by SFBBG | Jun 14, 2019 | Firm News
Schoenberg Finkel Newman & Rosenberg, LLC, in a move to expand its reach and add to the Firm’s expertise, is adding five veteran attorneys from Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered, a renowned Chicago business law firm that is ending its 50+ year run.With these...
by SFBBG | Apr 6, 2017 | Insights, Matthew P. Tyrrell
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a landmark decision, holding that federal discrimination law prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In an 8 – 3 decision in Hively v. Ivy...
by SFBBG | Feb 28, 2017 | Insights
SFBBG notched a win for Bally Total Fitness Corporation when, following a trial last week in Milwaukee Circuit Court, the Court found Bally not liable for a retinal detachment injury suffered by a member during a Tae Kwon Do sparring class at a Bally health club....
by SFBBG | Nov 28, 2016 | Insights, Matthew P. Tyrrell
Employers throughout the country had a little extra to be thankful for this past Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, a federal district court issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) from implementing a new federal...
by SFBBG | Nov 23, 2016 | Insights, Matthew P. Tyrrell
Illinois law governing restrictive covenants in employment agreements has undergone a number of changes in the past few years. The latest development is the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which prohibits employers from entering into non-compete agreements with...
