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VIDEO: Interview Summarizing Key Points of Wisconsin's Latest Landlord-Tenant Law - Act 317

I recently had the opportunity to present a continuing legal education (CLE) webinar for the State Bar of Wisconsin on the recent passage of Act 317 - Wisconsin's latest Landlord-Tenant law changes.  After the webinar, which is primarily for attorneys, I was interviewed by the State Bar about some of the highlights from Act 317 and they were nice enough to allow me to include the video on by blog

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New Landlord-Tenant Law - Act 317 - Is Effective on April 18, 2018.

On April 16, 2018 Governor Walker signed into law 2017 Wisconsin Act 317 which is Wisconsin's newest Landlord-Tenant law. The law was published yesterday, April 17th, which means that it will become effective tomorrow, April 18, 2018.It is a very large law -- 8 1/2 pages long -- too much for me to cover in this post. I have chosen to focus on the portions of the law ...

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