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Gov. Scott Walker was expected on Tuesday to sign legislation making a long list of changes to the state’s civil litigation rules.
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Read More »Walker signs bill shrinking construction statute of repose
Assembly OKs bill to shield contractors from liability
A bill that could shield contractors from legal liability and decrease their legal costs is now on its way to Gov. Scott Walker's desk.
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Read More »Senate to vote on contractor-liability bill 
The Wisconsin Senate will be moving ahead next week with a bill that could decrease liability and legal costs for contractors. Assembly Bill 733 would modify the state’s construction statute of repose, which contractors commonly invoke as a defense in ...
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Read More »Panel to vote on contractor-liability bill
A bill containing a provision that could decrease legal costs and liability in certain lawsuits for contractors may still have a chance to make it to a vote on the Senate floor.
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Read More »Contractor-liability bill hits snag in Senate
Legislation that could reduce contractor’s liability and legal costs appears to have stalled in the Wisconsin Senate.
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Read More »Bill that could decrease contractor liability, legal costs heads to Senate
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that could curtail contractors' legal costs and liability in certain lawsuits.
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Read More »Contractor liability bill heads to Assembly
Legislation that that could decrease contractors’ legal costs and liability has received a boost that could have it before the Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday, the last day lawmakers in that chamber plan to meet this legislative session.
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Read More »Bill limiting contractor liability up for vote
Legislation that that could decrease contractors’ legal costs and liability may have a chance of passing this session after all.
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Read More »Bill limiting contractor liability stalled in committee
Of the scores of bills the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly plan to vote on this week, a proposal meant to shield contractors from legal costs and liability is now unlikely to be among them after stalling in committee.
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Read More »Proposal could mean less legal costs, liability for contractors
A bill meant to shield contractors from legal costs and liability got a lengthy hearing on Tuesday, a day after two Republican lawmakers had introduced an amendment that would curtail parts of the proposal.
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