Perhaps the most famous movie scene involving an employee getting stiffed on a bonus is in the legendary film Christmas Vacation, when Clark Griswold (played by Chevy Chase) goes absolutely ballistic after his boss fails […]
How can you protect your business from the looming bankruptcies that will flow from the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial consequences of Illinois Governor Pritzker’s stay at home ExecutiveOrder-2020-10? If one of your suppliers or […]
On July 10, 2018, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Pantle rejected attempts by Navient to dismiss claims brought by the Illinois Attorney General claiming that Navient violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices […]
(August 2018) In the Georgia federal case of McGinnis v. American Home Mortgage Servicing, 901 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2018), Jane McGinnis filed a lawsuit against Homeward (fka American Home Mortgage Servicing), which was responsible […]
(November 2019) A federal jury awarded Monette Saccameno $582,000 in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages against her mortgage loan servicing company, Ocwen. On appeal, the Seventh Circuit lowered the punitive damage award […]
(January 15, 2020) In the recent case of case of Zeigler Auto Grp. II, Inc. v. Chavez, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6582, a federal judge in Chicago partially granted a request by Zeigler Chevrolet-Schaumburg for […]
(September 2019) Our clients were able to prevail at a trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County on claims brought by a former manager seeking over $370,000 in overtime pay under the FLSA (federal […]
ADULT OCCUPATIONAL LEAD EXPOSURE Many occupations involve lead exposure or potential lead exposure. Obviously lead mining, refining and smelting present risks of exposure. Many electricians can be exposed when their work includes lead splicing (“tinning”) […]
(December 2018) The Circuit Court of Cook County recently agreed that our client is entitled to a trial to determine that he is the rightful owner of a home. The home was deeded to our […]
(Chicago – 9/14/2018) It took less than 1.5 hours for a Cook County jury to return a unanimous verdict tonight in favor of our clients against an insurance company for refusing to pay the full […]
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