The President’s Proposed Budget And Changes To Estate And Gift Taxes
As the “fiscal cliff” approached at the end of 2012, estate planning attorneys faced the threat that many of their clients would suddenly go from being exempt from estate and gift taxes to being subjected to a large, 55% tax … Continue reading
Long Saga Of Wrongfully Terminated Attorney Continues
Even Attorneys can be unlawfully terminated. In this case, an arbitration panel found that Menards had wrongfully terminated Dawn Sands, their executive general counsel, as retaliation for her assertion for equal pay to her male counterparts under Title VII of … Continue reading
Competitor’s Purchase Of Well-Known Attorneys’ Names As Internet Search Terms Does Not Violate Privacy Rights
In Habush v. Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that the law firm Cannon & Dunphy did not violate Wis. Stat. § 995.50 (governing invasions of privacy) when it purchased the internet search terms “Habush” and … Continue reading
Bringing Privacy-Based Claim Makes Name A Matter Of Public Interest, Barring Subsequent Privacy-Based Suit
Beverly (Bev) Stayart is a Wisconsin resident who is a self-proclaimed “positive and wholesome” animal rights activist. She is a blog author and activist for wild horses, wolves, and baby seals. She additionally has two poems about baby seals that … Continue reading
Change In Financial Circumstances Makes Marital Property Agreement Unfair
The court of appeals recently issued a decision in a local La Crosse County case, Zernia v. Zernia, 2012AP838, regarding whether a marital property agreement (MPA) can be enforceable as to a single provision and unenforceable as to the remaining … Continue reading
Facebook — A Virtual Water Cooler
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which oversees the protections of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), has begun to release decisions in a number of cases brought involving employees’ use of Facebook and other social media sites for airing … Continue reading
