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Komen Walk/Run to Salute Karen Fox

On Sunday, September 27, 2015, FOS will participate in its fourth annual Milwaukee’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure walk/run. FOS’ team, “The Karen…

FOSJune 5, 2015

Business Trademarks & Service Marks

Businesses Can Be Scammed Too

Recently, a client contacted me and asked whether his company should pay an invoice that appeared to be from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…

FOSJune 5, 2015

Litigation

Confidentiality Agreements are not Automatically Enforceable

Businesses routinely enter into confidentiality agreements to maintain their confidential and proprietary information. The Seventh Circuit, in nClosures Inc. v. Block and Co., Inc., 770…

FOSMay 18, 2015

Litigation

Litigators on the Move

FOS congratulates two of its litigation shareholders for being honored as the top in their field. The Litigation Council of America appointed Shannon Allen as…

FOSMay 18, 2015

Employment Litigation

Retaliation Claims Rise

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it is illegal for an employer to take material adverse action against an employee for opposing discrimination…

FOSMay 18, 2015

Divorce & Family Estate Planning FOS News

Estate Plans Are For Single Mothers, Too

The single parent family is a fact of life today. I should know, I am one of them. I often wondered, with much trepidation, about…

FOSApril 1, 2015

Estate Planning

“No Contest” Clauses: Turning “Mr. No” Into “Mr. Yes”

Every family’s got one. Mr. No. That brother or uncle or nephew who relishes picking a fight. Harvard accepted your daughter? The school’s too chi-chi.…

FOSApril 1, 2015

Estate Planning

Be One of the Better Half – Create an Estate Plan Today!

Over 2,500,000 people die in the United States each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half die without wills…

FOSApril 1, 2015

Estate Planning

Don’t Get it Half Right

Despite his tragic death, Robin Williams’ comedic and dramatic gifts will live on through DVDs, streaming devices, televisions and movie houses. Williams may have unwittingly…

FOSApril 1, 2015

Estate Planning

The Importance of Trustees

As Lila Wittig-Graser’s article confirms, it is not always easy to choose the trustee under a trust to be administered after your death. It shouldn’t…

FOSApril 1, 2015