The federal government will pay more than $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of tribal money and trust lands, under a settlement announced Wednesday.

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The city of Beloit has agreed to pay an Illinois teen $265,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that he was illegally strip-searched and subjected to police brutality.

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The $2 million settlement for a man who was beaten by off-duty police officers is a done deal.

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Milwaukee's Common Council has approved a $2 million settlement involving a man beaten by off-duty police officers.

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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is asking the nation's attorney general to make it harder for states to redirect money that comes from mortgage settlements against large banks.

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U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.

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The nation's five largest mortgage lenders have agreed to overhaul their industry after deceptive foreclosure practices drove homeowners out of their homes, government officials said Monday.

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The family of a teenager killed in a crash with a La Crosse County Sheriff's Department has settled a negligence claim.

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The overall size of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts increased substantially in 2011.

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Wisconsin Statute 807.01 provides the framework for offers of judgment and offers of settlement in civil litigation. Both offers have unique benefits for the party using them.

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In another settlement over tainted drywall, German manufacturer Knauf agreed to a proposed settlement of between $800 million and $1 billion to resolve thousands of federal claims over contaminated drywall sourced from a subsidiary in China.

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Seven companies based in Asia will pay $553 million to settle claims by officials in eight states that they conspired to inflate prices for liquid crystal display screens used in televisions and computer monitors, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday.

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The nation's two biggest tobacco companies, Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., have agreed to pay $6.25 million to support the country's largest online collection of internal tobacco industry documents, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

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A federal judge has approved a $2.9 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that was filed to end the use of handcuffs and leg irons in state facilities for people with developmental disabilities.

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RACINE, Wis. (AP) — The Racine Unified School District has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a civil claim involving sexual-abuse allegations. The claim was filed by a family who alleged that an educational assistant sexually assaulted their special-education student ...

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Milwaukee personal injury lawyer Victor Harding knows from experience there’s a big difference between winning a verdict and collecting the money.

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GERMANTOWN, Wis. (AP) – A Washington County company and its parent firm will pay nearly $5 million to settle a health care fraud claim by two whistleblowers. The two former employees of Abri Health Plan of Germantown claimed the company ...

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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. ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The state of Wisconsin has reached an agreement with the Wisconsin Medical Society over the repayment of a fund that was raided in 2007 to help balance the budget. The agreement signed Wednesday calls for the ...

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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 ...

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Claim preclusion can bar a lawsuit between two parties who were both defendants in the prior action, even though no cross-claim was made.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state of Wisconsin says it has reached a $4.2 million settlement with three drug makers which the state alleged had defrauded the Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus programs. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Attorney General J.B. ...

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CUDAHY, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Cudahy’s parent company has reached a $208 million settlement with its insurance carriers over a fire that destroyed part of its meatpacking plant in a Milwaukee suburb. According to an earnings report filed by Smithfield ...

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The 2009 razing and burning of a barn in the town of Linn, Walworth County, led to Chicago-based Mir Co. settling a lawsuit Wednesday, according to a news release from Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. In late spring 2009, ...

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By Caley Clinton The former James Cape & Sons Co.’s case against a former employee and two other construction firms was settled Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court. Cape’s case against Daniel Beaudoin, the company’s former project manager, as well ...

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Workers burned in a 2009 explosion at the We Energies power plant in Oak Creek have received a $16 million settlement of a civil lawsuit, said their lawyer, Timothy Trecek.

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