To create a TIF district, a city must show that it will spur development that otherwise wouldn’t occur – that new development wouldn’t exist “but for” the creation of the TIF district. Eau Claire claimed that an already-finished building somehow wouldn’t be built without a new TIF district, and we sued to stop that abuse.
Unions filed another Act 10 lawsuit in 2019, arguing that the law was unconstitutional because unions have a constitutional right to collectively bargain. We intervened on behalf of a teacher who objects to being forced to pay union dues to defend the law.
The City of Lake Geneva promulgated an ordinance that allows the city to search the homes of residents who occasionally rent their home for periods of less than 29 days at virtually any time without a warrant or, alternatively, to fine them if they refuse to consent to a warrantless search. These requirements violate the Fourth Amendment rights of Lake Geneva residents, including the Plaintiffs. We filed this suit to vindicate those rights.
New regulations would be overly burdensome, unnecessary
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted comment, Friday, opposing a rule proposal from the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to regulate pools at short-term rental ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a 5-2 decision in Brown County v. Brown County Taxpayers Association (BCTA) to uphold the Brown County sales tax. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) challenged the Brown County sales tax because of the decision to use local sales tax revenue ...
WILL issued a letter to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) warning the state agency that any attempt to enforce certain regulatory restrictions on the start-up Swimply, a growing online platform that allows homeowners to make their underutilized residential swimming pools available for rent, would be a violation of state law.