My high school alumni association’s social media page alerted me to an online auction and raffle supporting “under-resourced students and families n our community.” I decided to check out the auction items—most of them are the usual restaurant and attraction gift certificates. The raffle included a prime parking spot for a rising senior and several Stanley tumblers. Shockingly, nothing appeared to involve multilevel marketing. (Where I live now and where I grew up are very different places, apparently.)
Anyway,
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The Corporate Transparency Act is Here. Now How Do I Report?
part 3 of 3
This post is the third and final part in a series on the Corporate Transparency Act. Feel free to check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here. The last two posts talked about who the beneficial owners are under the Corporate Transparency Act (Act). This post will focus on the “company applicants” are (more on that later), as well as when and how to file the reports under the Act.
Let’s focus on
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Scam Alert: Beware of Email Scam Targeting State Bar of Wisconsin Members
Jan. 30, 2024 – A fraudulent email scam is currently targeting State Bar of Wisconsin members.
A third-party entity has registered a deceptive domain,
member-wisbar.org, which closely mimics the State Bar’s official domain. This entity is sending emails containing malicious attachments, masquerading as communications from the State Bar of Wisconsin.
The State Bar of Wisconsin is committed to the safety and security of all members. In taking precautions, here are some key points to note:
- Email Origin: The fraudulent
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Limits of AI and LLM for Attorneys
Note: Creepio, an AI, is a featured player among Auralnauts.
The current infatuation with Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially at the state bar which is pushing CLEs about how lawyers need to get on the AI bandwagon, is generally an un-serious infatuation with a marketing concept.
AI and LLM – language learning models, on which much of recent AI is based – has nothing to do with accuracy. So, for a legal practice or any kind of professional activity
What You Need To Know About The Corporate Transparency Act
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is a federal law with a filing requirement for almost every corporation, limited liability company, and limited partnership. The CTA requires that a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (the “Initial Report”) be filed by the Reporting Company with FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury. Failure to comply with the CTA’s reporting requirements can result in significant civil and criminal penalties.
The due date for the Initial Report for
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NCAA Finds NIL Rules Violations in Florida State Football Program
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions (COI) has announced an infractions decision for violations of the NCAA’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) and recruiting rules in the Florida State football program. The conduct in question stems from an assistant coach facilitating a meeting between a prospective transfer student-athlete and an NIL collective affiliated with the institution.
This is the NCAA’s second NIL-related enforcement action. In February of 2023, the NCAA announced an infractions case involving the University of
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The Corporate Transparency Act is Here. Now What is Substantial Control?
(part 1 of 3)
This series of posts follows Collin’s earlier posts on Corporate Transparency. Thank you, Collin, for paving the way! For that helpful context, please see Collin’s posts here and here. The purpose of this series is to dig a little more into the “nuts and bolts” of who must be reported, the mechanisms for the reporting, and the timing of the reports.
As Collin lays out in his earlier posts, the Corporate Transparency Act (Act)
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‘I should like to be admitted next summer’
“I should like to be admitted next summer.”
Lavinia Goodell, December 1873
In January of 1874, exactly 150 years ago, Lavinia Goodell was in the final stages of her law studies and was beginning to plan how and when she would be admitted to practice law. Shortly before Christmas 1873, she wrote to her sister Maria, “I am studying Greenleaf’s evidence. It is very interesting, and I wish I hadn’t anything else to do but just go ahead on
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Update: January 2024
Redistricting again took center stage at the Wisconsin Supreme Court this past month, with the court declaring Wisconsin’s state legislative maps unlawful under the Wisconsin Constitution. Let’s dive right in.
Cases Decided
Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2023AP1399
Redistricting
Decision Filed: December 22, 2023
Public Citation: 2023 WI 79
Nearly four months into its 2023–24 term, the Wisconsin Supreme Court finally issued its first authored decision of the term—a 225-page behemoth on the hot button topic of redistricting.
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Lab Test Subjects as Employees
In late 2022 and early 2023, a few folks started contacting me about being disqualified or having to repay unemployment benefits they received during the Covid-19 pandemic because of their participation in lab testing studies.
Then at the July 2023 Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council meeting, a coalition of lab testing companies and Rep. Gundrum asked the council to support a change in the law to exempt lab testing as covered employment. According to the minutes of that meeting:
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Cheers to Change: The New Wis. Stat. Chapter 125 – Full Service Retail
The landscape of Wisconsin’s alcoholic beverage regulations has recently undergone substantial changes with the revision of Wis. Stat. chapter 125. In this post we will be discussing one of the most substantial changes, specifically, the ability of breweries, wineries, and distilleries to offer beer, wine, and spirits (“full service retail” under the new statute) at their taproom/tasting room locations, subject to certain requirements (of course!). Read on for more information.
Historical Context:
Under the previous version of Wis. Stat.
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The Ghost of Procedural Rules Past: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Applies Waiver to Party Failing to Appeal a Non-Appealable Order
Waiver is a well-established concept under Wisconsin law, defined as the intentional relinquishment of a known right. E.g., Loren Imhoff Homebuilder, Inc. v. Taylor, 2022 WI 12, ¶13, 400 Wis. 2d 611, 970 N.W.2d 831. Wisconsin courts often wield waiver in important ways, to streamline litigation and avoid waste of resources. But, in one context, Wisconsin courts sometimes take it too far, applying waiver in a manifestly unfair way.
On December 12, 2023, the Court of Appeals issues an
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A Summary of Landlord-Tenant Bills That Some In Madison Are Hoping to Get Passed in 2024
Below is a summary of the many Landlord-Tenant law bills that were drafted in late 2023 and are hoping to move forward in 2024. You will note that many of these bills are trying to undue the many laws that were passed between 2012-2018 (i.e., Act 143, Act 76, Act 176, and Act 317). Whether or not these bills have any real possibility to become law now, it is clear that there has been a lot of work behind
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And, Cohen Both Takes The Fall And Passes The Buck
A quick update on New York’s Second AI Hallucination case, which I originally covered a couple of weeks ago—today we learned that Michael Cohen, the client, and not David Schwartz, the lawyer, used artificial intelligence (this time, Google Bard) to generate cases that did not exist. In a declaration he submitted to the court (available starting on page 9 of this packet from the CourtListener docket), Cohen stated that (having been disbarred several years ago) he had not kept
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The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies as an Affirmative Defense
Convicted prisoners, pre-trial and pre-sentencing detainees confined to correctional facilities enjoy the same constitutional rights as those of us that are not incarcerated.[1] Unsurprisingly, individuals confined to correctional facilities, with little or nothing productive to do with their time, find ample reasons to claim they are treated poorly during confinement. As a result, and without comment on the veracity of any given claim as – certainly – many of the claims asserted by inmates are valid, incarcerated persons
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A Smooth Transition for Your Family: The Ultimate Gift
A smooth transition for your family, when the time comes, is the most important gift you can give. This holiday season as we settle in for time with family and loved ones, it’s also a time to reflect on what truly matters, including the well-being and security of our family’s future. In the spirit of giving, this holiday season, let’s consider a gift that may not come wrapped with a bow but could be one of the most significant
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