The enforceability of post-employment restrictive covenants in Illinois suffered a set back on October 14, 2013, when the Illinois Supreme Court refused to review an appellate decision that held that two years of employment was required to enforce a...
A Virginia highway toll evader managed to rack up quite a bill: $202,000. The Virginia Department of Transportation sued Jason Bourcier when his bill ballooned from $440 to more than $200,000 over four years, including late fees and interest.
We're in the middle of a series of posts about issues that are addressed in the 2012 Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF). The question for today is probably the most common of all for Red Notice subjects who...
Phoenix Business law firm Jaburg Wilk's employment law attorney Kraig Marton discusses at will employment, various types of employment cases, types of discrimination and how employment cases are assessed.... By: Jaburg Wilk
The hospitality industry is no stranger to the rules prohibiting discrimination in accommodations. The average restaurant or hotel operator is aware that the establishment cannot deny service to a patron on the basis of a protected status, such as...
It appears likely that Florida's highest court will have to resolve a dispute about what state lawmakers meant when they made it a crime for those who are HIV-positive to have "sexual intercourse" without informing their partner.
I was recently asked, “Are law blogs dying?” My answer was an emphatic “no.” Not even close. Law blogs are booming more now than ever, and the data back that up. More than four years ago, I compiled a catalog of law blogs published by Am Law 100...
Recently two different appellate courts in Illinois examined the issue of whether a subcontractor’s insurer is obliged to defend a general contractor as an additional insured. In Pekin Ins. Co. v. United Contr. Midwest, Inc., 2013 IL App 3d...
Personal branding was popularized in 1997 after Tom Peters’ article, “The Brand Called You” appeared in Fast Company. Tom opined, “Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to...
There has been a flurry activity recently in both the House and Senate aimed at addressing the perceived patent-troll problem. We have recently reported on the introduction of both the "Innovation Act," from Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va), and the...
