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Class actions are an extremely useful tool that benefit both plaintiffs and the courts. When plaintiffs suffer small damages that are not large enough to justify the expenses associated with filing a lawsuit, a class action allows multiple plaintiffs with similar complaints to combine their claims into one lawsuit. This also saves the courts time and money by preventing them from getting flooded with numerous lawsuits of the same nature.

Companies who conduct business all over the country sometimes face multiple class action lawsuits in different courts. Depending on where the jurisdiction falls, these class action lawsuits can sometimes be combined into one, large, nation-wide class action lawsuit. Continue reading ›

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Data Breach Cases

We are investigating various data breach cases and will bring class actions on behalf of victims of data breaches such as the Target, Ashley Madison, Sony and Home Depot data breaches.

Contact Us if You Are a Victim of the Ashley Madison Data Breach or of Another Data Breach

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NPR reports:

Where do you draw the line between inspiration and appropriation when it comes to musical compositions? That question is at the heart of several high-profile court cases, including the recent “Blurred Lines” trial and a current copyright-infringement lawsuit involving “Stairway to Heaven.” But it isn’t always easy to prove a song is yours – particularly when you’re up against one of the biggest rock and roll bands of all time.

 

Super Lawyers named Illinois business trial attorneys Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation, and Consumer Rights Litigation. Lubin Austermuehle’s Illinois business trial lawyers have over a quarter of a century of experience in litigating complex class action, trademark and libel suits, consumer rights and many different types of business and commercial litigation disputes. We handle emergency business law suits involving injunctions, and TROS, covenant not to compete, franchise, distributor and dealer wrongful termination and trade secret lawsuits and many different kinds of business disputes involving shareholders, partnerships, closely held businesses and employee breaches of fiduciary duty. We also assist businesses and business owners who are victims of fraud. You can contact us by calling at 630-333-0333.  You can also contact us online here.

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Our Chicago non-compete agreement attorneys have defended high level executives in covenant not to compete and trade secret lawsuits. A case in which our firm defended a former Motorola executive was covered in Crain’s Chicago business. You can view that article by clicking here.

Lubin Austermuehle a firm of Chicago business dispute lawyers handles litigation over non-compete clauses for individuals and businesses of all sizes, including small or closely held businesses for whom competition from an ex-employee can be a serious threat. Our Chicago business lawyers with offices near Naperville, Oak Brook and Chicago have substantial experience in restrictive covenant and breach of contract cases, and we are proud of our record of strong results.

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Many employers assume a worker who gets paid a salary is not entitled to the premium overtime compensation rate, but this is not the case.

Although earning an annual salary of at least $23,600 is one of the requirements for overtime exemption, an employee must also fit into one of three categories in order to qualify for the exemption. Only administrative, executive, and professional employees can legally be denied overtime compensation. Continue reading ›

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Our Chicago car dealer fraud and Lemon Law attorneys near Lombard and Westmont bring individual and class actions suits for defective cars with common design defects and auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage, Kane and Cook County auto-fraud, car dealer fraud and lemon law lawyers as among the top 5% in Illinois. We only collect our fee if we win or settle your case. For a free consultation call our Chicago class action lawyers at our toll free number 630-333-0333 or contact us on the web by clicking here.

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Misclassifying workers as exempt from overtime is one of the most common ways employers avoid paying overtime compensation.

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines overtime as all time spent working after eight hours a day or forty hours a week. The FLSA requires employers to pay all hourly workers one and one-half times their normal hourly rate for all overtime worked. There are exceptions to this rule, but the law is very specific about the types of employees that can qualify for the exemption. Continue reading ›

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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), every employee is entitled to receive accurate itemized wage statements along with their paychecks. These wage statements need to specify: the employee’s hourly rate; the pay period; the number of hours the employee worked in that pay period; the total wages paid, and any deductions made to the employee’s wages (such as taxes, health insurance, etc.).

Employers are required to provide these wage statements so their workers can keep track of the hours they worked and the money they made. It also helps them estimate how much money they’ll make in future pay periods so they can plan their finances accordingly. Continue reading ›

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Many employees suffer low wages or work overtime without compensation because they are afraid their employers will lash out against them if they speak up, but some wage and hour violations do have happy endings.

Li Xiu Z. worked as a cook at Yank Sing, a dim sum restaurant in San Francisco. She was paid San Francisco’s minimum wage ($12.25 per hour) for eight hours a day, but she allegedly worked 11-12 hours most days.

Although she does not speak English, Li had more knowledge of and experience with wage and hour violations than many of her English-speaking counterparts. She had had a similar experience working for a previous employer and had won back pay to make up for the earned wages she had not received.

Li met with other employees of Yank Sing and they decided to issue a formal complaint against the restaurant. Continue reading ›

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