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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 25 May 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms Longstanding Law Regarding the Limited Enforceability of Anti-Assignment Clauses in Insurance Contracts
On May 24, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, Case No…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 15 May 2023
Two New Appellate COVID-Related Developments
Each of these cases is significant enough to merit its own post, but since they came down within a week of each other, we’re discussing both of them…
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC | USA | 5 May 2023
Law & Medicine: The Exercise of Discretion
On May 2, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the reversal of a trial court order compelling a hospital to administer Ivermectin to a patient…
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 4 May 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court Misses Opportunity to Adopt Learned Intermediary Doctrine in Wisconsin Product Liability Law
A recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision muddied its already muddled product liability waters by failing to address the status of the Learned…
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 21 Mar 2023
Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission finds Skechers’ intercompany transactions lacked a valid business purpose and economic substance
On February 24, 2023, the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission upheld the Department’s assessment that Skechers’ licensing transaction with its wholly…
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 15 Mar 2023
EPA Finalizes the “Good Neighbor” Transport Federal Implementation Plan Excluding Wisconsin Non-EGU Industrial Sources
On March 15, 2023, EPA released its final “good neighbor” plan for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act’s…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 14 Feb 2023
Wisconsin Warnings Decision Leaves Us Woeful
When is a warning not a warning? Apparently when it’s given in Wisconsin. Here are the facts which led to the denial of summary judgment in Platten v…
Littler Mendelson PC | USA | 2 Feb 2023
Wisconsin Employers Can Insist Upon Unpaid Lunch Breaks, Seventh Circuit Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that Wisconsin wage and hours laws concerning the compensability of meal periods…
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP | USA | 31 Jan 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Restatement’s Risk-Utility Test Does Not Replace the Consumer-Contemplation Test as the Standard for Determining “Unreasonably Dangerous” Products
Interpreting for the first time the product liability statute adopted in 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to adopt Restatement (Third) of…
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 31 Jan 2023
Cloudy Messaging from State Legislature on Medical Use Cannabis Legalization in Wisconsin
Wisconsin remains entrenched in the minority of states without medical or recreational legalization of cannabis. With the exception of Indiana, the…
