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In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the employer and clarified that “interfering, restraining, and denying are distinct ways of violating the FMLA.”
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreFox Swibel is pleased to announce that approximately one third of our partners have been selected to the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list, and five attorneys have been selected to the 2023 Illinois Rising Stars list. In addition, this year associates Brandon Liss and Kenneth Thomas have joined t
read moreFox Swibel is pleased to announce the promotion of Jean Gallo Wine to Capital Partner. We are also pleased to announce the promotions of Scott Schonfeld and Steve Vanderporten to Partner.
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreIn an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the employer and clarified that “interfering, restraining, and denying are distinct ways of violating the FMLA.”
read moreBy David J. Morris Updated 12/11/2023 Enacted into federal law in January of 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA“) established information reporting requirements for reporting companies. Reporting companies include (1) corporations, limited liability companies (“LLC’s“) or other entities created through […]
read moreFox Swibel has been ranked among the 2023 Best Law Firms® by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreFox Swibel is proud to announce over a third of our attorneys have been named in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©.
read moreFox Swibel is very pleased to announce Michael Strong has joined the firm as a Partner and Chair of the newly established Energy Law group.
read moreFox Swibel’s Construction Law Practice and Partners Daniel Dorfman and Jean Wine Recognized by Chambers USA 2022 for the Second Consecutive Year
read moreIllinois employers who use employees’ fingerprints, face scans, or other biometric identifiers to enable workers to access timekeeping, payroll, IT, or other systems have long been on notice that the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) imposes an obligation to […]
read moreThe Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers (PLFAW) Act was passed by the Illinois legislature in January and was signed into law by Governor Pritzker on March 13, 2023. Effective January 1, 2024, it will require nearly all private sector […]
read moreImage Source – Shutterstock While M&A brokers previously faced uncertainty with respect to federal broker-dealer registration requirements, a new statute provides a clear and unambiguous exemption based on specified, limited activities. M&A brokers received an unanticipated but welcome surprise in […]
read moreIn an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the employer and clarified that “interfering, restraining, and denying are distinct ways of violating the FMLA.”
read moreFox Swibel is proud to announce over a third of our attorneys have been named in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©.
read moreSummertime often means summer hours and time out of the office. As such, some employers may have missed that the City of Chicago recently amended its sexual harassment ordinance to expand the definition of “sexual harassment,” to impose new policy and training requirements, to impose additional record keeping requirements, and to increase monetary penalties.
read moreFor those employers looking to think, talk and worry about something besides COVID-19, we have just the topic: the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. In August 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law an amendment to the Act that imposes new restrictions on non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. Here’s what the Omicron variant and vaccine mandates caused you to miss.
read moreFox Swibel is proud to announce that seven attorneys have been named in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, the oldest, most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
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