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IN BRIEF - The sale of a family business or any business with multiple owners creates potential conflicts among the owners as well as potential issues for the attorney representing the sellers. Among these issues are those related to...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The state of California recently passed legislation that amends the definition of race under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the California State statute that prohibits employment discrimination, among other things) to include “traits...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

Dear YouDig?, We are on fire this construction season. With the busy schedule comes a lot of pressure. Last week, during a hot afternoon stretch, one of our workers lost his head and beat the living hell out of a coworker. On our site.......By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Let’s start by defining terms. There are a number of characteristics that might be used to bring definition to “potential” size, profitability, locations, and so on. But, for purposes of this discussion, I define it as achieving the professional...By: Hayse LLC

In case you missed it, on July 1, 2019, the Chicago and Cook County Minimum Wages increased as follows: · Chicago: $13.00 per hour for non-tipped employees and $6.40 for tipped employees. · O’Hare and Midway Airport Certified Service Providers:...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

An employee does not have to demonstrate that she suffered an adverse employment action to prevail on a failure to accommodate claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the Appellate Division ruled last month in Richter v....By: Genova Burns LLC

A recent legal malpractice decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provides a stark cautionary tale about the dangers for a law firm when the firm either neglects to send an engagement letter at the outset of...By: Pullman & Comley, LLC

On June 4 and June 5, 2019, two different Appellate Division panels issued opinions discussing the enforceability of arbitration agreements signed by pharmaceutical delivery drivers who claimed the defendants violated New Jersey’s Wage and Hour and...By: Genova Burns LLC

Did you know that when a private sector employer has evidence that a union has lost support from a majority of its bargaining unit members, the employer can refuse to recognize the union as their bargaining representative? In 2001, the National Labor...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

In a case that started back in February of 2013 – when Security called 9-1-1 and had police escort non-employee union organizers out of the employer’s cafeteria – the Board “modified” decades of its own precedent.  Sort of....By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC