Law Blog
Offboarding and the Threat to Your Business
One of the greatest threats to your business’ electronic data is not closing the door when offboarding employees, contractors or third parties. Not terminating their access may expose your business to hacking, phishing, ransom attacks and other cyber threats. Your...
Time to Check Your Employment Practices, Policies and Procedure
The start of the new year it is a great time to check your employment practices, policies and procedures, and some to look at include: Reassess your operating during COVID plan to see if it is up to date. Consider whether to require employee COVID-19 vaccination. Make...
Reservation of Rights Letters – When the Insurance Company Denies Coverage
In response to an insurance claim you may receive a Reservation of Rights Letter from your insurance company stating it believes that there is no insurance coverage or duty to defend you for the claim, but that it will continue to defend you during the time if its...
Expunging Cannabis Arrests and Convictions
The June 25, 2019 law legalizing recreational cannabis also provided that certain prior cannabis arrests, case dispositions and convictions are to be expunged, or removed from the public records, as they negatively impact employment, education, credit, housing and...
Election Day Holiday / Time Off
On June 16, 2020, Governor Pritzker made November 3, 2020, election day, an official state holiday, adding it to the state holiday calendar. The same law also eased restrictions on voting by mail. As a result, all state offices and most municipal offices will be...
Judicial Elections
We believe that a qualified and respected judiciary is essential to preserving democracy and the rule of law, and are frequently asked by family and friends for recommendations regarding who to vote for in judicial elections and retentions. It is our pleasure and...
Confidential Information with Employees at Home
The Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden increase of the number of employees working at home puts even more pressure on your business to protect its proprietary, confidential and trade secret information. Some concerns you should address to protect confidential...
Successful Mediation Strategies
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...
Business Insurance
With more than half of small businesses being unable to recover after a substantial financial loss, many owners turn to business insurance to insulate their businesses from catastrophes, substantial liability claims and personal liability for business loss. Some of...
Collection, Use and Storage of Biometric Information
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...
