On January 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced changes to its corporate enforcement policy, starting with applying it to all corporate matters handled by the DOJ's Criminal Division, not just Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases.

Employees who spend most of their working hours outdoors or in extreme heat are at increased risk for heat-related injuries including heat exhaustion and heat stroke. - See more at: http://www.icemiller.com/ice-on-fire-insights/publications/avoiding-heat-related-injuries/#sthash.8c9vfGKW.dpuf

Significantly, the DOL states that the factor of "control" is not determinative, and the employer's use of agreements and labels are not relevant to the determination.

If you are a fan of the Los Angeles Chargers football team, you may have been nervous as a recent Monday Night Football game between the Broncos and the Chargers entered overtime.

Have you heard the terms "next-day pay," "expedited pay," "daily pay," or "same-day pay?" The idea is that paying hourly employees more frequently could be viewed as a job attraction...

On-the-job travel and employment at remote worksites are routine in today's workplace.

The phrase "the only thing certain is change" holds true this year (as it has in past years) for employers in Illinois.

In recent years, the topic of wellness has become increasingly important, both to individuals and corporate entities alike. Many business leaders have begun to incorporate wellness curriculums...

As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, many employers are deciding whether to require employees to be vaccinated.

Most settlements of employment-related claims are taxable. Plaintiffs often want to minimize this tax burden and claim that some or all of the settlement is not on account of lost wages, but rather on account of other damages.

Illinois was one of the first states to explicitly allow authorized electronic monitoring (AEM devices, or so-called ‘granny cams') to record residents in long-term care facilities.

Once issued, a U.S. Patent provides you with the assistance of the U.S. Patent Office, at no cost to you, to prevent issuance of patents to others for identical or obvious variant technology.

This spring, courts in Indiana and Ohio issued opinions regarding whether police departments maintained by private colleges must disclose documents pursuant to requests made under state access to public records laws.

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently settled charges that a company's security practices unfairly exposed the payment card information of hundreds of thousands of companies' consumers...

The H-1B Visa is the "workhorse" of nonimmigrant visa classifications, allowing employers to attract or retain highly skilled IT professionals, accountants, architects, business/operations analysts...

Companies often turn to lawyers to investigate cybersecurity incidents, whether in anticipation of litigation or to provide advice on mitigating the root causes of an incident.

Amongst the dozens of Executive Orders and other initiatives undertaken by President Biden within his first few days in office, there were a number of immigration measures.

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent widespread sanctions and condemnation by leaders across the world, including the United States and NATO allies...

"The President asks this Court to ratify an exercise of proprietary authority that would permit him to unilaterally impose a healthcare decision on one-fifth of all employees in the United States. We decline to do so."

As comprehensive privacy legislative activity heats up throughout the United States, California and Colorado, two states that have already enacted comprehensive privacy laws...