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- Achieving Environmental Excellence: Green Tier Legislation
- New Green Tier legislation promotes and rewards environmental performance while providing regulatory flexibility on everything from land development to manufacturing. Help your business, industry, or municipal clients determine if participating in this voluntary program is right for them.
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- The First LLC Case
- In Gottsacker v. Monnier, the first limited liability company case to reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the court included in its decision a lengthy discussion of how LLCs work, touching on the technical details and policies behind the law. Thedecision offers guidance and practical advice to attorneys drafting LLC agreements for their business clients.
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- Hearsay in Administrative Hearings
- In Gehin v. Wisconsin Group Insurance Board, the Wisconsin Supreme Court did not strictly adhere to the legal residuum rule, which prohibits administrative hearing bodies from basing findings of fact solely on uncorroborated hearsay. While Gehinprovides grounds for exceptions to the rule and addresses several satellite issues, it is unclear when corroboration is required and when it is not.

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