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Lawsuits Jan 18, 2017

UWO Lawsuit Documents $11M in Illegal Transfers

Former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells is accused of overseeing the illegal transfer of more than $11 million in university funds to support five Oshkosh-area building projects. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Dane County by the UW System claims Wells and Tom Sonnleitner, retired UWO vice chancellor of administrative services, made illegal financial guarantees between 2010 and 2014 to secure backing for high-profile building projects on and around the Oshkosh campus, and later spent more than $11 million in university funds on …

News Aug 8, 2016

Threat of Lawsuits Crimps Condo Developments

Gary Godden used to specialize in designing condominiums for first-time buyers near Denver, often completing eight to 10 projects a year before the real-estate crash. But while the Denver area has re-emerged as one of the nation’s hottest real-estate markets, Mr. Godden’s architecture firm has all but exited the condo business. The reason: The threat of litigation for potential construction …

Lawsuits Jul 1, 2016

Residents Raising Funds for Flooding Lawsuit Against Houston, TIRZ

Memorial residents are raising funds for their legal counsel in a lawsuit about the area’s flooding. The aptly named Residents Against Flooding group, an area non-profit, filed the suit against the city of Houston and its Memorial-area redevelopment zone in late May, hours after a round of devastating rains left the area flooded. The residents allege the city and TIRZ 17, which is also called …

Lawsuits Mar 10, 2016

Will Class-Action Suit Help Duke, FPL Customers?

Customers of Duke Energy and Florida Power & Light already know they got a bad deal when the Legislature let the power companies charge big money up front for nuclear projects — even ones that fail. A law passed in 2006 allowed Duke to increase customers’ monthly bills to cover $1.2 billion in upgrades at its now-defunct Crystal River nuclear power plant and a proposed new nuclear plant in Levy …