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

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

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…

FOSOctober 22, 2018

Employment

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…

FOSOctober 22, 2018

Business 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…

FOSOctober 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