COVID-19 and Its Implications for Your Contract Performance
March 30, 2020 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Contracts, COVID-19, Litigation, Robert L. Gegios
Introduction COVID-19 has precipitated unprecedented dislocations and hardships. Every aspect of our nation’s population and economy has been affected, often in shocking and unprecedented ways. Many of you are facing a new reality of supply disruptions, cutbacks in demand for your products and services, and strains on your ability to utilize or maintain […]
KMK Caps Off 5-Year Litigation with Important Jury Trial Win
January 31, 2020 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:Tags: Litigation, Melinda A. Bialzik, Robert L. Gegios, Ryan M. Billings
Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMK) is pleased to announce that, after more than five years of litigation, its client (Universal Processing) emerged victorious. The action is Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin, LLC, v. Hicks, et al., Case No. 14-CV-7986, pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. One highlight of this case came in 2017, […]
Wisconsin’s Highest Court Holds that Attorneys’ Fees Are Recoverable in “Exceptional Cases”
December 11, 2018 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Litigation, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Zach S. Whitney
As has been previously discussed, the “American rule” governs litigation expenses in the courts of Wisconsin. In contrast with the “English rule” wherein the losing party pays the prevailing party’s costs and fees, under the American rule each party to a lawsuit bears its own attorneys’ fees unless a statute or contract provides otherwise. […]
KMK Continues Its Litigation Victories in Federal Appeals in Major Natural Gas Price-Fixing Cases
September 25, 2018 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:Tags: Antitrust, Litigation, Melinda A. Bialzik, Natural Gas, Robert L. Gegios, Ryan M. Billings, U.S. Supreme Court
For more than a decade, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMK) has been representing Wisconsin businesses in massive antitrust litigation brought against eleven large energy companies accused of fixing natural gas prices. These efforts resulted in a settlement with four of the energy groups for $20.5 million, the proceeds of which were distributed to Wisconsin […]