Filed Under: Environment and Land Use Law
Attorney Vanessa Wishart Presents Legal Updates in Wisconsin Water & Environmental Law
Attorney Vanessa Wishart provides legal updates in Wisconsin water law to WI Wastewater Operators Association Attorney Vanessa Wishart will give legal updates on Wisconsin water and environmental law as part of a daylong symposium on March 18, 2025, to an audience of municipal officials, water treatment plant operators, contractors, and consultants. The 2025 Spring Biosolids […]
Filed Under: Appellate Law Election & Political Law
Court of Appeals Concludes Ballots Lacking Election Official Endorsements Must Be Counted
Wisconsin Court of Appeals issues opinion that voting ballots lacking endorsements from elections officials must be counted On March 6, 2025, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals (Dist. IV) issued a must-read election law opinion declining to toss out three ballots cast in a Rock County election. Gonfiantini v. Rock Cnty. Bd. of Canvassers, No. 2024AP1233 […]
Filed Under: Business Law
Attorneys Iana Vladimirova & Rich Latta Moderate Discussions at ALFA International Seminar
Stafford Rosenbaum Attorneys Latta and Vladimirova speak to ALFA International business audiences during International Client Seminar Two attorneys at Stafford Rosenbaum, the Wisconsin member law firm of global legal network ALFA International, participated in the organization’s International Client Seminar on March 6-9, 2025. Attorney Rich Latta moderated a panel discussion, “The More Things Change—What Happens […]
Filed Under: Environment and Land Use Law
Attorneys Kent & Landretti Present on Wisconsin Water Law Issues
Attorneys Paul Kent & Jane Landretti present on current legal issues in Wisconsin water law Attorneys Paul Kent and Jane Landretti will give a presentation on Wednesday, March 5, during the 2025 Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance Conference. The two-day Conference will cover topics like regulation and guidance, climate change, green infrastructure, dissolved phosphorus capture, watershed recovery, […]
Filed Under: Election & Political Law Litigation
Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits Standing to Appeal Decisions from the Wisconsin Elections Commission
On February 18, 2025, in a 4-3 vote, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Kenneth Brown, a voter who raised a number of claims challenging the Racine City Clerk’s use of 22 alternate absentee ballot sites to facilitate in-person absentee voting for the August 2022 primary election, lacked standing to seek judicial review of the […]
Filed Under: Environment and Land Use Law
Attorney Jane Landretti Presents on Wisconsin Water and Drainage Laws
Attorney Jane Landretti Presents on Drainage Installation to UW-Madison Extension Attorney Jane Landretti will present “Drainage Law: What You Need to Know Before You Install” to an agriculture industry audience on Thursday, Febrary 20, 2025, in Fond du Lac. This drainage workshop is designed for farmers, landowners, and those who install their own tile systems […]
Filed Under: Business Law
Attorneys Thao & Smith Present on Use of AI Platforms to Wisconsin Business Owners
Attorneys Pahoua Thao and Scott J. Smith present at the Wisconsin Family Business Center Attorneys Pahoua Thao and Scott J. Smith will present to an audience of small and family business owners during the Wisconsin Family Business Center’s Food for Thought program on Wednesday, February 12. “Potential Pitfalls and Risks for Family Businesses Using AI […]
Filed Under: Election & Political Law Litigation
Wisconsin Supreme Court Preserves Privacy Protections for Court Records of Voters Subject to Guardianships, Affirms Unified Nature of Court of Appeals
By a 5-2 vote, on January 17, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court vacated a District II Court of Appeals decision holding that county registers in probate must provide, in response to requests under Wisconsin’s public records law, copies of Notice of Voting Eligibility (“NVE”) forms—court records relating to determinations of the competency of individuals to […]
Filed Under: Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Attorney Seep Paliwal Gives Inns of Court Presentation on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Attorney Seep Paliwal presents on Generative AI from intellectual property law perspective Attorney Seep Paliwal will give a Generative AI presentation to an audience of James E. Doyle American Inn of Court members on November 20, 2024. “Generative Artificial Intelligence: Its Pitfalls and Impact on Intellectual Property Law” will cover the risks, benefits, and reliability […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Ahead for Tech Companies
Technology companies are facing a series of lawsuits alleging copyright infringement. Throughout our Artificial Intelligence 101 blog series, we’ve discussed the hypothetical legal troubles Generative AI can cause. To wrap things up, our final blog post is an overview of the many pending lawsuits that could decide the legal future of Generative AI. OpenAI, the […]
Filed Under: Environment and Land Use Law
EPA Issues Final Lead & Copper Rule Improvements with $2.6 Billion Allocated to Support Replacement of All Lead Drinking Water Pipes in the US
EPA finalizes Lead and Copper Rule improvements aimed at replacing lead drinking water pipes in the United States On October 8, the Biden Administration issued its long-awaited final rule, the “Lead and Copper Rule Improvements” (the “LCRI”), requiring drinking water systems across the country identify and replace all lead water pipes within a 10-year period.[1] […]
Filed Under: Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Attorney Mason Higgins Presents during Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for State Bar
Attorney Mason Higgins to present at State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Updates Stafford Rosenbaum Attorney Mason Higgins will present on real estate issues in bankruptcy, including single-asset real estate issues commercial leases, on Wednesday, November 6, for the Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for the Eastern District, and on Thursday, November 7, for the […]
Filed Under: Employment & Labor Law
Bosses Beware: Safety Comes First in the Face of Extreme Weather
Employers, safety first for your employees in extreme weather circumstances. The tragic stories that we all saw in the path of destruction left by recent hurricanes is a good reminder that no community is safe from the damages of climate change and extreme weather. Out of many tragic stories, one that received a great deal […]
Filed Under: Government Law
Stafford Rosenbaum Attorneys Present at and Sponsor Wisconsin Towns Association Conference
Attorneys Larry Konopacki and Derek Punches present at Wisconsin Towns Association’s Town Law Conference Stafford Rosenbaum LLP is proud to sponsor the 2024 Town Law Conference, hosted by the Wisconsin Towns Association and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Local Government Education Program. Topics of the virtual conference, taking place on October 25, 2024, include town regulation […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Federal Law Still Does Not Address Use of Generative AI
United States federal law still does not address use of Generative AI, though lawmakers have proposed legislation addressing various issues. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we discussed intellectual property infringement as a legal risk of using Generative AI. Today, we jump into a discussion of the various other legal liabilities associated […]
Filed Under: Litigation
Attorney David Hollander’s ‘Return of Dicta’ Article Featured on Wisconsin Lawyer Cover
Attorney David Hollander co-authors article featured on cover of October 2024 Wisconsin Lawyer Attorney David P. Hollander has been featured for the second time on the cover of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine. The State Bar of Wisconsin published “The Return of Dicta Under Wisconsin Law?” by Atty. Hollander and co-author, the Hon. Michael R. Fitzpatrick (Ret.), […]
Filed Under: Business Law
Attorney Seep Paliwal Presents on Commercial Contracts for State Bar of Wisconsin
Attorney Seep Paliwal presents during State Bar business law CLE seminar series Attorney Seep Paliwal will discuss the basics of commercial contracts with a panel of other experts over the noon hour on Thursday, October 10, during the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Business Lawyer Starter Kit Series: Commercial Contracts,” available to watch as a webcast. […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: The High Risk of Intellectual Property Infringement with Use of Generative AI
Use of Generative AI output carries a high risk of intellectual property infringement liability, particularly with respect to infringement of copyright protected works. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we highlighted the various ways in which Generative AI is unreliable and still incapable of truly replicating human work. In today’s post, we […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Evaluating the Consistency and Reliability of Generative AI for Content Creation
Generative AI still cannot consistently or reliably create content without substantial inaccuracies, racial and gendered biases, or outright fabrications. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we defined Generative AI and its many benefits. This time we will discuss why we cannot rely on Generative AI completely, just yet. While Generative AI is […]
Filed Under: Construction Law Environment and Land Use Law
Attorney Jessica Mederson Presents at State Bar of Wisconsin’s 2024 Environmental Law Update
Attorney Mederson to present on climate change during State Bar’s Annual Environmental Law Update Attorney Jessica C. Mederson will present with a panel of other experts during the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 36th Annual Environmental Law Update on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Jessica and the other panelists’ portion of the Environmental Law Update promises to […]
