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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP: What the CFPB’s New Debt Collection Rule Means for You
On October 30, 2020, the CFPB released its long-awaited final collections rule, which restated and clarified certain prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or misleading representations, and unfair practices by debt collectors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). -
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP: Feed Forward after Receiving Feedback: Best Practices to Leverage Your Evaluation
Feedback is essential to our success as it provides information about how we are interacting with others, expectations and progressing on competencies that define our career success. -
Whirlpool can't unplug all of federal class action over leaky dishwashers
Judge won't dismiss parts of warranty claims based on allegations company knew of dishwasher defects before selling appliances -
Jimmy John's to pay $1.84M to end long court fight over OT for asst managers; Lawyers claim $1.1M
The Illinois-based sub sandwich chain has been in court since 2014 on claims it misclassified assistant store managers as "management," exempt from overtime requirements in federal labor law. -
IL Supreme Court green lights appeal to decide if employers can use workers' comp law to beat biometrics class actions
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a South Side nursing home operator, who argues the state's workers' comp law should shield it from a class action lawsuit brought by workers over fingerprint scans under the state biometrics privacy law. -
Employers should expect continued 'onslaught' of class action lawsuits from emboldened trial lawyers in 2021: Seyfarth Shaw report
Illinois courts figure to be at the fore of a renewed litigation push in coming years, as an incoming Biden administration figures to also ratchet up regulatory action against businesses, according to an annual litigation report from law firm Seyfarth Shaw. -
Reform advocates hope change in IL Speaker's office brings more than just new tone
Those who represent businesses and employers in Illinois say they hope the switch from former Speaker Madigan to Speaker Chris Welch will help create opportunities for cooperation and reform, despite Welch's lockstep support for Madigan through his legislative career. -
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP: Managing Your Workforce Through the Current Social and Political Climate
While 2020 and the global pandemic continue to bring unique challenges to the workforce, other equally important social issues have since (re)surfaced and require an equally thoughtful strategy and response. -
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP: Seyfarth Inclusion & Diversity Webinar Series – Part Three: Employee Resource Groups
Implementing Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and/or Affinity groups are one commonly used strategy that employers use to enhance a culture of belonging. -
Appeals panel: IL workers' comp law doesn't block worker class actions vs employers over fingerprint scans
The appeals panel said harm suffered by violations of Illinois' biometrics privacy law aren't workplace injuries, even if the violations occurred in the workplace, in the course of employment. -
City Hall set to OK $6.65M deals to end four police misconduct claims; Payouts will include money for lawyers who repped plaintiffs
Lawyers from the firms of O'Malley & Madden; the Hamilton Law Office; Erickson & Oppenheimer; the Law Office of Al Hofeld Jr.; and Odim Law Offices poised to grab a cut of the settlement funds for bringing the lawsuits. -
Supreme Court decision expands civil rights to LGBT people, poses new lawsuit risk to employers, religious orgs
The decision in Bostock v Clayton County could tee up future SCOTUS dates to draw new legal lines between LGBT civil rights and religious freedoms. -
'Unprecedented' COVID crisis sparks new Pritzker order, shielding doctors, hospitals from 'plague' of post-crisis lawsuits
Illinois' governor signed the order on April 1 to provide legal protection badly needed by hospitals and health care pros to fight COVID, the Illinois Hospital Association said. -
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP: Coronavirus Part 2: Preparing for a Potential Pandemic - New Employer Challenges
We will update employers about the latest information on Coronavirus, including preparing for a potential pandemic. -
Does IL workers' comp law trump biometrics class actions over fingerprint scans? Appeals court poised to answer
Employers across state watching to see if courts will award relief from 'massive, potentially ruinous' class action lawsuits over technical violations of the IL BIPA law, in which no one was actually harmed. -
Appeals panel hangs up on some class actions over 'robo' text messages, dials up potential Supreme Court call
Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago says some automated dialers acceptable under federal law if they only dial numbers stored in customer databases. -
'This should keep you up at night': $550M Facebook settlement could spark yet more IL biometrics class actions
Attorneys urge employers to beware of lawsuits, address company policies and push Illinois officials to 'seek changes' to the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Report says employment lawsuits down, but class action success rate highest ever; Cost businesses billions
Plaintiffs' lawyers are securing class action nods at 80% clip, and settlements are still totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, a report from Seyfarth Shaw says -
Appeals court: Insurance executive can press illegal tax shelter suit vs Northern Trust, Christiana Bank, not Seyfarth Shaw
An insurance executive facing a $10 million bill for unpaid income taxes can sue his former financial advisors, but not the law firm that employed the lawyer who the executive said misled him into hiding $64 million in an illegal tax shelter. -
SEYFARTH SHAW: Employee Benefits Partner Jeffrey Bauer Joins Seyfarth’s Chicago Office
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Jeffrey Bauer to the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation department in Chicago.