By Attorneys Stephen E. Mays and Halle Geiger
Every person accused of Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) has constitutional and statutory rights. When law enforcement fails to follow those rules, the consequences can be significant.
In a recent OWI First Offense case, Mays Law Office filed three separate motions asking the court to suppress critical evidence:

  • The unlawful arrest.
  • An improperly obtained Preliminary Breath Test (PBT).
  • The blood test — because our client’s legally guaranteed alternative chemical test was never

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When building a successful brand, businesses may more often focus on protecting their name, logo, and other trademarks, but a brand’s value can extend far beyond these traditional identifiers. The colors, packaging, product design, and overall visual presentation that customers associate with your business can become valuable assets of their own. This is where trade dress protection comes into play.For many businesses, the way a product looks is just as important as the product itself. A distinctive design can…
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Hall Render, the nation’s leading law firm focused exclusively on health care, is pleased to announce the opening of its office in St. Louis, Missouri, formalizing the Firm’s well-established presence advising clients in the St. Louis metropolitan and Missouri health care markets.
The St. Louis office is a client-driven extension of Hall Render’s national footprint, as the Firm already performs a significant amount of work for St. Louis and Missouri-based clients. Sustained client demand, along with the continued growth…
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Note: We are crunching Supreme Court of Wisconsin decisions down to size. The rule for this is that no justice gets more than 10 paragraphs as written in the actual decision. The “upshot” and “background” sections do not count as part of the 10 paragraphs because of their summary and necessary nature. We’ve also removed citations from the opinion for ease of. Italics indicate WJI insertions. Emphasis in the original is italicized and underlined.Case: Wisconsin State Legislature v. …
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The Milwaukee Common Council meeting on July 31, 2026. Photograph by Alexandria Staubach. By Alexandria Staubach Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission candidate Jordan Morales failed to obtain enough votes for confirmation at a Milwaukee Common Council meeting this morning after some alders shared concerns about his seeming complacency with the status quo. The confirmation failed in a 6-6 tie with three alders abstaining. The surprising vote comes after Morales was recommended by the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee last week. Morales, who…
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On July 7, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed policy statement addressing what it describes as the “suppression of accuracy” in artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems. The proposal would apply traditional deception principles under Section 5 of the FTC Act to AI systems whose outputs are allegedly steered away from users’ objectives or reasonable expectations regarding truthfulness and accuracy. The FTC requested public comment by July 31, 2026, approximately three weeks after publication of the proposal.
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On July 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (“District Court”) in Right to Life of Michigan v. Nessel pressed pause on reaching the constitutional question at issue: whether Michigan’s expansion of sex-based discrimination to include the termination of pregnancy violates Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights. Instead, the District Court granted a preliminary injunction as it awaits clarification from the Michigan Supreme Court on the meaning of several amended provisions of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights…
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  • Connecticut adopted sweeping changes to its certificate-of-need (“CON”) program. Among other changes, the reforms are intended to narrow certain review requirements, adjust thresholds for when approval is needed and create a more predictable path for some facility and service-line projects. The changes reflect continued state-level attention on streamlining CON approvals.
  • Intermountain Health and AdventHealth announced plans to form a joint venture involving several Denver-area hospitals: AdventHealth Avista in Louisville, AdventHealth Castle Rock, AdventHealth Littleton, AdventHealth Parker and AdventHealth Porter

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    On July 27, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Covenant Medical Center v. Kennedy (“Covenant”) once again vacated a 2023 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation that excluded inpatient days covered by an uncompensated care funding pool when counting Medicaid Days in the Disproportionate Share Hospital (“DSH”) payment calculation. The regulation at issue, found at 42 C.F.R. § 412.106(b)(4)(iii) and known as the “Exclusion Rule,” was previously vacated by…
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    For decades, Delaware has been the leading destination for out-of-state corporate formation. While there are many reasons for this, Delaware views its advantages as including its system of laws, which Delaware describes as “optimal” for “engaging in ethical and profitable business,” and which are predictable, stable, and kept up-to-date every year.[1] Moreover, it has dedicated business law courts with expert corporate law judges who are impartial and resolve disputes efficiently. In addition, the Secretary of State’s office acts…
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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a proposed rule to update drug establishment registration and listing requirements for distributed manufacturing (“DM”) and certain foreign drug establishments. If finalized, the rule would create a streamlined registration pathway for qualifying distributed manufacturing establishments (“DMEs”) that manufacture drugs at multiple physical locations, while also aligning the FDA’s foreign establishment registration and listing regulations with statutory changes made by Section 2511 of the PREVENT Pandemics Act. Comments on the proposed rule…
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    Learn who qualifies, how much you may receive, and how spousal Social Security benefits can impact retirement and maintenance after divorce.Social Security benefits are a crucial source of retirement income for many individuals. However, one valuable benefit is often overlooked or misunderstood: spousal Social Security benefits. If you are eligible, spousal Social Security benefits provide monthly payments based on your current or former spouse’s earnings record. The maximum spousal benefit is up to 50% of the higher earner’s…
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    The EEOC’s Proposed Rule to Rescind Annual Demographic Reporting Requirements
    By: Carmen N. Decot
    As most employers are aware, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC’s”) existing regulations require certain employers covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and certain federal contractors, to collect and maintain information on the sex and race/ethnicity of their employees and to file annual data reports detailing such employee demographics by job category. However, these requirements may soon become a thing…
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    Wisconsin Watch has some unemployment claim-filing tips to offer.

    These tips are largely based on the unemployment primer, with an extra focus on Wisconsin’s work search requirements — do five work searches per week rather than just the four required work searches — and the documentation you need to retain about those work searches for the eventual work search audit that will come your way.

    These tips also include my advice to file weekly certifications for the…
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    Missouri Employers Face New Military Leave and Reemployment Obligations Under House Bill 2593Missouri employers will soon face expanded military leave and reemployment obligations following Governor Mike Kehoe’s signing of House Bill 2593 on July 9, 2026. The new law goes into effect beginning August 28, 2026, potentially opening up new litigation exposure for noncompliance.Missouri Extends USERRA Reemployment Protections to National Guard MembersThe new protections align Missouri law with federal leave protections. Specifically, the law explicitly grants the same robust…
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    Under House Bill 2593

    von Briesen & Roper, s.c., announced today the addition of seven attorneys in four offices: Claire A. McDonough and Christian T. Oehrlein joined the Milwaukee office, James P. Anderson and T. Alexander Dee joined the Madison office, Anne E. Flinchum and Ann L. Patteson joined the Firm’s Green Bay office and Anthony S. Wachewicz III joined the Eau Claire office.Claire A. McDonough is an Associate in the Trusts and Estates Section. She focuses her practice on helping individuals,…
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