On September 27, 2016, the Waukesha County Circuit Court ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services may lawfully recoup past payments to Medicaid providers only if the Department cannot verify that the services were provided or if the Department determines...
Month: September 2016
Month: September 2016
Packard Helps Same Sex Couples Win Ruling Guaranteeing Two-Parent Birth Certificates
More than two years after marriage equality came to the State of Wisconsin, in September 2016, the Honorable Judge Barbara Crabb of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the State of Wisconsin must issue birth certificates...
Pines Bach LLP is new name for leading Madison law firm; $10,000 donation to Madison Parks Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2016 Contacts: Laura Monagle [email protected] 414-517-6076 Lester Pines via Heidi Buttchen 608-251-0101 PROMINENT MADISON LAW FIRM GROWING – CHANGES NAME TO PINES BACH FIRM DONATES $10,000 TO THE MADISON…
Crawford Prevails in Public Records Dispute in Dane County Circuit Court
On September 12, 2016, Susan Crawford prevailed in a public records dispute in the Dane County Circuit Court on behalf of Madison Teachers, Inc. (MTI). The circuit court ruled that James Scott, Chairman of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, violated the...
Mountain-Climbing Attorneys
Four past and current partners of the firm traveled to Cusco, Peru this summer to hike 40 miles of the Salkantay Trail (one of the original Inka trails) to Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Inkas." Lester Pines, Linda Harfst, Alison TenBruggencate and Tamara...