Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce the launch of our area of law-specific alerts. Every week, on Thursday, our system will search for recent news of legal significance authored by our attorneys within areas of law our lawyers practice. These alerts will allow email subscribers to automatically receive breaking legal news items of interest in a timely fashion. In addition to email [...]
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Chicago Partner Paul Starkman is quoted in the May 17 online issue of Business Insurance on the expected rise in discrimination claims based on alleged violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act or GINA. The article is entitled Discrimination claims rising in the wake of genetic bias law. Paul also provided his thoughts on GINA claims [...] Chicago Partner E. Jason Tremblay recently obtained the dismissal of a series of federal civil rights and public accommodation claims filed against a national seminar group. The plaintiff was an individual who attended a seminar being presented by the seminar group at a local Chicago hotel. After the plaintiff became disruptive, she was removed from [...] Chicago Partner Paul Starkman, published an article in Chief Executive Magazine. The article appeared on the May 3 Online Exclusives edition. The article, “What You Need to Know about Monitoring Employees’ Off-Duty Social Networking Activity” examines the effect of social networking on employers, and the risks involved. Click here to read the full article. Paul Starkman, chair of Arnstein & Lehr’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, authored this article for the May 3 issue of Chief Executive. The article discusses monitoring employees’ off-duty social networking activity. What You Need to Know about Monitoring Employees’ Off-Duty Social Networking Activity Below is an overview of the key tax changes affecting business in the recently enacted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. The act was signed into law by the president on March 18, 2010. Extension of enhanced small business expensing (Section 179). The new law gives a one-year lease on life to enhanced expensing [...] Terminating senior executives these days can result in litigation, bad publicity, business disruptions and poor morale among remaining managers, not to mention being grueling ordeals for all sides. Tough economic times require rapid management changes with no time to “paper the file.” Severance packages are shrinking. Age discrimination charges are spiking. What are CEOs, in-house [...] The Employment Law Toolkit is a comprehensive resource highlighting the significant employment and labor issues facing Illinois employers in today’s business environment. It focuses on providing practical and cost-effective suggestions on how to avoid employment and labor-related liability and comply with many state and federal laws facing employers. Arnstein & Lehr Partner and member of [...] Blogging, twittering, and use of other social networking media, such as Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, etc., are all becoming more popular each day, as is posting videos on YouTube, and otherwise posting information and images on the Internet. As such, employers are increasingly becoming interested in monitoring employees’ off-duty Internet activity. But what are the risks [...] For the past several months, Chicago Partner and Chair of Arnstein & Lehr’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, Paul Starkman, has been utilized as an expert source for four articles on a variety of employment law related topics. He has been quoted in Business Insurance, CFO.com and Inside Counsel. Paul Starkman 2009 Media Coverage Summary |
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