On Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 2pm CST, I did a live 30-minute radio interview on WorldTalkRadio.com's radio program "Values and Ethics: From Living Room to Boardroom" hosted by Jason Merchey. The interview concerned the interaction business ethics and labor and employment law. To listen to the interview you can link to MP3s of the interview [...]
Last week, Paul Shaheen, Vice President of The Horton Group, issued Horton’s 1st “Legal-EASE” newsletter-Timely tips, courtesy of the Horton Group’s Law Practice Division. An article that I wrote is the inaugural piece. It’s below. If you’d like to subscribe to this newsletter, feel free to contact Paul. Also, his full contact information follows the [...]
Based on the success of my 1st seminar, the City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs & Licensing has asked me to do a 2nd employment law seminar. This free seminar will be on Wednesday, January 17, 2007, from 3pm-4:30pm at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 805. Like my November 15, 2006, seminar, [...]
Paul Shaheen, Vice President of The Horton Group (an insurance broker that provides risk management and employee benefits to businesses of all sizes), provided me with a copy of their employer benefits survey. It provides an interesting overview concerning what businesses should consider when choosing benefits plans. The following is a selection of topics from [...]
As a fan of professional basketball, football and baseball, especially Chicago's teams, I often find valuable business lessons in analogizing labor and employment law related issues to those in sports (chess too for that matter). These analogies include the triangle offense/defense (basketball), the 46 defense (football) or what to say or not to say to [...]
