mortgage settlement
Hundreds of Wisconsin residents who may have been misled by mortgage lender SunTrust Mortgage Inc. will receive part of a $550 million settlement, according to a news release from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's office Tuesday.
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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 »Decline in Dane County civil jury trials mirrors nationwide trend
The number of civil jury trials is hitting an all-time low in Wisconsin's capital.
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Read More »State to receive $336K in Google settlement (UPDATE)
The state of Wisconsin will receive about $336,000 from Google after the company violated consumer protection laws with those using its website, according to a news release from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s office.
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Read More »Settlement offer in fatal crash heads to board
Milwaukee County may end up paying more than $43,000 to a West Allis towing company for a July 2012 crash that claimed the life of a sheriff’s deputy.
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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 »State, foster care agency reach settlement
A foster care placement agency will pay the state $1 million under terms of a settlement it reached with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
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Read More »Board approves $110K settlement for beaten man
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved a $110,000 settlement Thursday for a man beaten by a former sheriff’s sergeant in October 2009.
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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.
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Read More »TORT REPORT: When a settlement isn’t settled
When a settlement is reached between the parties, there often remains much in the way of details to iron out.
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Read More »State settles with Agro over cleanup money misuse
The state has settled a more than $1 million dispute with Agro Distribution LLC, its owner and their insurers over alleged misuse of environmental cleanup money.
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