Joint Finance Committee unanimously approves settlements in pollution, consumer protection cases

The Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved five settlements between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and state companies that had violated the law on Tuesday.

The settlements involved two companies that had violated state environmental rules and three companies that had violated state consumer protection rules...
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Ken Notes: Actually the policy of negotiated settlements in these cases is a positive in that in now allows us to focus on the actual issues and not linger in the court system. It will be interesting to see if we can have similar results with PFAS, transmission and pipe lines, and ag runoff cases.