WILL continues to challenge illegal tax that burdens Wisconsin families and small businesses
The News: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin (SCOWIS) has granted a joint petition to bypass the court of appeals, and accepted review of the Town of Buchanan’s appeal of the Wisconsin Institute for Law ...
WILL urged DATCP to remove burdensome regulations that impose huge costs on short-term rentals
The News: A final rule proposal from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) removes proposed burdensome regulations and licensing requirements that would have ...
WILL challenged fee as an attempt to circumvent strict levy limits
The News: Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis struck down the Town of Buchanan’s transportation utility fee holding that the fee violates strict levy limits imposed on counties and municipalities in state law. ...
Unions brought this suit in federal court seeking to overturn Act 10, arguing that it violated public employees’ First Amendment rights. WILL filed amicus briefs countering those arguments. The 7th Circuit concluded the law was constitutional.
2011 Wisconsin Act 10 reformed collective bargaining for public sector employees. Unions sued to stop it, and WILL filed amicus briefs on behalf of employees who wanted the freedom to not pay union dues. Eventually, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Act 10 constitutional.
For decades, Milwaukee had an arbitrary limit on the number of taxi cab licenses issued by the city. WILL filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit brought by the Institute for Justice, and a court struck down the cap.