Archived News:

September 2007

• New Proposed Regulations for Cafeteria Plans
• Implementation of Final SSA/DHS No-Match Rule Currently on Hold Pending the Outcome of Litigation in a Federal District Court Case

August 2007

• LLC Member Has Right to Inspect Certain LLC Documents
• Recent Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision is Instructive Despite Leaving Questions Unanswered Regarding the Disability Discrimination Law

July 2007

• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Rules Injured Employee is Entitled to Disability Benefits Even After Being Terminated for Cause

June 2007

• U.S. Supreme Court Decision Supports Reasonable Limitation of Student Free Speech

May 2007

• Wisconsin Legislature Considers Expanding Damages Available Under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
• Reduced Liability of General Contractors for OSHA Violations of Subs
• Economic Loss Doctrine Applies Regardless of "Harsh Results"
• Jim Ruhly Presents at Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission Seminar

April 2007

• No Employee Remedy under Wisconsin Common Law for Employer Conduct Regulated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

March 2007

• Owners Held Personally Liable for Back Pay
• City Zoning Board Can Consider City Inspector's Mistake When Deciding Whether to Grant a Variance
• Court of Appeals Strictly Applies Language of Buy-Sell Contract for a Wisconsin Tavern
• Pre-Employment Strength Test Held Unlawful
• New EEO-1 Reporting Requirements Effective September, 2007
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds Criminal Complaint Stated Probable Cause to Hold Business Owner Personally Criminally Liable for Failure to Pay Wages

February 2007

• Databases Created by Government Contractor Assessors are Open to Public

January 2007

• Economic Loss Doctrine Applies to Residential Real Estate Transactions
• Duty Disability Benefits to Disabled Police Officer Can be Reduced by Other Income Based on Date of Receipt
• Recent Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are a Reminder that Electronically Stored Information Must be Preserved in Connection with Pending or Anticipated Litigation
• Unions Sue to Force OSHA to Issue Regulation Requiring Employers to Pay for Most Personal Protective Equipment
• NLRB Makes it Easier to Prove Business Purchaser Discriminated Against Seller's Employees

December 2006

• Charitable Giving
• Awards:  Philip J. Bradbury was named by The Daily Reporter and Wisconsin Law Journal as one of the Top Construction Lawyers in Wisconsin.  Mr. Bradbury was selected as one of 15 attorneys deemed to be the top in the construction field for 2006.

November 2006

• Can Employees Be Required to Arbitrate USERRA Claims?
• Residential Construction & Remodeling "Right to Cure" Law
• Education Law Update - New Requirements for Human Growth and Development Curriculum
• Time Period Within Which Strikers Must Be Reinstated
• Using Grievance Procedure to Extend Labor Agreement to Commonly Owned Nonunion Company May be Unlawful
• Inflated Rats: Still Uncertain Whether They Are Considered Pickets
• NLRB's Rules on E-Mail Policies:  A Work In Progress
• Awards:  Tom Crone and Jim Ruhly have been named as Wisconsin Super Lawyers for 2006.  Mr. Crone was recognized by his peers as one of the top employment and labor lawyers in the state and Mr. Ruhly was recognized as one of the state's best in school and education law.

October 2006

• Bill Before Congress Will Undermine Employee Freedom of Choice

September 2006

• Wisconsin Employment Posters Updated
• Do Your I-9 Forms Pass Muster?

Archived Merit Shop Newsletter Articles:

• New Federal Rules on Electronically Stored Information
• Don't Be Too Quick to Pull The Trigger:  Disciplining Employees in Protected Classes
• This Could Happen To You!  Recent Salting Attack
• Neutrality Agreements:  Bad Idea Justified by Faulty Assumptions
• Building Trades to Create New Form of Salt:  The Mixed Jobsite Organizer
• Immigration and Employment - Don't Forget the I-9 Form
• Old Merchandise in a New Package
• Lien Law Update

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