On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979 (the “Amendment”), implementing long-awaited, highly anticipated reform to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The...more
8/7/2024
/ Amended Regulation ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Illinois ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Statutory Violations
I. Introduction -
The pay gap – or paying women and other historically marginalized groups less for the same or substantially similar work – has long been in the media spotlight. But as employees, boards, consumers, and...more
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2019 (hereafter “Report”), our ninth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
3/6/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
The pay gap – or paying women and other historically marginalized groups less for the same or substantially similar work – has increasingly been in the media spotlight. Politicians have also taken note. While there have been...more
8/6/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
In This Issue:
- Whistleblower protections and in-House Counsel
- Sarbanes-oxley
- The Dodd-Frank Act
- The False Claims Act
- Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims
- The Ethical...more
4/1/2013
/ After-Acquired Evidence ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Protected Activity ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Termination ,
Whistleblowers