Last week, I wrote about New Jersey’s effort to protect the environment by banning plastic silverware in fast food restaurants. Like plastic silverware, plastic shopping bags are also overrunning our landfills. We get plastic bags at hardware, grocery and convenience stores. Some of the bags are thick, while others are pretty thin and tear easily. […]
Illinois recently adopted a law requiring prospective police officers to approve the release of their personal background records, including everything from job performance reports to nonpublic settlement agreements, as part of the hiring process. The measure was passed in response to last summer’s shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old single mother who had struggled with […]
McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, is proud to announce that attorney Sara Micheletti has been named partner. Micheletti’s practice includes estate planning, guardianship, probate, estate settlement and elder law. Her legal services aim to help people with their personal legal needs throughout their lives. She frequently acts as a personal representative or trustee in probates and trusts and serves as a guardian ad litem. Micheletti advocates for the […]
When I was in high school, rapscallions would sometimes partake in throwing eggs or tomatoes at cars after the homecoming football game. Because of the inherent danger of this activity and the very expensive damage it could cause, the authorities came down hard on any perpetrators they would find. To avoid severe punishment, these miscreants […]
‘Teen Wolf’ was a classic 1980s movie that starred Michael J. Fox as Scott, a short, somewhat nerdy high schooler who suddenly became the Big Man on Campus after turning into a werewolf. One scene in the flick shows Scott “van surfing,” or standing on top of a moving van while driving down the road. […]
Over two years ago, I wrote about Peter LoDuca and Steven A. Schwartz, attorneys with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, P.C., a personal injury firm in New York City. In a lawsuit they filed, Schwartz used ChatGPT to help draft a brief. After he found several cases that were right on point and supported his client’s […]
This past Christmas was great. Leading up to the big day, I was able to watch some of my favorite Christmas movies, including “Jingle all the Way.” The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad, a pair of devoted fathers who will stop at nothing to buy their kids the year’s hottest toy – a Turbo […]
McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, is proud to announce attorney Jon Fischer has been named as the president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Elder and Special Needs Law Section. He will begin his term in July of 2026. This appointment highlights Fischer’s leadership in protecting the elderly and special needs population and promoting excellence among elder law attorneys. The State Bar of Wisconsin is a professional organization that includes all attorneys who […]
In the summer of 1985, my family went to Orlando. We got to visit Disney World, Epcot Center and SeaWorld. SeaWorld was pretty cool because we got to see a show featuring Shamu, their killer whale. We were sitting close enough to the water tank that we got splashed when she jumped. 12-year-old me thought […]
One of my favorite TV commercials ever was Geico’s ad for the 2015 Super Bowl. It featured Salt-N-Pepa, a rap sensation from the 1980s and ‘90s, performing their hit “Push It.” The spot opens with a man unsuccessfully trying to pull open a door until the group tells him to “push it.” They then proceed […]