Wisconsin Code § 180.1009

Effect of amendment
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(1) An amendment to a
corporation’s articles of incorporation, including a restatement of
its articles of incorporation under s. 180.1007 that includes an
amendment to its articles of incorporation, does not affect any of
the following:
(a) A cause of action existing against or in favor of the
corporation.
(b) A civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding to which the corporation is a party.
(c) The existing rights of persons other than shareholders of
the corporation.
(2) An amendment, or a restatement including an amendment, changing a corporation’s name does not abate a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding brought by or
against the corporation in its former name.

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