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  1. October 24, 2019

    Judge Won't DQ Foley & Lardner Attys Yet In Family Biz Fight

    A Wisconsin federal judge has refused to disqualify two Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys in a yearslong shareholders dispute between extended family members but is making the pair submit to a deposition, warning that they may have to step down as trial counsel if their testimony is required during that proceeding.

  2. October 10, 2019

    Construction Cos. Fight Sanctions Bid Over Email Deletion

    A group of construction companies' deletion of old emails was part of a pre-existing document retention policy, not an effort to destroy evidence, the companies and their executives told a Wisconsin federal court in a bid to avoid sanctions.

  3. October 02, 2019

    Foley & Lardner Attys Fight DQ Bid In Family Biz Fight

    Two shareholders litigating a yearslong family spat over the value of their shares in a road construction company waited too long and provided insufficient reasons for seeking to disqualify a pair of Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys the shareholders claim are key witnesses in the case, several of the defendants in the case have asserted.

  4. September 24, 2019

    Construction Co. Family Feud Yields 'Grumbling,' Not Docs

    A group of construction companies and their executives have resorted to "grumbling and blame-shifting" rather than produce required documents in a family feud over the businesses' worth, a Wisconsin federal judge has said.

  5. September 11, 2019

    2 Foley & Lardner Attys Must Be Disqualified In Family Biz Fight, Court Told

    Two shareholders litigating a yearslong family spat over the value of their shares in a road construction company urged a Wisconsin federal court Tuesday to disqualify a pair of Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys the shareholders claim are key witnesses in the case.

  6. June 07, 2019

    Construction Co. Execs Defend ID Theft Claim Against Cousin

    In the latest development in a years-long family spat over the value of their businesses' shares, two executives of a road construction company told a Wisconsin federal court that their counterclaim accusing the CEO's cousin of identity theft to obtain financial records is on solid ground.

  7. May 22, 2019

    Road Co. Can't Stop Accounting Doc Search, Judge Says

    A Wisconsin federal judge said Tuesday a road construction company can't stop shareholders from obtaining accounting records in a lawsuit over the value of the business' shares.

  8. January 15, 2019

    Construction Co., Family Want Out Of Wis. Shareholder Fight

    Shareholders and constituent companies of a road construction company on Monday looked to escape allegations that they are offering an unfair price to family members looking to sell their own shares, telling a Wisconsin federal judge that the lawsuit challenges the decisive findings of a state court action and long-settled company bylaws.

  9. November 01, 2018

    Wis. Shareholders Allege Fraud In Family's Construction Co.

    A Wisconsin road construction company has refused to offer two shareholders trying to sell their portion of the business a fair price, possibly costing them millions of dollars, the pair said Thursday in a federal lawsuit that accuses members of their own family of fraud.