2 New Chuck Krugel Video & Audio Interviews
On 3/27/12, I was interviewed by First Business’ Angie Miles for their nationally syndicated morning broadcast. The subject of discussion is the recent issue of employers asking employees and job candidates for Facebook & other social media passwords & obtaining access to private information on social media. This has also been a recent topic of [...]
Chuck Krugel Quoted in “Bad News Can Be Good For a Wrongful Termination Lawsuit-An employer may build a stronger defense against a problem employee by digging up more evidence of misconduct”
Thanks to Dawn Lomer of i-Sight Blog—News & Tools for Better Investigations for quoting me in her 11/22/11 article “Bad News Can Be Good For a Wrongful Termination Lawsuit-An employer may build a stronger defense against a problem employee by digging up more evidence of misconduct.” The article is accessible at i-Sight here. The full text is [...]
I Win a Case for a Client in Federal Court in Chicago & Reach Very Favorable Terms for Another Client Before the NLRB
This June, I won a summary judgment (i.e., dismissal) motion in federal court in Chicago. This case involved a client’s ex-employee who was allegedly fired in violation of their constitutional rights. My client, a social services agency in Chicago, was alleged to have acted in concert and as an arm of the state of Illinois (“state [...]
Response from Avvo Regarding Criticism
Today, I got a response from Avvo to yesterday’s post (and other posts) criticising them. Below is the comment to that post. Conrad from Avvo said, December 5, 2010 @ 10:26 am Charles – not every lawyer appreciates the transparency that Avvo has brought to the legal industry, yet this is exactly what consumers want and [...]
More Avvo Criticism & Possibly a Way to Game Avvo’s Defective Rating System
Because of my public criticism of Avvo, and their defective rating system, I get a lot of comments about them. A brief summary of my crticism is that it’s biased against small and solo firms because larger firms have greater wherewithal to manage the extremely cumbersome Avvo profile process, and because Avvo won’t let an [...]
