Authors: Attorney John C. Mitby & Law Clerk Sarah E. Schuchardt Phone: 608-575-4077 Email: jmitby@hbslawfirm.com New Legislation Pending to Modernize Texting While Driving Statute The Wisconsin Association for Justice is promoting a bill that will modernize Wisconsin’s text messaging statute. The bill will expand the prohibited activities to entering, transmitting, or accessing data while driving. […]
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Wisconsin’s Implied Consent Law after State v. Blackman
By: David E. Saperstein Email: dsaperstein@hbslawfirm.com Phone: 608-257-0945 I see three big “take-aways” from last month’s surprising decision by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (SCOW) in State v. Blackman1. The assertion that probable cause still matters in the context of Wisconsin’s beleaguered Implied Consent Law is perhaps the biggest take-away. Coming in a close second, […]
Attorney Bednarek and Attorney Erlandson Featured in Wisconsin Law Journal
Check out Attorney Erlandson and Attorney Bednarek featured in the Wisconsin Law Journal Article by Erika Strebel. Wisconsin Law Journal Article […]
Attorney Andy Erlandson and Attorney Bednarek Featured in Wisconsin Law Journal
Attorney Andy Erlandson and Attorney Jonas Bednarek were both featured in the Wisconsin Law Journal article, “Just What Are They Up To? Madison Attorneys Keeping an Eye on Lawmakers, State Budget”, published on July 26, 2017. See E-Edition here. http://wislawjournal.com/e-edition-july-26-2017/ […]
MillerCoors LLC v. Millis Transfer Inc.: An Expensive Lesson about Indemnity Provisions
Authors: Attorney John C. Mitby & Law Sarah Schuchardt Phone: 608-575-4077 Email: jmitby@hbslawfirm.com In MillerCoors LLC v. Millis Transfer Inc., Zurich American Ins. Co., 2015AP1894 (WI Ct. App. 2017), the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin affirmed the holding of the circuit court, which found that Millis had breached its duty to defend and indemnify MillerCoors […]
Estate Planning FAQ: Internet Estate Plans
Author: Attorney Tom Vercauteren Email: tvercauteren@hbslawfirm.com Phone: 608-257-0945 Q: I have friends who did their Estate Plan on the internet. Should I do that? A: The past several years have seen a rise in the number of websites offering “self-help” estate planning services. These websites provide forms that individuals can use to prepare their own […]
Engineer, Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Governmental Immunity
Authors: Attorney John C. Mitby & Law Clerk Elizabeth L. Spencer Phone: 608-575-4077 Email: jmitby@hbslawfirm.com The Wisconsin Supreme Court in Melchert v. Pro Elec. Contractors, 2017 WI 30, 892 N.W.2d 710 again addressed the concept of governmental immunity for private contractors who perform work on behalf of a government entity. Private contractors should take note […]
Attorney Saperstein’s 2017 Highlights (So Far)
By: David E. Saperstein Email: dsaperstein@hbslawfirm.com Phone: 608-257-0945 In the interest of tootin’ my own horn, I offer up a sampling of some of my case results from 2017, so far. Some of the facts reported here may seem preposterous, like I’m pulling your leg. I assure you, I am not. Dane County – Operating […]
Lessons in Estate Planning from Warren Buffett
Authors: Attorney Daniel J. Schlichting & Law Clerk Elizabeth L. Spencer Phone: (608)-257-0945 Email: dschlich@hbslawfirm.com Warren Buffett is quoted as saying that, “[t]he perfect inheritance is enough money so that [children] feel they can do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing.” 1 At the 2013 Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting Buffett was asked […]
Employment Arbitration Agreements and Employee Rights
Authors: Attorney John C. Mitby & Law Clerk Elizabeth L. Spencer Phone: 608-575-4077 Email: jmitby@hbslawfirm.com In April, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered the DISH Network, LLC to revise or rescind its employment agreements after finding that provisions in the agreements violated federal law employee rights law. DISH Network, LLC, 365 NLRB No. 47 […]
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