In Pella Corporation v. Saltzman, No. 09-8025, 2010 WL 1994653 (7th Cir. May 20, 2010), plaintiffs alleged that the Pella aluminum-clad wood “ProLine” casement window contained a design defect that permitted the entry of water which accelerated the rotting of the wood. Pella has sold over six million of the windows over the last 18 […]
O’Neil Cannon Attorney Timothy Caprez has recently been re-appointed to serve as Co-Chair of the Health Law Section of the Milwaukee Bar Association (“MBA”) for the upcoming 2010-2011 term. The upcoming term will be Attorney Caprez’s third at the helm of the MBA’s Health Law Section, which is focused on providing legal education resources and […]
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce has just published its Illinois Employers’ Management Handbook, a first edition, eighteen chapter resource edited by Attorney Joseph Gumina. O’Neil Cannon is one of three law firms that contributed to the handbook, which covers a wide range of employment law matters in which the firm’s employment law practice regularly counsels […]
The 2010 edition of the Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law published by the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books has recently been released for circulation and this year’s work includes another contribution by Attorneys Dean P. Laing and Patrick G. McBride in the area of evidence. The Annual Survey reviews significant Wisconsin judicial and legislative […]
On May 20, 2010, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (“Nissan Japan”) from a price-fixing class action venued in Milwaukee County for lack of personal jurisdiction under Wisconsin’s long-arm statute, Wis. Stat. § 801.05. The class action involved anti-trust claims against various automobile manufacturers and their […]
On May 4, 2010, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a series of claims against the defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction under Wisconsin’s long-arm statute, Wis. Stat. § 801.05 and held that, as Attorney McBride had argued, personal jurisdiction over the corporation cannot be the sole basis for personal […]
Attorney Peter Walsh of O’Neil Cannon, has recently published an article and is a frequent speaker on the topic of formula adjustment clauses in estate planning to mitigate the valuation risk inherent in the gift of hard to value assets. Such hard to value assets include closely held business interests and real estate.
Wisconsin has finally joined the vast majority of states who have repealed bulk transfer laws. The repeal of Wisconsin’s bulk transfer law, Chapter 406 of the Wisconsin statutes, became effective February 5, 2010. Forty-five states have now dropped their bulk transfer requirements, according to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (“NCCUSL”). Wisconsin […]
On April 23, 2010, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Section of Litigation awarded Attorney Tim Caprez “Outstanding Subcommittee Chair for the 2009-2010 Bar Year” honors at the 2010 ABA Section Annual Conference in New York City. The Section of Litigation, which first appointed Attorney Caprez as the Section’s Health Law Litigation Committee Newsletter Editor in […]
This past week, the City of Milwaukee completed its annual revaluation of all homes and business properties for real estate tax assessment purposes and reported a 2.4% cumulative drop in property values from 2009 to 2010. Other communities may be announcing annual revaluations for tax assessment purposes over the next few weeks or months. Whether […]
