Krieg DeVault | USA | 15 Mar 2024
Effective January 1, 2024, most full-time employees in Illinois are entitled to 40 hours of paid leave annually, to be used for any reason. Illinois…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 15 Mar 2024
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) from enforcing the equivalent-benefits…
Littler Mendelson PC | USA | 15 Mar 2024
In November 2023, soon after Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed amendments to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”)…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 14 Mar 2024
In a consequential ruling on March 11, 2024, Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted in part…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 27 Feb 2024
In recent years, Illinois has become a focal point for privacy litigation, thanks in large part to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | European Union, USA | 24 Feb 2024
According to the National Conference of State Legislators, some 40 US states have introduced or are currently considering legislation to govern…
Hall Benefits Law | USA | 15 Feb 2024
In Johnson v. City of Kewanee, 2023 WL 8091963 (C.D. Ill. 2023), a married couple filed suit after the city fired them for allegedly stealing data…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 9 Feb 2024
A fresh wave of litigation has recently emerged in Illinois commonly known by the four-letter acronym GIPA—the Genetic Information Privacy…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 6 Feb 2024
A fresh wave of litigation has recently emerged in Illinois commonly known by the four-letter acronym GIPA—the Genetic Information Privacy…
Littler Mendelson PC | USA | 24 Jan 2024
Illinois state and local legislatures kept busy in 2023 with the enactment of numerous new labor and employment laws, including significant changes…