Labor & Employment Law

ALEC, For-Profit Criminal Justice, and Wisconsin
As the first half of 2011 has revealed, Wisconsin is not a moderate ?purple? state, but a state divided between staunchly ?blue? progressives and righteous ?red? right-wingers. That rift is particularly apparent in legislative conflicts over the criminal justice system, a debate spurred by corporate interests represented in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and perpetuated by ALEC legislative members, including Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker...

Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC
With a recent leak of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) documents, new questions are being raised about the source of certain provisions in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining legislation, and evidence suggests some of those provisions may become a national model through ALEC...

CMD asks Wisconsin Candidates: What Would You Do About ALEC
The Center for Media Democracy contacted Governor Scott Walker and the four candidates who have filed to run in the recall election against him. We asked them all to comment on the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on the state of Wisconsin and what they might do about it as governor...

ALEC Activity in Wisconsin, Circa 2004
By Katya Szabados (From CMD:  This report was originally printed as the cover story in the March 2, 2004 edition of the Madison-based newspaper "The Wisconsinite," titled "Dr. No and the Spectre of ALEC...

Why Did PhRMA Spend $356K on ALEC in Wisconsin
The pharmaceutical drug lobby PhRMA gave $356,075 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) "scholarship fund" in 2010, but listed the recipient's address at a lobbying firm steps away from the Wisconsin State Capitol, rather than ALEC's Washington, D...

ALEC Sparks Uprisings in Wisconsin and Ohio
On the one-year anniversary of an important American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Washington D.C., Wisconsin's public safety officers gathered to prepare for the next stage in the fight for labor rights...

Money Mart Canada
Settles Class Action for $100 Million

Treasurer Embezzlement
Mary Lou Puccio repays Warren Cheer and Pom Program $26,000 after stealing money.

Bankrupt Money Manager
Former officers to pay $10.7 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.

Transit Technicians Scam
Two Municipal Transportation Agency agree to pay $287,000 settlement for stealing money from fare boxes.

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products Due
Kraft Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.