Almost all employers in Illinois are subject to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, and any employers subject to the U.S. Minimum Wage Act are also subject to the Federal Pay Act, that ensure women are paid equal to men for the same job, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,...
The 2016 Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act put federal trade secret protection on par with that for other intellectual property, like copyrights and patents, but without requiring registration or disclosure. The number of state and federal lawsuits using the Act...
In these financially troubled times many owners are confronted with the dire choice of saving their businesses or their personal assets. Saving a business can include a reorganization. Your business can reorganize with a bankruptcy (Chapter 11) or a creditor workout....
Mediation is a current name for the structuring of negation between parties in an attempt to resolve a dispute. It involves retaining a mediator(s) or neutral to conduct the mediation, usually selected by the parties for his/her negotiation skills or industry...
Millions of mobile phone, bank, and investment customers now use fingerprint readers, eye scans, and voice recognition technologies as security and privacy enhancing technologies. This biometric information can provide more security than a password, however, once...
While Americans and their businesses are the most litigious in the world, lawsuits are often filed and defended without consideration of the costs for the litigants. Plaintiffs should consider before suing and defendants before responding. Even if attorney’s...
The trend toward arbitrating contractual disputes rather than litigating them in court is prompted not only by court decisions, but many businesses and their associations as well. Arbitration gives your business much greater control of the dispute resolution process...
While the best business litigation strategy is to avoid litigation or resolve disputes outside of court, including negotiation, mediation or arbitration, once litigation is initiated there are many steps a business can take in conjunction with its lawyer to minimize...