With less than a week to go before the June 5 recall elections, tensions are running high across the Badger State. Hamilton Consulting’s detailed analysis of the recall primary results lays out each race and the implications of different outcomes, so in case you missed it be sure to check it out. Since the primary, […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Bad Lemon Law Decision
Date Wed, May. 30, 2012 - 3:46pm By Hamilton
In a troubling 5-1 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court awarded Attorney Vince Megna – the self-proclaimed “Lemon Law King” – a victory that allowed him and his client to walk away with over $700,000 in damages. This despite the fact that Megna and the owner acted in bad faith, therefore making it impossible for the […]
Another Campaign Ad Falsely Claims Law Protecting Equal Pay for Women Repealed
Date Wed, May. 30, 2012 - 3:36pm By Hamilton
The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has released an ad targeting Gov. Scott Walker that falsely alleges that he repealed a law making it “easier for corporations to pay women less money than men.” Opponents of Senate Bill 202 (2011 Wisconsin Act 219), which repeals punitive and compensatory damages under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, continue […]
Court Decides Neither Employees nor Employers Have a Right to Cross Examine State Appointed Physician
Date Wed, May. 30, 2012 - 3:31pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a little noticed decision (Aurora Consolidated Health Care v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, 2012 WI 49) involving worker’s compensation that could negatively affect Wisconsin’s employers. In a 5-1 decision – authored by Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, joined by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, and Justices Patrick Crooks, Annette Ziegler and […]
Supreme Court Issues Split Decision Expanding Liability of Physicians
Date Wed, May. 30, 2012 - 3:24pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 17, issued a split decision which greatly expands the liability of physicians in medical liability cases. The case involved the scope of a physician’s duty to inform a patient, often referred to as “informed consent.” The three-Justice majority decision was authored by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, joined […]
Concealed Carry and Firearms Laws in Wisconsin
Date Fri, May. 25, 2012 - 9:44am By Hamilton
The Legislative Reference Bureau has released a brief detailing Wisconsin’s recently enacted concealed carry law and other various firearms laws. The brief details: the history of Wisconsin’s concealed carry law; concealed carry licensing; limitations on concealed carry; and other firearms laws.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Plaintiffs Entitled to Receive “Phantom Damages”
Date Thu, May. 24, 2012 - 4:13pm By Hamilton
The Spring 2012 edition of the Federalist Society’s State Court Docket Watch features an article authored by Hamilton Consulting’s Andrew Cook. The article, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Plaintiffs Entitled to Receive “Phantom Damages,” provides an in-depth analysis of the high court’s unanimous decision in Orlowski v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. Part I of […]
Vote Cook for Environmental Law Section Board
Date Thu, May. 24, 2012 - 4:01pm By Hamilton
Hamilton Consulting’s own Andrew Cook is running for the public interest position on the board of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Environmental Law Section. Andrew Cook is an attorney with the Great Lakes Legal Foundation, a non-profit public interest law firm. Mr. Cook is also a consultant with the Hamilton Consulting Group, LLC. He […]
Legislative Summer Study Committees Announced
Date Thu, May. 24, 2012 - 3:57pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Joint Legislative Council has released the list of study committees that will meet this summer to examine major issues and problems identified by the Legislature. The study committees are made up of Legislators and citizens who are interested in or knowledgeable about the study topic. This summer’s committees are as follows: Special Committee […]
Walker vs. Barrett, Round 2
Date Tue, May. 8, 2012 - 10:51pm By Hamilton
Mayor Tom Barrett’s relatively easy victory on Tuesday was a surprise to few, as most of his primary advertising focused on the big prize: defeating Gov. Scott Walker. However, Barrett, having lost the governor’s race to Walker in 2010, knows his goal will not be accomplished any easier the second time around. In that 2010 […]