US FEDERAL COURT NIPS WALKER’S WINGS: JUDGE WILLIAM CONLEY STRIKES DOWN TWO ONEROUS PROVISIONS OF ACT 10

On Friday, March 30, 2012, Judge William Conley in the federal district court for the Western District of Wisconsin found significant parts of Act 10, Wisconsin’s radical reform of public employees’ right to engage in collective bargaining, unconstitutional:· The...

JUDGE ADELMAN DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. AND THE STATE EQUAL RIGHTS DIVISION AND HUD

The Honorable Lynn Adelman recently dismissed a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin by two Wisconsin landlords who had been sued for discrimination by a client of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc....

UNIONS CHALLENGE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW

Hawks Quindel attorneys, working in coalition with other union attorneys, are representing tens of thousands of public sector workers in a lawsuit against Governor Walker and other state officials challenging the Budget Repair Bill that guts public employee collective...