Recent Case Offers Wisconsin Businesses Hope Protecting Customer Lists
Commercial Litigation and Non-Compete Lawyers Serving Milwaukee Businesses In a September post, we discussed a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court case that cast doubt on the enforceability of “anti-poaching” provisions in Wisconsin employment contracts. As you will recall, such provisions provide that if an employee is terminated or otherwise leaves the employment, he or she may…
Wisconsin Employers Must Exercise Care With Employee Wellness Programs
Business Litigation Lawyers Assisting Employers and Employees with Wellness Program Legalities For years, Wisconsin employers and insurers have recognized that the healthier the workforce, the lower the cost of providing healthcare. And so, many employers offer workplace wellness programs intended to encourage healthier lifestyles or prevent disease. Often, the plans are coupled with financial incentives…
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…