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Workers' Overtime Claim for Showering and Changing Revived
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Wouldn't it be great if you could get paid to get ready for work? Imagine if the time you spent showering and getting changed (or as the courts like to say...
Bank Account Interest Unconstitutionally Taken; 7th Cir Reverses
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
All states have different ways of handling abandoned, or unclaimed, property. Last week, the Seventh Circuit had to examine Indiana law, and reached a...
7th Cir. Vacates Sentence That Lacks Support and Sufficient Basis
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Though sentencing and interpreting mandatory minimums are routine tasks for judges, some courts just don't get it right. On Monday, the Seventh Circuit vacated...
Judge Posner Can't Agree on What He Decided, or Said
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
We recently posted about Judge Posner's thoughts on the Crawford voter-id opinion he authored. Based on an excerpt from his book "Reflections on Judging," he...
Cops Race Discrimination Title VII and Sec.1983 Claims Survive
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Sergeant Kyll Lavalais worked for the Village of Melrose Park Police Department for over twenty years. Of about 75 officers, he was the only African-American...
7th Cir Remands Straight Forward ADEA Claim, Will Go to Trial
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
The Seventh Circuit has been in the news a lot lately with the recent Supreme Court's dismissal of Madigan v. Levin, where it had a chance to determine whether...
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