Join us Wednesday, September 13 at noon for our Ninth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar. This year’s event will be livestreamed from our Chicago office. Our attorneys will discuss the latest employment law updates...more
8/2/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Bias ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Diversity ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Genetic Testing ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
As companies look to innovative and useful technology to enhance their brand development and the marketing and sales of products or services, they need to remain cautious of how these tools—advancing at a lightning...more
If companies that employ Illinois residents and use any type of equipment to scan fingers, hands, face, or eyes were not yet aware of and concerned by the Illinois’ biometric privacy law, the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act...more
In today’s virtual world so much has changed – we work from home, we attend meetings from home, and now, many companies are hiring from home. Virtual interviewing is on the rise, and for good reason. Companies can interview...more
6/9/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Interviews ,
Screening Procedures ,
State Labor Laws ,
Virtual Meetings ,
Wage and Hour ,
Written Consent
Technology is moving at the speed of light while we all continue to live in a largely virtual world where we interface with each other, online, everyday. Sprinkled in are continued concerns about how companies, large and...more
2/25/2021
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Retention ,
Data Storage ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Right of Publicity ,
TCPA ,
Written Consent
Back in October 2020, we reported on the McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC decision,where the Illinois Court of Appeals for the First District ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA) and its exclusivity...more
This month, federal legislation aimed at protecting biometric data was introduced in the U.S. Senate. If it passes, the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020 would be the first comprehensive federal law on...more
Due to COVID-19, everyone has been adjusting to daily life from home, including the youngest family members. Education is coming in the form of rapidly-developing technology that provides cybernetic classes and hangouts and...more
In the face of billions of dollars of potential liability at trial, social media giant, Facebook, opted for the finality of a class-wide settlement—to the tune of $550 million—reached with Illinois users complaining of...more
2/4/2020
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Settlement ,
Social Media
Last year, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This law, which has privacy professionals buzzing, takes effect on January 1, 2020. Although it is a California law, do not discount the...more
In January 2019, we reported on the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., where the highest court in Illinois unanimously found that an individual need not allege (or show) an actual...more
8/13/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Social Media
If you are an insurance provider, you are already awash in regulatory quagmires. Now, you can add one more. In fact, if you don’t have a comprehensive data privacy and security plan in place, then you may not be in compliance...more