MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 6 -- The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2024: On Friday, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe was formally presented with an Unsung Heroes of Democracy Award by the American Bar Association at a luncheon in Chicago. According to the ABA, the award "recognizes those individuals and organizations who work every day, often behind the scenes or without fanfare, to ensure that our elections are secure and that the de  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: A temporary, pandemic-era expansion of the Child Tax Credit improved housing affordability for families with low incomes, according to University of Michigan research. The study by Natasha Pilkauskas and Katherine Michelmore, associate professors of public policy, and Nicole Kovski, a former U-M postdoctoral fellow now at the University of Wisconsin, found that parents who got the monthly credit were less like  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 6 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release: On July 30, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted Epic Systems Corporation's motion for attorneys' fees in its case against Decapolis Systems LLC, a litigious non-practicing entity (NPE or "patent troll"). Agreeing with Epic that the case was "exceptional," the court held that Decapolis must reimburse Epic its reasonable attorneys' fees for both the dis  more