Income member Michael Milstein was recently featured in a Risk & Insurance article titled, “5 Workers’ Comp Litigation Considerations Employers Should Review Before a Claim Heads to Court.” The article highlights the panel Michael moderated for CLM’s 2020 Workers’ Compensation and Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Conference on June 17. “5 […]

Managing capital member Jeanne Hoffmann and income member Margery Newman have both been selected to this year’s Leading Lawyers’ list of Top Women Lawyers in the Chicagoland area. Leading Lawyers publishes an annual list recognizing prominent women within the Chicago law scene. Selected attorneys are evaluated based on peer recommendations […]

Income members Brian Rosenblatt and Donn LaHaie recently authored articles for the June edition of Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) The Policy. The Policy is ISBA’s insurance law newsletter, providing timely developments and updates on insurance law. Brian’s article, “Dramatic Expansion of Illinois Workers’ Compensation Rights Leads to Injunction, Nullification […]

Associate Chase Gruszka was recently appointed to Vice Chair of the Social Media Committee for the Illinois Defense Counsel (IDC). As part of his new role, Chase will work closely with the committee chair to share valuable material that is of interest to IDC members and increase IDC’s social media […]

Chicago income member Jeff Kehl recently published an article for CLM Magazine titled, “Walmart’s COVID-19 Problem.” Jeff provides a full analysis of the first COVID-19 wrongful death suit filed in Cook County, Evans v. Walmart, (Cook County, Cause No. 2020 L 003938) and examines direct civil suits against employers for COVID-19 deaths. […]

By: Jessica Jackler Since the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted on April 1, it feels as though the DOL has updated its guidance on an almost daily basis. What started out as a couple dozen or so questions and answers explaining the hastily drafted Act, has now […]

By: Jessica Jackler On June 17, the EEOC updated its Coronavirus Technical Assistance Questions and Answers, specifically addressing the use of antibody tests under the ADA. The guidance concludes that in light of recent interim guidelines from the CDC, employers requiring antibody testing before allowing its employees to re-enter the […]

By: Storrs Downey & Jessica Jackler In a long-awaited landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on June 15, holding that Title VII protects LGBTQ workers against discrimination. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the 6-3 ruling, which decided three employment discrimination cases involving the reach […]

By: Cary Schwimmer In Carrethers v McCarthy, Case No. 19-5712 (May 28, 2020), the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals confirmed that an employer may legitimately fire an employee if it believes that the employee falsified allegations of misconduct directed against him or her.  Carrethers, a civilian employee who worked […]

By: Jessica Jackler As a result of the pandemic, the EEOC will delay its pay data collections until 2021. The delay impacts private sector employers, EEO-1 filers. The EEOC is delaying the collections until 2021 to help ensure that employers are better positioned to provide accurate, valid and reliable data […]