In our kitchen cupboard, we have a plastic crate containing about 134 charging cords for various electronic devices, such as phones, tablets, speakers, digital cameras, watches and video games. The vast majority of the cords are for devices that we no longer have, but I’m terrified of throwing them away in case we ever need […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Mariah Carey trying to trademark the name ‘Queen of Christmas.’ The singer feels she’s earned the moniker, as ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ is one of the most popular Christmas carols of all time. If Mariah Carey is the Queen of Christmas for having a huge […]
APPLETON, Wis. – McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, has hired Sadie Dupont as an attorney for its business and corporate law practice. In her role, Dupont will focus primarily on business law matters such as business formations, contract drafting, and mergers and acquisitions. Dupont earned a Juris Doctor degree from […]
Last year, my daughter took several of her college exams remotely due to the pandemic. She took one of her finals at our home in her bedroom. She had an online proctor that supervised her while taking the test and she had to pan her webcam around the room before starting to show that she […]
If you watch any professional sporting event on TV, invariably you will see one of the athletes look at the camera, wave and yell, “Hi mom!” While I played lots of catch in the yard with my dad, my mom was the one who signed me up for everything, took me to practice, took me […]
Effective January 1, 2023, business entity law changes are coming for limited liability companies (LLCs) in Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers recently signed 2021 Act 258, which adopts a more standard set of LLC laws similar to those LLC laws already used by 23 other states. Act 258 is a step towards the modernization of Wisconsin’s […]
My greatest legal project was helping one of our tavern clients stay open. After the tavern’s owner and operator passed away, the family closed it down until it could be sold. However, the local ordinance provided that if the tavern ceased operation for 90 consecutive days, it would forfeit its liquor license. The closing on […]
Because it was a ‘Long Hot Summer,’ my wife and daughter didn’t like to eat too heavy of meals. Accordingly, they whipped up several fancy salads to nosh on. Many of those salads were adorned with Newman’s Own dressing. Legendary actor Paul Newman started making his famous salad dressing way back in 1982, when he […]
I was in a store the other day and they already had Halloween things out. Pretty soon, store shelves will be lined with Christmas stuff and will be piping in Christmas music. The holiday season seems to come earlier each year. And I love it. Christmas is definitely the most wonderful time of year. I […]
Wisconsin is well known for some awesome things, like cheese, brats, waterparks and supper clubs. But then, we’re also known for some not so awesome things, such as obesity, polar vortexes, high taxes and serial killers. And most recently, the Kia Boyz. The name is attributed to a bunch of teenagers in Milwaukee who steal […]