Madison Law Blog

January 26, 2022:  Earlier this month, a hearing examiner for the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission found that the Madison Metropolitan School District committed a “prohibited practice” by twice surveying employees represented by union Madison Teachers...

According to the American Bar Association, This book discusses and analyzes the features, concepts, and themes shared by state statutes, and it explores some of the variation among jurisdictions in both the statutes and the case law. Includes a breakdown of public...

Lester Pines, Senior Partner, was chosen as Madison’s Best Attorney in the Wisconsin State Journal’s People’s Choice Awards.  His interview about the award was featured in a special insert to the August 29 Sunday edition of the paper. "This is a transmission from the...

Attorneys Christa Westerberg and were recognized for their writing excellence by the State Bar of Wisconsin. Their article "Social Media, the First Amendment, and Government Actors" (Jan. 2020) received the top award for an article in Wisconsin Lawyer magazine, the...

Pines Bach LLP attorneys won a significant victory for open, democratic government on April 29, as a Dane County court ruled that Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature had unlawfully entered into contracts with private lawyers, at taxpayer expense, to aid...

Eight Pines Bach LLP attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters...