Friday, July 26, 2024
A defense attorney for Charles Sikanich said the weapon was a nonworking “war trophy” brought home by Sikanich’s grandfather after World War II. Prosecutors say it’s an illegal machine gun he tried to sell while working a city job.
Illinois is one of only a few states that protects conviction records in its anti-discrimination statute. Specifically, the Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits employers from using a conviction record to refuse to hire an applicant or to take an adverse action against an employee.
A federal judge has moved quickly to shut down a renewed lawsuit from a judicial reform advocate accusing Illinois' largest judicial lobbying group of wrongly using its collective power to shield member judges from criticism and consequences for alleged unethical actions.
The Biden administration recently announced a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, but does it go far enough to account for working conditions and regional differences in heat and humidity?
Nine years after graduating from law school, Kent Halkett found himself in the fifth-largest law firm (at the time) in the world, practicing as one of the youngest partners at age 34. It was exciting and stressful.