On November 27, 2017, Wisconsin started to allow businesses to be “benefit corporations” as a business entity thanks to the new corporate statutory Chapter 204. A benefit corporation is a corporation formed in accordance with ch. 180 that states in its articles that it is a benefit corporation and has a purpose of creating general public benefit. … Read more
If you do business outside of the state in which you are organized (e.g., you are a Wisconsin LLC, but do business in Illinios), you have to tell that other state that you are doing business there. That is, you register as a foreign company. Yup, it is as you always suspected, those Illinois people … Read more
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of … Read more
A lot of attention has been paid in the media and industry regarding a new proposed law affecting breweries. Given this, we thought a special, non-Tuesday blog post was warranted. Jeff Glazer provides his opinion regarding this proposal. So Jeff writing AND out on a Thursday – very special indeed! I know. Me? The calm … Read more
A covenant not to compete is a contract, and as a contract, it needs an offer, acceptance and consideration to be enforceable. When presented at the offer of employment, as long as employment is conditioned upon signing, that is considered enough. In Star Direct v. Dal Pra, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that employers may … Read more
Federal law prohibits anyone other than the American National Red Cross and “its duly authorized employees and agents and the sanitary and hospital authorities of the armed forces of the United States from using the Greek red cross on a white ground or the words ‘Red Cross’ or ‘Geneva Cross.’” The law states that “[w]hoever wears … Read more
Given this two different sets of laws we talked about last week, we have two separate court systems: The federal system and the state system. The federal courts interpret federal law; the state courts interpret their state’s laws. State courts are not allowed to interpret federal law except as to how it impacts state law. … Read more
Giving Tuesday was created as a vehicle to channel all of the good will and spending from the holiday season into charitable organizations. A charitable organization are usually tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and, thus called 501(c)(3)’s. Organizations that are accepted by the IRS to be tax exempt under section … Read more
In the running for the most asked question of 2016 is “How do I pick a good lawyer?” I have been asked this again and again by people. My best answer is “Ask questions!” First, ask people you trust: Who do you use? Do you like them? Do they listen to you? Are they … Read more
A stereotypical date night out includes dinner, drinks, and maybe dancing to a band. Turns out that is also a stereotypical list of licenses you need to get if you are starting a place where people will enjoy those behaviors. The license that I, at least, hear the least about is the Entertainment License. In … Read more