On November 19, 2008, I was interviewed on Blog Talk Radio’s show the Recruiting Animal. The Recruiting Animal interviewed me on a number of labor & employment law related topics germane to recruiters. One topic seems to have created a MINOR controversy in the blogosphere. The issue of ruse calling or “rusing” came up. In [...]
One of the amazing things about the Web is the ability to keep in touch with people even years after last seeing them. Recently, “an “old college buddy” contacted me after coming across this site while doing legal research. It turns out that he’s an attorney in Los Angeles. Keith Turner is a litigation attorney [...]
Interesting items about Republic Windows & Doors based in Chicago’s Goose Island neighborhood. The buyout was just announced. The two articles below report the buyout and summarize some of what led to that. My additional comments also summarize the dispute, and discuss today’s announced buyout’s broader implications for labor management relations: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=33130 (Crain’s Chicago/AP article) [...]
Today, about 25 business people & I attended a roundtable discussion with U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District, O’Hare Suburbs; DuPage County) regarding the increasingly controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). It was a fantastic & frank forum. The animus against this act was palpable in the room; as was Congressman Roskam’s. The general [...]
On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, from 2PM-4PM, Joshua Betancourt with UBS Financial Services is sponsoring a business law seminar centered on business asset protection. This includes protecting intellectual property from competitors & current & former employees, employment agreements including non-competes, non-disclosures, severance, hiring & separation. Obviously, I'll be speaking about the labor & employment law [...]
