Does a Lender’s title insurance policy cover construction liens filed by unpaid contractors where the lender has discontinued disbursing its construction loan mid-stream due to insufficient funds to complete the project? In BB-Syndication Services, Inc. v. First American Title Insurance Co., 780 F.3d 825 (7th Cir. 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the […]
On February 10, 2015, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Everything Is Awesome! Why You Can’t Tell Employees They’re Doing a Bad Job” extolling the virtues of praising employees’ strengths and scaling back on criticism. Although this may be good for employees’ confidence levels, it is bad for companies when they have to defend a […]
On March 18, 2015, the NLRB General Counsel issued a report concerning recent cases that raise significant legal and policy issues regarding employee handbook rules. Recently, the NLRB has been focusing on non-union employer’s handbooks and whether they violate Section 7 of the NLRA, which permits employees to discuss wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of […]
On March 25, 2015, Joseph E. Gumina, who leads the firm’s labor and employment practice, spoke to the Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals. Attorney Gumina spoke about the latest developments in labor and employment law affecting the hospitality industry, including the latest developments before the NLRB and the EEOC. Attorney […]
On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, a divided U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Young v. UPS. The Supreme Court was asked to decide whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, allows an employer to have a policy that accommodates some, but not all, workers with […]
Attorney Peter J. Walsh will be presenting at the SFSP Milwaukee Chapter Membership Meeting and Networking event on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Mr. Walsh is a member of the Tax and Succession Planning Practice Group and will be presenting on how insurance products, such as life insurance and long term care insurance, can be used […]
I hate the term procrastination. Why? It has a negative connotation. I think instead, to be fair, when evaluating behavior we should use the term “waiting,” and then determine what waiting gets you. If waiting gains the waiter an advantage, it is not procrastination, it is savvy. On the other hand, if waiting has a […]
On March 6, 2015, Dean Laing spoke at the 2015 Marquette University Law School Civil Litigation and Evidence Conference for attorneys. The topic of his presentation was “Deposition Practice,” and included discussion on errata sheets, sequestration, videotape depositions, telephonic depositions and behavior at depositions. The presenters at the Conference included some of the top trial […]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has officially signed Right-to-Work legislation, which, as discussed in last Friday’s blog, will allow workers covered by union representation to not pay union dues if they do not wish to. Although the union will still have the right to collectively bargain on behalf of all private-sector employees in a bargaining unit, employees […]
