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Business Criminal Divorce & Family Employment Jacob A. Manian Litigation

Be Safe This New Year’s Eve: Law Enforcement will be looking to make OWI/DUI Arrests

New Year’s Eve is a great opportunity to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past year and discuss resolutions for the next. …

Jacob A. ManianDecember 31, 2015

Business Employment Litigation

Don’t Let Your Company’s Wellness Program Make You Sick

In the last several years, employee wellness programs have grown rapidly as companies attempt to manage the cost of healthcare. Currently, a majority of employers…

FOSDecember 29, 2015

Divorce & Family FOS News Litigation

Is There an Alternative to the Clogged Courts?

Litigants often ask why it takes so long for a case to wind its way through a trial court. One big reason for the courts’…

FOSDecember 22, 2015

Business Criminal Employment Jacob A. Manian Litigation

Keep Your Holiday Parties Full of Legal Cheer

Social parties involving alcohol have become as ingrained in our holiday culture as exchanging gifts, overeating and Uncle Larry’s ugly sweaters. Often, questions arise regarding…

Jacob A. ManianDecember 21, 2015

Litigation

Game-Changing Federal “Proportionality” Discovery Rule Effective December 1, 2015

Excessive discovery requests. We’ve all received them. A $30,000 contract case “demands” multiple interrogatories, document requests, and deposition notices. More time and fees are spent…

FOSOctober 21, 2015

Litigation Matthew W. O’Neill

If You’re Not Amending, You’re Not Trying

We teach our kids: the only good writing is re-writing. Pleading is the same: the only good pleading is re-pleading. Before filing, you do your…

Matthew W. O'NeillOctober 20, 2015

Business Criminal Jacob A. Manian Litigation

Don’t Forfeit Your Right to Challenge Federal Forfeitures

We typically think of government forfeitures involving the seizure of money or fancy vehicles from suspected drug dealers pursuant to an arrest. This is not…

Jacob A. ManianOctober 20, 2015

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

Laurna A. Kinnel Litigation

When the Daubert Standard Does Not Apply

Most everyone is aware that, in 2011, Wisconsin became a Daubert state – meaning that Wisconsin adopted the Daubert standard for determining whether expert testimony…

Laurna A. KinnelOctober 15, 2015

FOS News Litigation Matthew W. O’Neill

O’Neill to Present at Federal CLE Program

FOS shareholder Matthew O’Neill will be a presenter on “Federal Practice Tips” at the Eastern District Bar Association’s September 17, 2015 Introduction to Federal Practice…

FOSSeptember 9, 2015