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State Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for 2023-10-31 ( 6 items )  
Calif. A.G. Bonta Joins Brief in Support of Transgender Students' Rights (10)
OAKLAND, California, Oct. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the rights of transgender students in Doe v. Mukwonago Area School District. The case stems from a lawsuit challenging a Wisconsin school board's policy barring an 11-year-old transgender student from using the girls' restroom based on her sex as more PR

DSCC To Open Offices in Five Senate Battleground States (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Today the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is announcing a new, initial investment to open command center offices in five battleground Senate states: Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Additional offices and funding will be announced as the cycle continues. The Command Centers will serve as a hub for on-the-ground staff, organizers and voluntee more PR

Foley & Lardner Advises Steve Madden in Acquisition of Almost Famous (10)
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 30 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Steven Madden Ltd. (Nasdaq: SHOO), a leading designer and marketer of fashion footwear, accessories, and apparel, in its acquisition of privately held Almost Famous, a designer and marketer of women's apparel. The acquisition was completed for $52 million in cash, subject to a customary working capital adjustment, plus future contingent payments based on fin more PR

Foley & Lardner Represents True North in Minority Investment in ILink Digital (10)
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 31 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley & Lardner LLP acted as international legal counsel to True North, an India-based private equity firm, in its investment of $75 million for a minority stake in iLink Digital, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions. The investment has been facilitated through True North's Fund VI, marking its third investment in the technology services sector. Founded in 2002, iLink Digital is a digi more PR

Ice cream flavor chosen to mark 175th anniversary (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Student workers from left, Aaditya Mehta, Shubh Oswal and Aman Jain fill three-gallon buckets of 175 S'more Years ice cream at Babcock Hall Dairy Plant. Photo by Michael P. King/UW-Madison CALS The voters have spoken: 175 S'more Years will be the commemorative ice cream flavor for the University of Wisconsin's 175th anniversary celebration. UW-Madison's Babcock Hall Dairy Plant has already beg more PR

Michael Finley, NBA All-Star and Badger legend, will address graduates at winter commencement (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: This year's winter commencement speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a beloved member of the Badger community -- just look to the rafters of the Kohl Center for proof. Last year, the university retired Michael Finley's No. 24 jersey, only the third basketball jersey in school history to be hung aloft at the Kohl Center. Finley, a two-time NBA All-Star, left UW as the all-time leadi more PR