Law

City ordered to pay strip club’s legal fees

The City of Milwaukee has been ordered to pay Silk Exotic $482,586 to cover attorney fees and out-of-pocket expenses following a lawsuit the company’s owners brought forth last year after being denied a license to open a strip club Downtown.

Briggs & Stratton fined $24.3 million in patent infringement case

A jury has found that Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. must pay $24.3 million in damages to Exmark Manufacturing Co. Inc. for patent infringement.

Workplace violence – A hidden national tragedy

The murder of two Virginia news journalists on live TV by a disgruntled former station employee creates a sense of vulnerability in all of us. How can good people, merely doing their jobs, lose their lives at work? Though incidents of fatalities are rare, the Roanoke, Va. violence reminds us that such workplace acts are not rare enough. In fact, there are 2 million workers per year who are victims of some sort of workplace violence. So what can employees and employers do to reduce this risk?

State AG to partner with local law enforcement on gun crime initiative

The Wisconsin Department of Justice will supply two assistant attorneys general to Milwaukee to help the city crack down on gun violence, according to an announcement made by state and local law enforcement agencies on Monday.
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Don’t change Wisconsin worker’s compensation system

Wisconsin's worker's compensation system - established in 1911 and part of the “Wisconsin Idea” in politics - has been in place longer than any other in the country.

Around Town: Godfrey & Kahn celebrates Earth Day

Milwaukee law firm Godfrey & Kahn S.C. recently hosted an Earth Day volunteer event for its employees. Volunteers planted trees and spread compost at the Urban Ecology Center.

U.S. Supreme Court ruling: Administrative trademark decisions may preclude infringement litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 24 that Trial Trademark and Appeal Board (TTAB) decisions “can be weighty enough” to preclude a district court from litigating the likelihood of confusion between trademarks in a subsequent infringement suit. The decision in B&B Hardware, Inc. v Hargis Industries, Inc. may not settle the nearly 20-year dispute between the owners of the SEALTIGHT and SEALTITE marks; however, the ruling is likely to increase the importance of TTAB proceedings. In certain circumstances, federal district courts may be bound by TTAB determinations that trademarks are confusingly similar under the doctrine of issue preclusion. Issue preclusion prevents the same issues from being litigated more than once, saving time and resources.

Wisconsin’s substitution rule called into question by recent Sixth Circuit decision

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act...

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