On July 12, 2017, a three-Judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the United States Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin’s September 26, 2016 decision upholding...
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives took a significant step toward a substantial repeal of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. By a vote of 233 to 168, the House passed the...
In recent weeks, the United States Department of Labor has taken firm steps towards rescinding the “Persuader Rule,” which is a regulation issued by the Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) of the Department...
Under federal law, private sector employers who regularly employ more than fifteen employees in a given year have statutory and regulatory obligations to preserve records related to their hiring and employment practices....
On March 17, 2017 in Yolich v. Financial Management Systems, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of employer Financial Management Systems, Inc. (FMS) on a motion for...