- GuardianshipSuccessfully defended circuit court decision dismissing guardianship action against client and granting motion for attorneys’ fees.
- Fraud
- Corporate LawChad is a Paralegal in the Business and Corporate Law Practice Group and the Trademarks Section. He assists clients with business formations; business transactions including annual reports, registered agent changes, and amendments to articles of incorporation; asset purchases; stock purchases; buy-sell transactions; and, mergers and acquisitions.
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Business Transactions
- Limited Liability CompaniesAssisting business owners in a variety of issues, including organizing corporations and limited liability companies, selling and purchasing businesses, general business planning, drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts and leases, and resolving insurance coverage issues.
- Construction Contracts
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual PropertyThe China National Intellectual Property Association (CNIPA) has recently published a revised draft amendment of the Guidelines for Patent Examination (“the draft Examination Guidelines”) that aims to amend and clarify the examination practice to align with the latest version of the Chinese Patent Law, which came into force in June of 2021. The draft Examination Guidelines are still under review, having recently completed a public feedback period, with three prior draft versions incorporating refinements from the public feedback (published in 2020-2022). It is believed the finalized version of the Examination Guidelines will not differ greatly from the draft version because of recently announced CNIPA plans for promoting the implementation of the “Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection”, which stated that the draft Examination Guidelines will be finished around the end of 2022. However, the finalized Examination Guidelines have yet to be published.
- Workers Compensation
- Severance AgreementThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision holding that severance agreements containing certain nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses interfere with employee rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision will impact employer severance agreements with both non-unionized and unionized employees.
- Real Estate Litigation
- Construction LitigationAssisting contractors and subcontractors with drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction contracts, construction lien and bond claims, and public contracting and bidding issues.
- Eminent Domain
- Land Use and Zoning
- Personal InjuryBanuelos v. Univ. of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Authority imposed further limitations on the fees that a Wisconsin health care provider may charge for copies of patient health care records. Specifically, the Court held that Wis. Stat. § 146.83(3f) does not permit health care providers to charge fees for electronic copies of patient health care records when a “person,” e.g., a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney, requests a patient’s health care records and provides the “informed consent” of the patient.
- Medical Malpractice
- Estate Planning
- Trusts
- Foreclosure
- Tax Law