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 […]
Today, Friday, March 6, 2015, the Wisconsin State Assembly after a marathon session passed right-to-work legislation by a vote of 62 to 35. The State Senate had previously approved the right-to-work legislation by a vote of 17 to 15 the previous week. The votes were cast according to party lines. The fast-tracked bill will be […]
On February 17, 2015, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in The Bank of New York Mellon v. Carson, 2015 WI 15, decided that, under Section 846.102 of the Wisconsin Statutes, banks and others who file mortgage foreclosure cases may be legally compelled to hold judicial sales of abandoned properties within a reasonable time after the borrower’s redemption […]
On February 25, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule revising the definition of “spouse” under the FMLA. Currently, a “spouse” is defined as “a husband or wife as defined or recognized under State law for purposes of marriage in the State where the employee resides, including common law marriage in States […]
Under the Family Medical Leave Act, employers are not permitted to take an employee’s FMLA-protected absences into consideration when making employment decisions such as discipline and termination. However, if performance deficiencies are discovered while an employee is on FMLA leave and would have resulted in termination or discipline had the employee not been on leave, […]
Electronic signatures are alluring to time-pressed clients who are closing deals all over the city, the state, the country and the world. But are electronic signatures enforceable? Can you enforce an agreement when the only “signature” you received was the other party’s typed name at the bottom of an email or a text? How about […]
