News & Views - Fox, O'Neill & Shannon, S.C.

Business Laurna A. Kinnel Trademarks & Service Marks

You’ve Got Your Trademark – Now What?

You’ve taken all the right steps to protect your intellectual property – contacted your FOS attorney, defined your mark’s scope, and prepared and filed a…

Laurna A. KinnelOctober 22, 2018

Business Employment Laurna A. Kinnel

Court Restricts Non-Solicitation Agreements

FOS’s Fall 2017 newsletter discussed the potential impact on employee non-solicitation agreements of the then-pending Wisconsin Supreme Court case, The Manitowoc Company v. Lanning. The…

Laurna A. KinnelOctober 22, 2018

Divorce & Family Taxation

Is Your Alimony Deduction at Risk?

Alimony payments – referred to in Wisconsin courts as maintenance payments – have always been a hot-button negotiating point in divorce agreements. The recipient of…

FOSOctober 22, 2018

Business Employment Lauren E. Maddente

Employers – Absenteeism Policies Can Rule

Most employers are faced with employees who call in sick without notice, don’t show up for work, or are unduly absent for other reasons. Employers…

Lauren E. MaddenteOctober 22, 2018

Employment Lauren E. Maddente

Seventh Circuit Narrows Reasonable Accommodation Requirements

Most employers, at some point or another, will receive a request from an employee, claiming to be disabled for a “reasonable accommodation”—an accommodation which helps…

Lauren E. MaddenteOctober 22, 2018

Business Lauren E. Maddente Real Estate

New Law Limits Local Discretion in Conditional Use Process

Maybe you want to open a coffee shop down the street. The area, however, may not be zoned for coffee shops. You’ve hesitated because you…

Lauren E. MaddenteOctober 22, 2018

FOS News

Larsen “Up and Coming” Lawyer

FOS congratulates associate Bailey Larsen for being named one of the 2018 Up and Coming Lawyers by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The Up and Coming…

FOSSeptember 19, 2018

Employment

Supreme Court Turns Overtime Analysis Upside Down

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally requires employers to pay overtime compensation - for over 40 hours worked per week - to covered employees.…

FOSJune 15, 2018

FOS News

FOS Partners with Feeding America’s “Food From the Bar”

For the third year in a row, FOS is participating in this summer’s “Food From the Bar” campaign benefiting Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. “Food From…

FOSJune 11, 2018

FOS News Laurna A. Kinnel

Kinnel Attends UW-Madison and Marquette Law School Ceremonies as M.Y.L.A. President

FOS shareholder Laurna Kinnel, president of the Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association, attended, on behalf of the Association, the May 21st and May 30th swearing-in ceremonies…

FOSJune 1, 2018

FOS News Lauren E. Maddente

Maddente, Komen Race Committee Co-Chair and FOS’s The Karen Fox Trotters Captain, Calls for Race Registrants and Contributors.

FOS’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Team, The Karen Fox Trotters, will again participate in the September 23, 2018 Komen Race held at…

FOSMay 15, 2018

FOS News William Fitzhugh Fox

Fox Honored by Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee

FOS’s founding shareholder William Fox was honored with the “Hall of Fame” award at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s “MVP Salute to…

FOSMay 9, 2018