Attorney Vanessa Wishart provides legal updates in Wisconsin water law to WI Wastewater Operators Association
Attorney Vanessa Wishart will give legal updates on Wisconsin water and environmental law as part of a daylong symposium on March 18, 2025, to an audience of municipal officials, water treatment plant operators, contractors, and consultants. The 2025 Spring Biosolids Symposium in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is an annual event providing a forum for discussion and information exchange by assembling speakers who are recognized experts
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Court of Appeals Concludes Ballots Lacking Election Official Endorsements Must Be Counted
Wisconsin Court of Appeals issues opinion that voting ballots lacking endorsements from elections officials must be counted
On March 6, 2025, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals (Dist. IV) issued a must-read election law opinion declining to toss out three ballots cast in a Rock County election. Gonfiantini v. Rock Cnty. Bd. of Canvassers, No. 2024AP1233 (Wis. Ct. App. March 6, 2025) (recommended for publication). The three ballots were not initialed (i.e. “endorsed”) by the appropriate elections officials as required
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Attorneys Iana Vladimirova & Rich Latta Moderate Discussions at ALFA International Seminar
Stafford Rosenbaum Attorneys Latta and Vladimirova speak to ALFA International business audiences during International Client Seminar
Two attorneys at Stafford Rosenbaum, the Wisconsin member law firm of global legal network ALFA International, participated in the organization’s International Client Seminar on March 6-9, 2025.
Attorney Rich Latta moderated a panel discussion, “The More Things Change—What Happens Now After the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Has Turned Back the Clock to 1984?” The panel discussed the Loper Bright decision,
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Attorneys Kent & Landretti Present on Wisconsin Water Law Issues
Attorneys Paul Kent & Jane Landretti present on current legal issues in Wisconsin water law
Attorneys Paul Kent and Jane Landretti will give a presentation on Wednesday, March 5, during the 2025 Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance Conference. The two-day Conference will cover topics like regulation and guidance, climate change, green infrastructure, dissolved phosphorus capture, watershed recovery, recycling and reuse in stormwater, and community engagement for an audience including engineers, professors, community leaders, government entities, local elected officials, and concerned
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits Standing to Appeal Decisions from the Wisconsin Elections Commission
On February 18, 2025, in a 4-3 vote, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Kenneth Brown, a voter who raised a number of claims challenging the Racine City Clerk’s use of 22 alternate absentee ballot sites to facilitate in-person absentee voting for the August 2022 primary election, lacked standing to seek judicial review of the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s decision dismissing his complaint. In Brown v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, 2025 WI 5, the Court squarely addressed what it means to
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Attorneys Thao & Smith Present on Use of AI Platforms to Wisconsin Business Owners
Attorneys Pahoua Thao and Scott J. Smith present at the Wisconsin Family Business Center
Attorneys Pahoua Thao and Scott J. Smith will present to an audience of small and family business owners during the Wisconsin Family Business Center’s Food for Thought program on Wednesday, February 12.
“Potential Pitfalls and Risks for Family Businesses Using AI Platforms,” part of the two-presentation Food for Thought program, will help audience members to discover the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on family businesses
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Preserves Privacy Protections for Court Records of Voters Subject to Guardianships, Affirms Unified Nature of Court of Appeals
By a 5-2 vote, on January 17, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court vacated a District II Court of Appeals decision holding that county registers in probate must provide, in response to requests under Wisconsin’s public records law, copies of Notice of Voting Eligibility (“NVE”) forms—court records relating to determinations of the competency of individuals to vote that are otherwise sealed from the public and protected from disclosure by Wisconsin law. In Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord, 2025 WI 2,
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Attorney Seep Paliwal Gives Inns of Court Presentation on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Attorney Seep Paliwal presents on Generative AI from intellectual property law perspective
Attorney Seep Paliwal will give a Generative AI presentation to an audience of James E. Doyle American Inn of Court members on November 20, 2024. “Generative Artificial Intelligence: Its Pitfalls and Impact on Intellectual Property Law” will cover the risks, benefits, and reliability of Generative AI programs, address federal regulation and impending lawsuits, and warn of the likelihood for intellectual property infringement with use of these programs.
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Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Ahead for Tech Companies
Technology companies are facing a series of lawsuits alleging copyright infringement.
Throughout our Artificial Intelligence 101 blog series, we’ve discussed the hypothetical legal troubles Generative AI can cause. To wrap things up, our final blog post is an overview of the many pending lawsuits that could decide the legal future of Generative AI.
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is likely the most well-known company in the field of Generative AI technology. This recognition, however, has resulted in numerous
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EPA Issues Final Lead & Copper Rule Improvements with $2.6 Billion Allocated to Support Replacement of All Lead Drinking Water Pipes in the US
On October 8, the Biden Administration issued its long-awaited final rule, the “Lead and Copper Rule Improvements” (the “LCRI”), requiring drinking water systems across the country identify and replace all lead water pipes within a 10-year period.[1] The LCRI also includes requirements for more rigorous testing of drinking water for lead levels, lower thresholds requiring communities to take action to protect residents from lead exposure, and more consistent communication with communities regarding the schedules for pipe replacement and
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Attorney Mason Higgins Presents during Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for State Bar
Attorney Mason Higgins to present at State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Updates
Stafford Rosenbaum Attorney Mason Higgins will present on real estate issues in bankruptcy, including single-asset real estate issues commercial leases, on Wednesday, November 6, for the Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for the Eastern District, and on Thursday, November 7, for the Western District. Both updates are presented by the State Bar of Wisconsin. This year’s updates feature time-tested legal techniques, the latest case
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Bosses Beware: Safety Comes First in the Face of Extreme Weather
Employers, safety first for your employees in extreme weather circumstances.
The tragic stories that we all saw in the path of destruction left by recent hurricanes is a good reminder that no community is safe from the damages of climate change and extreme weather. Out of many tragic stories, one that received a great deal of attention—and has already generated at least one lawsuit—is the story of Impact Plastics, a company in a small town in rural Tennessee.
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Stafford Rosenbaum Attorneys Present at and Sponsor Wisconsin Towns Association Conference
Attorneys Larry Konopacki and Derek Punches present at Wisconsin Towns Association’s Town Law Conference
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP is proud to sponsor the 2024 Town Law Conference, hosted by the Wisconsin Towns Association and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Local Government Education Program. Topics of the virtual conference, taking place on October 25, 2024, include town regulation of ATVs and UTVs, local authority over wind and solar energy systems, legal perspectives on town board meeting disruptions, effective project management
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Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Federal Law Still Does Not Address Use of Generative AI
United States federal law still does not address use of Generative AI, though lawmakers have proposed legislation addressing various issues.
In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we discussed intellectual property infringement as a legal risk of using Generative AI. Today, we jump into a discussion of the various other legal liabilities associated with Generative AI.
Not only is there no case law yet addressing the allegedly unlawful activity associated with Generative AI, but also the United
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Attorney David Hollander’s ‘Return of Dicta’ Article Featured on Wisconsin Lawyer Cover
Attorney David P. Hollander has been featured for the second time on the cover of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine. The State Bar of Wisconsin published “The Return of Dicta Under Wisconsin Law?” by Atty. Hollander and co-author, the Hon. Michael R. Fitzpatrick (Ret.), for the October issue of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine:
“In a 2010 opinion, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously concluded that lower courts may not dismiss prior published authority as dicta. The court’s reasoning was that by dismissing a
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Attorney Seep Paliwal Presents on Commercial Contracts for State Bar of Wisconsin
Attorney Seep Paliwal presents during State Bar business law CLE seminar series
Attorney Seep Paliwal will discuss the basics of commercial contracts with a panel of other experts over the noon hour on Thursday, October 10, during the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Business Lawyer Starter Kit Series: Commercial Contracts,” available to watch as a webcast. The webinar will address best practices for drafting commercial contracts and working with your client and will define the key terms involved
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