Municipal Law Newsletter
July/August 2016 Issue
Julia Potter, Brian P. Goodman | 07.01.16
Articles in this issue
Significant Home Rule Case Invalidates Milwaukee’s Residency Requirement
Julia Potter
In a decision widely seen as a blow to municipal home rule authority, the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Court) struck down the City of Milwaukee’s longstanding…Beware: The Duty to Preserve Electronic Evidence
Under Wisconsin and federal law, parties have strict obligations, even before a lawsuit is filed, to take reason- able steps to preserve evidence that relates…
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