As the government shutdown, which began on October 1, 2025, continues, multiple states, including Oregon, Washington, Arizona and most recently, Pennsylvania, have issued guidance encouraging finance companies...

Cannabidiol (CBD) lovers, rejoice! On October 31, 2019, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its interim final rule (Rule) governing hemp production in the United States.

After a four-week trial, a federal jury concluded on Wednesday that Tuomey Healthcare System violated both the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by submitting $39 million worth of illegal claims to Medicare.

Covered entities and business associates are required to update all BAAs to satisfy the new HIPAA requirements by September 22, 2014.

The Wisconsin Department of Quality Assurance ("DQA") announced that, effective March 1, 2019, it will begin inspecting facilities with Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services ("HCBS") programs to ensure compliance with the HCBS settings rule.

On September 17, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) launched a new pilot program in an effort to incentivize inventors to find solutions to COVID-19.

The new law, known as the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ("DTSA"), allows parties to sue in federal courts, even against citizens of the same state and regardless of the amount at stake.

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a case asking the Court to adopt an approach that would broaden the scope of the attorney-client privilege when communications contain both legal and nonlegal advice.

As with any other crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic tends to bring out the best in most people but the worst in others. Scammers are even more active than ever

Many employers in Wisconsin and around the United States were surprised to recently learn that the European Union's new data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...

In reviewing a lender's mortgage form in our capacity as Wisconsin local counsel, one of the most frequent revisions we suggest making is to insert language to provide the lender, in its capacity as mortgagee, the opportunity to shorten the mortgagor's redemption period in order to reclaim the mortgaged property more quickly.

Commercial lease disputes come in many different forms. Disputes may relate to payment issues, evictions, CAM calculations, property conditions, surrender obligations, maintenance...

In recent years, Wisconsin courts have wrestled with the issues posed by "zombie properties" when mortgagees holding foreclosure judgments fail to pursue an actual foreclosure sale.

Commercial leases often contain provisions that only allow tenant action upon "landlord consent." "Consent" may relate to any number of issues.

Wisconsin recently enacted legislation banning local governments, including cities, villages, counties and towns, from imposing time of sale ("TOS") requirements on the sale of real property.

This prohibition would become effective January 1, 2018, and will affect both new money and refunding bonds.

On April 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2020-23 (updating Notice 2020-18 and 2020-20) extending various tax deadlines relating to the COVID-19 ...

As the end of the year nears, a U.S. subsidiary may try to repatriate cash to its foreign parent. Repatriation may occur in several different methods with each having advantages and disadvantages.

As employers are encouraging, and in some instances requiring, employees to work remotely over the coming weeks...

Advances in technology, from email, internet and remote access to laptops and smart phones, have made business more efficient and profitable.