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Lawsuit says Foxconn cost governments hundreds of millions

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FILE - In this May 27, 2010 file photo, a worker looks out through the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received less than 1% of the money that Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group pledged to it two years ago amid the electronics giant's expansion plans in Wisconsin. In August 2018, Foxconn committed $100 million to the university to help fund an engineering building and for company-related research. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A new lawsuit alleges that worldwide electronics leader Foxconn Technology Group violated terms of its contract in Wisconsin, while local governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prepare for the project.

Hintz Real Estate Development Co. claims Foxconn is in breach of its contract by failing to construct a Generation 10.5 LCD manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin not far from the Illinois border.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday on the lawsuit filed in Racine County Court.

Foxconn declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying it “continues to fulfill its financial obligations under the local development agreement.”

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