Federal Court Draws the Line on PIPS After Muldrow: A Win for Employers in Walsh v. HNTB
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Federal Court Draws the Line on PIPS After Muldrow: A Win for Employers in Walsh v. HNTB
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Can Police Get a Warrant for My Doorbell Footage?
Posted on April 23, 2026 in Criminal DefenseIf you have a Ring camera, a Nest doorbell, or any other video device mounted outside your home, you may have wondered…
On March 26, 2026, the Eighth Circuit, in Ghosh v. Abbott Lab’ys, Inc., 170 F.4th 1141 (8th Cir. 2026), affirmed the dismissal of whistleblower claims brought by a remote employee whose connections to Minnesota, where the employer was located, consisted…

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The transfer portal and NIL (name, image, and likeness) payments have recently significantly changed the landscape of college sports. The combination of the two has resulted in free agency for student athletes and hotly contested litigation in connection therewith.The National…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently posted a new factsheet making significant changes to Form I-9 inspections and which “mistakes” are correctable under the Immigration and Nationality Act § 274A (“Immigration Act”).ICE reclassified many Form I-9 errors from…
The UW Law Library is marking National Library Week this year with a milestone: the 20th anniversary of our Faculty READ Poster series.
You’ve likely seen READ posters before—those images of celebrities holding their favorite books, produced by the…
In 2024, we wrote about Bowie v. Settecase, No. 2022AP1561 (Wis. Ct. App. Dec. 12, 2023) (per curiam) (unpublished). There, the Court of Appeals deemed the defendant’s summary judgment argument waived because the case went to trial and “a…
The first nationwide test of a mandatory episode-based payment model has been unveiled. In the Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposes resurrecting and expanding the original Comprehensive Care for…