Lawyer Sues Firm for Failing to Pay Overtime By JOHN ELIGON Published: July 7, 2010 This article discusses a claim that a New York law firm did not pay time-and-a-half to a temporary attorney employee who worked more than 40 hours a week. The lawsuit is part of growing…
Intel Wins Ruling in Antitrust Class-Action By DON CLARK The Wall Street Journal reports: Intel Corp. won a key ruling in a suit against the company on behalf of computer buyers, which found no evidence that consumers have been hurt by the company’s discounting practices in the market for…
Is Vitaminwater Really a Healthy Drink? By Sean Gregory Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 Time reports: Over the past few years, an increasing number of worn-out consumers have reached for a bottle of Vitaminwater after a workout. The sports drink has emerged as a serious competitor to Gatorade and other…
Old Debts That Won’t Die By ANDREW MARTIN Published: July 30, 2010 Collecting old consumer debts has become “a labyrinthine industry” involving buyers of secondhand debt, muddled statutes of limitation, lawsuits and, sometimes, abusive tactics according to this New York Times article that provides great insight into the subject.…
Our Chicago noncompete agreement lawyers were interested to read about a significant ruling in a covenant not to compete case. According to insurance industry journal National Underwriter Property & Casualty, a federal district judge for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in June that former employees of CRC Insurance…
NPR reports: Investors who entrusted their money to Bernard Madoff and actually made money may be in for some unwelcome news. According to the Wall Street Journal, the man in charge of recovering money for Madoff’s victims is preparing to file a wave of new lawsuits aimed at wresting money…
NPR reports: A number of recent high-profile lawsuits suggest that companies must preserve important email documents on their computer systems, or risk major court sanctions. Increasingly, companies are turning to outside vendors to ensure they don’t accidentally destroy electronic documents that could come up in a lawsuit Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso…
NPR reported a few years ago: New rules take effect that help companies decide how many e-mails and other digital items they have to keep in case someone sues them and demands the documents be brought to court. Even small companies can generate millions of digital documents in a very…
Our Oak Brook, Illinois consumer rights private law firm handles individual and class action predatory lending, unfair debt collection, lemon law and other consumer fraud cases that government agencies and public interest law firms such as the Illinois Attorney General may not pursue. Class action lawsuits our law firm has…
As Illinois non-compete contract lawyers we were interested in a lengthy but substantial ruling from the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January. In Zambelli Fireworks Mfg. Co. v. Wood, No. 09-1526, 2010 WL 143682 (3d Cir. Jan. 15, 2010), the appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction to…