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Accounting for Digital Assets in your Estate Plan
Like many things rendered obsolete by the progress of technology, older estate plans may not adequately address the realities of the digital age. In the last 15 years, the Internet has become commonplace and many transactions are now recorded...
A Business Check-up Checklist
If you are a business owner, then you, no doubt, have or will go through the process of finalizing your financial statements and gathering your other accounting records and tax documents for your CPA. I encourage you to take time to also locate your...
Statutory Requirements for Record Books
There are statutory requirements as to certain records that must minimally be kept in a Corporate/Company Record Book. These records vary based on the type of company. The following is a list of different types of records to be kept for LLCs and...
Steps to Preserve Your Claim in a Premises Liability Case
Anderson O’Brien handles many claims involving individuals who injure themselves after falling or tripping due to ice or some other unsafe condition or obstacle. These types of cases are called premises liability cases. They occur frequently, especially...
Grandparent Visitation Rights Awaiting Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision
In 2000, the United States Supreme Court found in Troxel v. Granville that parents have a constitutionally protected interest in the care, custody, and control of their children. The Supreme Court concluded that a trial court must give some special weight...
Governmental Immunity and the Known Danger Exception
The governmental immunity statute grants immunity to governments and their officers from certain lawsuits related to intentional wrongful and discretionary acts. Governmental immunity laws trace their origins back to British common law and the idea that...
An Employment Law Lesson Learned by a Gourmet Cookie Company
Most employers know that it is illegal to discriminate in the employment process. Employment discrimination commonly occurs when an employee or job applicant is treated unfavorably because of his or her race, skin color, gender, disability, religion, or...
Arbitration? What am I Gaining? What am I Losing?
You have probably heard the word “arbitration” before. Maybe you have purchased a consumer product and looked at the fine print to discover a reference to arbitration. Perhaps you have seen a reference to it in some other context. In some situations, such...
Protect Your Rights After a Hit-and-Run
When people envision an auto wreck, their minds usually go to an image of two crashed vehicles on the side of the road, and the police are present talking to the parties and witnesses to document what occurred. As a result, an accident victim can readily...
Seven Things You Need When You are Personal Representative of an Estate
Being asked to wind up the affairs of a deceased loved one may feel like an honor, but the duties of a Personal Representative, or Executor, as the position is sometimes called, can also be complicated. If you have been named as Personal Representative in...
Trust Settlements – How to Navigate the Process
Regardless of the type of estate plan you have set up, if someone passes away, there are a number of matters that will need to be addressed. A trust sets up the terms for how a trustee should administer the affairs and assets of the deceased. Below are...
Buy-Sell Agreements: Working for the Best and Planning for the Worst
However optimistic you are about the future of your business, the reality is at some point your business will either end or change hands. A thorough business plan takes this into consideration. The best-case scenario is after many years of success, your...
Liability Concerns for Dog Owners
Dog owners love their dogs. Statistics show that there are approximately 89 million dogs in the United States which are kept by 60 million households. However, while our dogs give us great companionship, they can also create a liability concern, costing...
Important Legal Documents for Young Adults
It can be an exciting time for parents of high school seniors. Many are selecting colleges, technical schools, planning for careers after high school, or perhaps a trip abroad. With all the changes that come with being the parent of a child who is turning...
Estate Planning for a Disabled Spouse
Caring for a spouse who suffers from physical and/or mental decline can be an overwhelming task. The healthy spouse often spends the majority of his or her time ensuring that the care needs of their spouse are met. Faced with this daily struggle, it is all...
Social Media and Family Law #askingfortrouble
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat provide an abundance of opportunities to undermine your family law case. For many, social media has become a type of semi-public journal of their day-to-day life. Whether your...
Private Roads, Joint Driveways, and Easements
Many properties in Wisconsin have some form of shared access. It can be as simple as a portion of the driveway crossing the neighbor's property to more complicated scenarios where an access road crosses multiple properties and provides access to numerous...
Mueller v. TL90108, LLC a Tale on the Statutes of Limitations
Regardless of the facts, there are certain types of legal cases that restrict the amount of time in which legal action may be taken based on statutes of limitations. Statutes of limitations are laws that set the maximum time after an event within which...