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Nov 25 2020

School District Grievance Procedure Provisions to Immediately Review

Posted By: Kyle J. Gulya & Christine V. Hamiel & Andrew T. Phillips & James R. Macy & Ryan P. Heiden & Sarah E. Hanneman & Todd W. Gray
Legal Update
School Law

Following publication of our recent Legal Update discussing the statewide surge of workplace safety grievances, we have received many questions regarding which grievance procedure provisions deserve immediate attention to best prepare for a potential grievance. While each district’s grievance procedure may contain procedures or provisions unique to itself, there are a few core provisions that should be included within all grievance procedures for purposes of providing a fair, effective, and efficient grievance process.

Nov 20 2020

It's Called A "Workplace Safety" Grievance, But What Is This Really About?

Posted By: Kyle J. Gulya & Christine V. Hamiel & Andrew T. Phillips & James R. Macy & Todd W. Gray
Legal Update
School Law

School districts continue to navigate the challenges associated with delivering educational instruction during a pandemic. Wisconsin’s status as a COVID-19 “hot spot” continues, leaving districts in the position of having to closely monitor local data and make difficult decisions, oftentimes pivoting between instructional delivery models. Many school districts have seen a rash of workplace safety grievances filed pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0509(1m) by district employees or union leadership raising workplace safety concerns and, in many instances, seeking relief demanding that districts move exclusively to a virtual instruction environment. This development is disappointing, considering the extensive time, effort, expense, and concern of school districts across the State in assuring safe environments for students and staff for face-to-face learning in school.

Nov 19 2020

IRS Announcement Regarding Effect of Entity Payment of Tax on SALT Deduction Limitation

The 2017 federal tax reform legislation included a limitation on the individual itemized deduction for state and local taxes (“SALT”). The limit is $10,000 per joint return and $5,000 per return for married taxpayers that file separately.

Some high individual tax states attempted to help their taxpayers blunt the effect of this new limitation by allowing them to make charitable contributions to the state in exchange for a corresponding credit against their individual state taxes. The expectation was that individuals doing so would be able to deduct the full charitable contribution on their federal income tax returns, and thereby reduce the effect of the SALT deduction limitation.

The IRS and Treasury responded, however, by issuing regulations limiting the deduction for such charitable contributions. The IRS viewed the changes made by those states as inappropriate attempts to “circumvent” the 2017 SALT deduction limitation.

Wisconsin also subsequently passed legislation motivated in large part by the federal SALT limitation. It does not apply to all taxpayers. Instead, it provides a potential means for owners of Wisconsin entities taxed as S corporations (“tax-option corporations” in Wisconsin terminology) or as partnerships (which would include most multi-member LLCs) to reduce the adverse effect of the federal SALT deduction limitation.

Nov 03 2020

New Information Blocking Rules: Will You Be Ready?

Posted By: Daniel J. Balk III
Legal Update
Health Law & Health Information Privacy and Security

Healthcare providers are subject to a vast array of privacy laws but, until recently, still had discretion in fulfilling requests for information. Now, new rules governing “information blocking” will curtail this discretion and impose new compliance risks in fulfilling requests for healthcare information. “Information blocking” is the prohibited practice of interfering with access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (“EHI”). This Legal Update will outline (1) who must comply with the new rules, (2) the basic requirements of the new information blocking rules, (3) the relevant exceptions to these requirements, and (4) practical considerations for health care providers seeking to comply with the new rules by the compliance date in April 2021.

Nov 02 2020

von Briesen Launches Chicago Office and Welcomes Nine Intellectual Property Lawyers

Press Release

Susan E. Lovern, President and CEO of von Briesen & Roper, s.c., today announced that the intellectual property lawyers of the former Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP firm have joined the firm’s new downtown Chicago office at One North Franklin Street, Suite 2350. In addition to nine lawyers and a registered patent agent, five staff including a patent illustrator have joined the firm. Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP, was a boutique IP firm that had been focused exclusively on patent prosecution and counseling services and previously had been named a “Go-To Law Firm^®”, by Corporate Counsel Magazine when conducting a survey of the Chief Patent Counsel of the Fortune 500.