Filed Under: Appellate Law
SNOOPING ON YOUR SPOUSE MAY VIOLATE FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS – And Complicate Your Divorce
Susan Allen and Jeff Younger of Stafford Rosenbaum will be presenting on litigation holds in the age of e-discovery at the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association for Corporate Counsel’s Annual Conference on April 30th in Elkhart Lake. Ms. Allen and Mr. Younger will be joined by co-presenter Michael Baird, General Counsel at Uline Inc.
Filed Under: Municipal Law
Top 10 Municipal Law Developments of 2016
Ted Waskowski, Partner, and Kyle W. Engelke, Senior Associate, at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP will present at the 2019 Municipal Attorneys Institute in June. Their presentation will be titled The 60-Year Holy(tz) War: A Report from the Front in the Latest Wisconsin Supreme Court Battle Over Wisconsin’s Governmental Immunity Standard.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court Changes Law on Fourth Amendment
Stafford Rosenbaum paralegal Andrew Skoug will be honored December 5th as an “Unsung Hero” of the legal field by the Wisconsin Law Journal. This annual recognition will go to 28 legal professionals that provide unwavering support to Wisconsin attorneys in 2018.
Filed Under: Appellate Law Municipal Law
Seventh Circuit Decision Calls for Class Action Reform
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP partner and board member, James Egle, has been recognized as a 2019 Leader in the Law by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The annual recognition goes to attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, expertise, and community involvement while maintaining a full career highlighted by achievement and pro bono service. Recipients of this distinguished award will be honored at an event on February 21, 2019 in Milwaukee, WI.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Court of Appeals denies costs to individual who prevailed against unconstitutional forfeiture
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP welcomes Attorney Vanessa Wishart to the firm’s Madison office where her practice focuses on environmental law. Prior to joining Stafford Rosenbaum, Vanessa was a judicial law clerk at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Filed Under: Appellate Law Municipal Law
Seventh Circuit reaffirms that issue preclusion applies to United States government
Three Stafford Rosenbaum attorneys have been selected for "Best Lawyers 2016 Lawyer of the Year." Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments we conduct with thousands of leading lawyers each year.
Filed Under: Appellate Law Municipal Law
Court of Appeals Affirms Police Officer’s Discharge After Taking Unclaimed Property
Johanna J. Allex has been elected to the law firm of Stafford Rosenbaum’s Board of Directors. Ms. Allex is a partner in the firm’s Madison office where her practice covers all aspects of estate planning and estate administration, marital property law, business succession planning, and tax-exempt organization planning and operations.
Filed Under: Appellate Law Government Relations
Wisconsin Supreme Court to Determine Scope of Open Meetings Law in School District Dispute
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP welcomes Attorney John Greene to the firm’s Madison office where his practice focuses on environmental law. John Greene’s practice focuses on environmental law. Prior to joining Stafford, John served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Filed Under: Municipal Law
Court Prevents County from Regulating Private Underage Drinking Parties
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP is pleased to announce that James I. Statz has been named the firm’s Business Law Team Leader. Statz’s practice includes extensive experience handling highly complex real estate transactions, which routinely involve negotiations with municipalities, lenders, investors, and buyers—as well as zoning laws and many levels of government regulation.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
7th Circuit Expands Wisconsin Law, Makes “Substantial Truthfulness” a Tortious Interference Defense
Stafford’s Jeff Mandell authored the recently published essay, “Relish New Ideas”. This essay appears as the “Final Thought” column in November’s “Legal Innovation” issue of Wisconsin Lawyer, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s official magazine. In this piece, Jeff discusses the importance of new ideas and surveys three legal ideas that have captured his interest recently.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Life Insurer Must Pay Benefits to Current Policyholder, Even Absent Insurable Interest
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP welcomes Attorney Richard Latta to the firm’s Madison office where his practice focuses on business law. We are excited to have his expertise as a part of our team.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Attorney Fee Award Resulting from Overtrial is Non-Dischargeable Domestic Support Obligation
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP is pleased to announce that Susan K. Allen has been named the firm’s Litigation Team Leader. Previously, the group was led by Ted Waskowski, who is a senior partner at the firm.
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals Makes Professional Malpractice Claims Even Harder for Plaintiffs
When a plaintiff brings a malpractice case against a doctor, a lawyer, or any other professional, the plaintiff faces a built-in disadvantage. The professional has greater knowledge of and deeper training in the subject matter than the plaintiff does. As a result, the plaintiffs in professional malpractice cases frequently turn to expert witnesses as a […]
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Rules for Lawyers Derail Fiancée’s Unjust Enrichment Claim Against Menard
Watts v. Watts, 137 Wis. 2d 506, 405 N.W.2d 303 (1987) provides the legal framework for unjust enrichment or joint enterprise claims asserted by non-married, cohabitating partners when a relationship ends. In Sands v. Menard, Case Nos. 2012AP2377 and 2015AP870, the Wisconsin Court of Appealsupheld dismissal ofWatts-type claims brought by an attorney and former fiancée […]
Filed Under: Municipal Law
Seventh Circuit Holds that Municipality Did Not Violate Business’s Constitutional Rights
In Black Earth Meat Market, LLC v. Village of Black Earth, No. 15-3818 (7th Cir. Aug. 24, 2016), the Seventh Circuit held that the Village of Black Earth’s efforts to close a slaughterhouse, which included threatened litigation to abate an alleged nuisance, did not violate due process or equal protection. In 2001, Black Earth Meat […]
Filed Under: Appellate Law
Seventh Circuit Reiterates Fundamental Principles of Trademark Law (and Litigation Strategy)
The Seventh Circuit recently reiterated long-standing trademark principles while rejecting a litigant’s change in strategy post-trial. The decision in S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., v. Nutraceutical Corporation and Nutramarks, Inc. involved use of the “BUG OFF” mark on insect repellant products. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. acquired a registration for the “BUG OFF” mark and […]
Filed Under: Municipal Law
ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SIGN ORDINANCES: JUDGE POSNER SENDS A MESSAGE
By definition, dissenting opinions have no precedential value. Yet they can provide important perspectives into the judges who decide to write them and the manner and direction in which the law might evolve. An example may be Seventh Circuit Judge Posner’s dissent in Construction and General Laborers’ Local No. 330 v. Town of Grand Chute, […]
