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March 27, 2025 Deception, Discrimination, and Severance, Oh My! An Appeals Court Ruling against the Chicago White Sox Might Affect Future Severance Negotiations
Category: Chicago, Contract Law, Courts, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, LGBTQ, Mary F. Charlton, Severance, Sports, Termination, Workplace Discrimination
March 17, 2025 The Corporate Transparency Act: An Injunction Is Lifted, But Questions Remain
Category: Business, Contingency Planning, Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes
January 19, 2025 Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Not So Transparent: What Recent Legal Challenges Mean for Your Business
Category: Business, Compliance , Contingency Planning, Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes, Strategic Planning, Supreme Court
December 09, 2024 A Federal Texas Court Has Suspended the Corporate Transparency Act
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes, LLC, Small Business, Strategic Planning
November 20, 2024 A Federal Court Has Blocked the DOL from Expanding Overtime Pay
Category: Compensation, Courts, DOL, Employment Law, FLSA, Government, Overtime, Paula Acosta, Wages
August 21, 2024 The FTC and Non-Competes, Part 4: Federal Court Rules the Non-Compete Ban “Unlawful”
Category: Amit Bindra, Compliance , Contract Law, Courts, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, FTC, Government, Human Resources, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
March 25, 2024 An Unclear Future for the Corporate Transparency Act, Recently Found Unconstitutional
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes
October 18, 2023 “You’ve Got Mail!” Parties May Now Be Served via Email, Text, and Social Media.
Category: Christina Martinez, Courts, Digital Workplace, Illinois, Legal Changes, Litigation
July 19, 2023 Cook County No Longer Livestreaming Court Proceedings
Category: Allison Wolcott, Courts, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Government, Illinois, Matt Tedeschi
May 31, 2023 The Delaware Trilogy: Prominent Court Refuses to Enforce Non-Compete Clauses in Three Recent Decisions
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Courts, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant, Severance
March 15, 2023 Recent Legislation Makes Our Judges Safer but Could Go Further
Category: Congress, Courts, Government, Judicial security, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
September 19, 2022 “Fundamental Principles Should Not Be Up for Grabs”: Justice Elena Kagan Reflects on the Supreme Court
Category: Courts, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Supreme Court
July 26, 2022 The Supreme Court Favors Employees in Recent Arbitration Rulings
Category: Amit Bindra, Arbitration, Courts, Employment Law, Overtime, Supreme Court, Wage Claims
November 15, 2021 OSHA’s New Vaccine Rules Hang in the Balance, but Employers Should Still Develop a Plan
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Compliance , Coronavirus, Courts, COVID-19, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, OSHA, Strategic Planning
December 18, 2020 Our Judges Need to Be Protected Now—and Here’s How
Category: Congress, Courts, Government, Judicial security, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Privacy
September 22, 2020 The Impact of the Notorious R.B.G. Will Be Felt for Years
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Courts, Diversity, Equal Pay, Gender Neutrality, Law school, Poonam Lakhani, Supreme Court, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace