If someone files suit against me and I win, can I force the other side to reimburse my legal fees? Traditionally, the answer has been no – American courts follow the “American Rule,” under which each litigant generally pays his [...]
Employers want employees to stay connected. Employees appreciate the flexibility of working remotely. So employers let employees access email and login to company applications on their own phones, laptops, and other devices. In fact, according to one source, 59% of [...]
In a prior post, we reported that two U.S. Courts of Appeals had rejected the Department of Labor’s test for analyzing whether an individual qualifies as an unpaid intern. On Friday, January 5, 2018, the DOL scrapped its own test, [...]
A federal judge has struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended overtime eligibility to more than 4 million white collar workers. As discussed in our prior post, the new rule would have dramatically narrowed the “executive, administrative, [...]
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals–which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin–held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, [...]
