(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 […]
Companies that fail to pay their outside sales representatives commissions are rolling the dice and face stiff sanctions under the Illinois Sales Representative Act, 820 ILCS 120/1 et seq. (“ISRA“), including payment of attorneys’ fees and […]
You did the work. You closed the sale. You got stiffed on your commission. Under Illinois law, you have a powerful tool to help you collect that commission. It’s called the Illinois Sales Representative Act, 820 […]
The injury attorneys at our firm are investigating devastating diacetyl exposure cases causing an injury known as bronchiolitis obliterans, sometimes called “popcorn lung.” Bronchiolitis obliterans is an inflammatory obstruction of the lung’s tiniest airways, called […]
Does Illinois recognize a cause of action for tortious inducement of breach of fiduciary duty? The answer is yes. Our law firm recently defended a client accused of tortious inducement of breach of fiduciary duty in […]
Costs associated with litigation can be expensive. Courts charge filing fees, investigators charge fees for serving documents on your opponent, the law requires parties to pay witness fees, expert witnesses charge a pretty penny for […]
In Doe-3 v. Mc Lean County Dist. 5, the plaintiffs, a first grader and a second grader, where allegedly sexually abused by a teacher who had been disciplined for the same type of misconduct at […]
Small business owners often struggle to collect their accounts receivable. Sometimes debtors actually dissolve their businesses in order to avoid paying creditors and then re-open later under a new or slightly different name. Frustrated creditors […]
The Illinois Supreme Court recently recognized, for the first time, the tort of “intrusion upon seclusion.” In Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois, the plaintiff (Lawlor) was a successful saleswoman who left her job to join a […]
Doctors are often asked to sign restrictive covenants when they begin their employment. Generally speaking, a valid restrictive covenant prohibits the doctor from soliciting or treating certain patients for a certain period of time after […]
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