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In 2015, the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Lincoln Lutheran of Racine, 362 NLRB 1655, providing that an employer’s obligation to “check off”, or deduct, union dues from the paychecks of union-member employees Read More About The National Labor Relations Board Returns an Economic Weapon to an Employer’s Collective Bargaining Arsenal
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it has finished testing the pilot H-1B registration process for the upcoming H-1B work visa season. Read More About 2020 H-1B Lottery Will Take Place Early Based on New Filing Rules
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If you’ve ever vacationed in Wisconsin’s Door County, you’re undoubtedly familiar with Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant. More specifically, you’ve probably seen the groups of goats contentedly grazing on the restaurant’s green sod roof. What you may Read More About Goats on the Roof: Iconic Wisconsin Restaurant Wins Trade Dress Dispute
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The Nuts and Bolts of Court-Ordered Mediation
Dec 12, 2019 | Eric H. ChadwickConventional wisdom tells us that mediation works best when it is voluntary. So why do judges regularly force litigants into mediation? Perhaps it’s because they know reality to be something quite different than what conventional wisdom has to say. Read More About The Nuts and Bolts of Court-Ordered Mediation
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Patent Trolls - Separating the Myth from Reality
Dec 12, 2019 | Eric H. ChadwickIn the popular media, we increasingly read and hear about a rise in patent infringement lawsuits that has been driven in large part by patent “trolls.” They may sometimes also be referred to as “patent-assertion entities” or “non-practicing entities Read More About Patent Trolls - Separating the Myth from Reality