Can’t get a public record? State might give meager help, in 6 months. Attorney Christopher Steffe talks about the frustrating experience he had when making an open records request in Sheboygan County. His experience isn’t that uncommon.
On August 17, 2021, Attorney Christopher Steffe was appointed to the City of Brookfield’s Ethics Board. As a member of the four-person board, Attorney Steffe is jointly responsible for investigating allegations of improper conduct by City officials or employees and making recommendations
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In 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature created Wisconsin Statute §895.047, establishing and redefining the necessary proof for claims of strict product liability (this expansive piece of legislation is commonly referred to as “Act 2”). In a recent opinion, Murphy v. Columbus McKinnon Corp.,
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Galanis, Pollack, Jacobs & Johnson, S.C., is proud to announce that Attorney Christopher R. Steffe presented at the Wisconsin International Association of Arson Investigators’ Spring 2021 Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Attorney Steffe taught legal considerations for fire investigators, focusing on NFPA
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On Tuesday, March 9th at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern), please join Attorney Aaron Plamann for a one-hour webinar to discuss malfunctioning products and the use of circumstantial evidence to prove defect and liability. The webinar is free for NASP members! For further details
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Epic Systems, the Verona, Wisconsin-based healthcare software company, announced this week that it will require all of its roughly 10,000 employees to return to work at its large campus outside of Madison by September 21, 2020. While it has been reported that
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On Thursday, July 30, Governor Tony Evers declared a Public Health Emergency and issued an Emergency Order requiring individuals to wear face coverings when indoors and not in a private residence. The Order became effective at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 1,
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The United States Supreme Court has expanded the scope of the so-called “ministerial exception” which shields religious employers from anti-discrimination laws, such as Title VII, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin and religion; the Age Discrimination
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When a property damage claim is made, an insurance professional (either a frontline property adjuster or a dedicated subrogation claims adjuster) should determine whether there is potential for subrogation. The best way to make this determination is to uncover the all-important who,
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As a follow-up to the latest blog about in-person evidence inspections (Fire and Evidence Inspections in the Age of COVID-19), evidence can also be collected by methods other than having an engineer, property adjuster, or technician secure the evidence. This information applies
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