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Litigation Matthew W. O’Neill

Keeping the Home Field Advantage-The Importance of Venue

In sports, the home field advantage is critical. You think that loss in Buffalo didn’t hurt? Without it, Seattle is at Lambeau, there is no…

Matthew W. O'NeillMay 18, 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

Jacob A. Manian Litigation

Why Can’t We Be Friends? Law Enforcement Tactics and Social Media Evidence

Under the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357 (1967), a private citizen arguing that law enforcement violated…

Jacob A. ManianMay 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

FOS News Jacob A. Manian

Manian Participates in Scout Legal Clinic

FOS Attorney Jacob Manian participated in the 2015 Boy Scout Law Merit Badge Clinic on April 18, 2015 at the Milwaukee Bar Association. The event…

Jacob A. ManianApril 22, 2015

Criminal FOS News Jacob A. Manian Litigation

To Testify or Not: Advising a Target or Subject Client Regarding a Grand Jury Appearance

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between October 2009 and September 2010 U.S. Attorneys prosecuted 162,000 federal cases. Grand juries declined to return an…

Jacob A. ManianApril 9, 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