October 24, 2019
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.
October 10, 2019
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.
October 02, 2019
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.
September 24, 2019
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.
September 11, 2019
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.
June 07, 2019
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.
May 22, 2019
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.
January 15, 2019
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.
November 01, 2018
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.