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Business Commercial Creditor's Rights Litigation

Practice Corner: Strategic Arbitration – Everything Counts

Lawsuits involve a bit of procedural jockeying – substitution, consent to a magistrate judge, removal, picking a mediator. In arbitration, everything is up for grabs.…

FOSOctober 16, 2015

Business Divorce & Family FOS News Jacob A. Manian Laurna A. Kinnel Trademarks & Service Marks

Kinnel “Up and Coming” Lawyer

FOS shareholder Laurna Kinnel was honored as a 2015 Up and Coming Lawyer by the Wisconsin Law Journal at a September 30, 2015 dinner at…

FOSOctober 6, 2015

Business Creditor's Rights Criminal Francis J. Hughes

Repossession as Satisfaction Without Debtor’s Consent – A Recipe for Trouble

A recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision serves as a helpful reminder for secured parties to closely follow the Wisconsin statutes when foreclosing on a…

Francis J. HughesSeptember 10, 2015

Business Creditor's Rights Diane Slomowitz Employment Litigation

Court Strengthens At-Will Employee Restrictive Covenants

An enforceable restrictive covenant (covenant not to compete) protects an employer’s business when an employee leaves the employer to work for a competing business or…

Diane SlomowitzSeptember 8, 2015

Business Employment Michael G. Koutnik

The Perils of Seeking to Hire a “Digital Native”

Most employers know that including the phrase “people over 40 need not apply” in a job posting puts the company on the fast track to…

Michael G. KoutnikSeptember 8, 2015

Business Criminal Jacob A. Manian

Are Fireworks Legal?

The answer is that it depends where you are. For example, the City of Milwaukee, by local ordinance, prohibits the sale and use of all…

Jacob A. ManianJuly 2, 2015

Business Diane Slomowitz Employment Litigation

Don’t Step On Employees’ Social Media Privacy Rights

A disgruntled employee badmouths your company on Facebook. You can’t access his “private” postings, since he won’t accept your “friend” request. Frustrated, you want to…

Diane SlomowitzJune 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

Business Employment Michael G. Koutnik

Special Delivery! – Accommodation for Pregnant Employees

Employers should take a “pregnant pause” to review their employee leave policies, in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision under the federal Pregnancy…

Michael G. KoutnikJune 5, 2015

Business FOS News Michael G. Koutnik Real Estate William R. Soderstrom

Take a New Look at the Milwaukee YMCA

For the last 12 months, Mike Koutnik, a real estate associate at FOS, and I have been honored to be assisting the Milwaukee YMCA in…

William R. SoderstromMarch 15, 2015