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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

A Busy Day of Civil Arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court

by Kirk Jenkins | Sedgwick LLP on 3/19/2013

Tomorrow will be a busy day for the Illinois Supreme Court's civil docket, with five cases being argued, beginning at 9:00 a.m. They are...more

Reality Bites: Know the Law Before Using That Hidden Camera

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/4/2013

During the holiday break, I did what many lawyers do (but will publicly deny): I watched a few ”bad” reality tv shows. No, I didn’t watch “Here Comes Honey Boo-boo” (even I have my limits). But on the Food...more

Constant Email Access Increases Employee Stress

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 9/26/2012

Five days away from email equals less stress. This may sound obvious, but that was the conclusion of a recent study that took away email from thirteen civilian workers at an Army facility outside Boston, according to a...more

Labor Letter - July 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 7/3/2012

In This Issue: - “Here’s Looking At You, Kid” - The EEOC Looks For Beauty Bias By James J. McDonald, Jr. (Irvine) - The EEOC is currently investigating Marylou’s Coffee, a chain of Massachusetts coffee shops, for...more

More Reasons Why Facebook can be Dangerous to Your Workers' Comp. Case

by Jodi Ginsberg - Georgia Workers Compensation... on 9/13/2010

Last year I published an article on this blog entitled "How Facebook Can Undermine Your Workers' Compensation Case." I pointed out then that the default "privacy" settings on Facebook offered very little privacy at all – your...more