The National Association of Consumer Advocates is the premier lawyers organization for pursuit of consumer rights. Its website is one of the best resources for consumer law issues. You can view the website by clicking here. The website has this to say about predatory lending practices: Predatory Lending Practices…
The Chicago Tribune Reports that Illinois is set to institute long needed additional legistlation to protect employees from wage theft. You can view the article here. The article discusses that wage theft has become a widespread problem that needs to be remedied. It states: Ismael and Efren Sanchez, both…
The National Consumers League’s webpage contains numerous tips for avoiding internet fraud. You can view the site by clicking here. Be on the watch for credit repair scams promising to clean your negative credit history. Below are tips fron the League’s website on how to avoid credit repair scams:…
Our Illinois insurance bad faith attorneys were pleased to see a recent decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeals that upheld a driver’s right to fair treatment from her auto insurance company. American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Stagg, Ill. 5th No. 5-08-0088 (Aug. 10, 2009) Diane Stagg…
A little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision from this year will have an important effect on the work of our Illinois wage and hour class action lawyers. In Hertz Corp. v. Friend et al., No. 08-1107, __ S. Ct. __ (Feb. 23, 2010), the court ruled that the “principal place…
The online magazine of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is a great resouce for tips on uncovering the varying forms of business fraud. You can click here to view it. A recent issue of the magazine had a very informative article about how certain types of documents are…
Lubin Austermuehle’s Chicago business trial lawyers have more than two and half decades of experience helping business clients on unraveling complex business fraud and breach of fiduciary duty cases. We work with skilled forensic accountants and certified fraud examiners to help recover monies missappropriated from our clients. Our Chicago business,…
A very informative video prepared by Canadian accountants describing issues relating to business fraud and the types of fraud businesses face and how such frauds can be prevented. Lubin Austermuehle’s Chicago business trial lawyers have more than two and half decades of experience helping business clients on unraveling complex business…
In a wage-and-hour class action, the Illinois Second District Court of Appeal reversed all parts of a Kane County trial court’s ruling denying class certification. Our Chicago unpaid overtime lawyers were interested to read the ruling in Cruz et al v. Unilock Chicago, Inc., 383 Ill.App.3d 752, 892 N.E.2d…
Our Chicago covenant not to compete lawyers wrote a blog post last autumn about an interesting case from the Illinois Fourth District Court of Appeal. In Sunbelt Rentals v. Ehlers, No. 4-09-0290 (Ill. 4th Sept. 23, 2009), the appeals court rejected the “legitimate business interests” test used by Illinois…