On Thursday, July 11, 2013, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee hosted its 44th Annual Meeting at the Palmer House Hilton, in The Loop. The event celebrated agency milestones, honored the pro bono work of its partners, and featured keynote speaker and civil rights trailblazer Dr. Mary Frances Berry. More information is available here (the event program-PDF). The Chicago [...]
Generally, a lawsuit is the worst way to resolve a labor dispute. But sometimes, it could be the only & best way. Case in point, recently I helped a client resolve a difficult union dispute by convincing them that getting sued by their labor union would work to their advantage. For many reasons, I won’t [...]
While meeting with a client regarding their company's human capital issues, we discussed their businesses' transition from classifying workers as 1099s to W2s. Due to confidentiality concerns, I won't disclose much about the business, & of course, they gave me permission to post about this conversation. A little more than a year ago, my client reclassified workers [...]
I thought it might be interesting to post a real settlement offer that I made to the opposing party to settle an actual court case. Since this deals with real parties & litigation issues, I won’t include any information that could disclose the parties’ identities. Nevertheless, despite confidentiality concerns, this post will give some insight [...]
After going to a couple of seminars that Chuck Krugel put on, and liking his presentation, I put his name on file for future reference. When the day came that I needed advice on how to handle a union situation involving my company, my customer and a labor union that my customer works with on [...]
