Our Oak Brook, Ill. employee rights attorneys were very interested to see a recent labor lawsuit against telecom giant AT&T. Bloomberg News reported Dec. 17 that two separate units of the company were hit with simultaneous lawsuits Dec. 16 over unpaid overtime. The plaintiffs seek to represent more than…
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Employees Not Entitled to Compensation for Showering Time After Shift
Our Illinois overtime rights lawyers were interested to see a recent ruling on unpaid overtime from the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In Musch v. Domtar Industries, No. 08-4305 (7th Cir. Nov. 25, 2009), Alan Musch and his colleagues were maintenance workers at two Wisconsin paper mills owned…
Attorney Fees Not Available When Failure to Provide Home Repair Pamphlet Was Unintentional
Our Chicago consumer fraud attorneys were interested to see a split decision from earlier this year in a case involving a dispute over faulty home repairs. In Kunkel v. P.K. Dependable Construction, No. 5-07-0684 (Ill. 5th Feb. 13, 2009), Herbert and Jeral Dean Kunkel sued P.K. Dependable Construction for…
Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso’s Oak Brook and Chicago Attorneys Peter Lubin Named 2010 Illinois Super Lawyer as Class-Action, Business Litigation and Consumer Rights Attorneys
Super Lawyers named Chicago and Oak Brook business trial attorney Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation and Consumer Rights Litigation. Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso’s Oak Brook and Chicago business law attorneys have over a quarter of century of experience in litigating complex class action,…
A Video Summarizing Wage Claims for Unpaid Overtime — Our Chicago Overtime Attorneys are Investigating and Litigating a Number of Unpaid Overtime Claims
In our work as Illinois and nationwide wage and hour attorneys, we frequently see workers who have been misclassified as exempt from overtime. Whether this was an honest mistake or an intentional attempt to save money, it effectively “steals” wages from the misclassified employees. Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso stands up for…
A Video Summarizing Some Legal Issues Relating to Non-Compete Agreements — Our Chicago Attorneys Prosecute and Defend Covenant Not to Compete Lawsuits
Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso prosecutes and defends cases involving controversies over a covenant not to compete, or other restrictive covenants. Our Illinois restrictive covenant attorneys represent clients in active litigation over the validity and enforcement of these covenants, as well as helping to evaluate whether litigation may arise over such a…
Excerpts From the “Crisis of Wage Theft” Disclose That Wage Theft is Causing Workers to Lose Billions of Dollars in Unpaid Overtime — Our Chicago Overtime Attorneys Take Action to Protect Your RIght to Collect Unpaid Overtime
In These Times online edition has posted excerpts from book “Crisis of Wage Theft”. You can read the excerpts by clicking here. The book describes the billions of dollars in wages are being illegally stolen from millions of workers each and every year through large corporations failing to pay…
A Short Primer on What to Watch Out For to Avoid Car Dealer and Auto Fraud Scams — Our Chicago Attorneys Have Sued Auto Dealers Over Many Types of Auto and Auto Loan Fraud
If you believe you know someone who has been a victim of auto fraud or has been deceived into buying a flood, rebuilt wreck or salvage vechicle or who has been cheated on car financing or an extended warranty Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso may be able to help rectify the problem.…
Wage Claim Class-Action Lawsuits for Unpaid Overtime Are on the Rise — Our Chicago Attorneys Are Investigating and Litigating a Number of Unpaid Overtime Claims
Daniel Barr on unpaid overtime for MCSO en Yahoo! Video In our work as Illinois and nationwide wage and hour attorneys, we frequently see workers who have been misclassified as exempt from overtime. Whether this was an honest mistake or an intentional attempt to save money, it effectively “steals” wages…
Loan Underwriters Are ‘Production’ Employees Eligible for Overtime, Court Rules
Our Chicago overtime rights lawyers were interested in a recent wage and hour decision out of the Second Circuit. In Whalen v. J. P. Morgan Chase Co., No. 08-4092 (2nd. Cir. Nov. 20, 2009), a group of loan underwriters sued J.P. Morgan Chase, their employer, for unpaid overtime in…