Many Employers Overlook Arbitration in Crafting Employment Agreements
There’s no getting around it: Litigation can be both expensive and time-consuming. It can consume scarce financial resources and sap the schedules of business management. All too often, even the winner turns out to be a net loser. Given that reality, some smart businesses for decades have disputes resolved through arbitration, instead of litigating them…
Commercial Landlords Walk Tightrope Related to Open Carry Firearm Laws
Commercial landlords have a lot to worry about. Are business conditions sufficiently favorable to allow tenants to prosper? Is the anchor tenant satisfied with its sales? Does the roof leak? Are there cracks in the parking lot pavement? The list goes on. Because of the right to bear arms contained in the Second Amendment to…
How Does Small Shop Lease Agreement Handle Changes in Anchor Tenant?
Commercial landlords often quip that successfully leasing a multi-tenant property requires the establishment of equilibrium between and among the tenants. Because anchor tenants have strong bargaining power, the landlord normally has to settle for thin returns on such important anchor space. Signing a good anchor, however, is crucial to securing small shop leases, which can…
Do Wisconsin Employers Have a Right to Applicant’s Social Media Posts?
It’s a competitive world out there and many Wisconsin employers wish they could be a proverbial “fly on the Facebook® wall” when it comes to their employees and prospective hires. Is that valued employee saying one thing to management and another on social media? Inquiring minds want to know. What right does a Wisconsin employer…
Property Owners’ Tool to Interrupt Adverse Possession and Adverse Use
Wisconsin Business Owners’ Latest Legal Tool To a layperson, few doctrines within American law appear as archaic as “adverse possession,” the centuries-old common law doctrine that in most states – including Wisconsin – allows a trespasser, at least under certain circumstances, to acquire legal rights in real estate. As of March 3, 2016, however, a…
Must Executives Always Testify in Corporate Litigation?
Milwaukee Attorneys Address the Need of Responding to a Deposition Subpoena When a corporate entity has been sued, the plaintiff cannot, of course, depose the defendant; it must pose questions to the defendant corporation’s executives and other employees. All too many plaintiffs follow a simple rule – start at the top. Accordingly, they issue a…
Wisconsin Introduces Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Leaves
Many Wisconsin employers are beginning to discover that they are subject to new employment rules regarding employees who are involved in bone marrow and organ donation. As of July 1, 2016, those employing 50 or more employees on a “permanent basis” must provide eligible employees up to six weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month…
New Overtime Rules May Help Women and Minorities
In May 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule, effective December 1, 2016, that expands the number of American workers who are entitled to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime pay protections. The new rule increases the salary threshold below which most white-collar, salaried workers are entitled to…
Asleep at the Wheel: Should Long-Haul Truckers Be Tested for Sleep Apnea?
Big truck crashes are on the rise in the U.S. Indeed, according to information released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large truck crashes resulting in injury increased some 21 percent during 2014, the last year for which full data is available. Some say the increase is due simply to the fact that…