Joseph E. Gumina is a contributing author for the 2016 Edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s treatise titled “Illinois Contract Law.” Attorney Gumina has authored Chapter 8 entitled Guidelines for Drafting Specific Contract Clauses in Employment Agreements. This chapter provides a detailed analysis of the anatomy of an effective employment agreement under […]
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, issued an updated guide for employers on the Family and Medical Leave Act. The guide is designed to provide essential information about the FMLA for employers, including the obligations under the law and the options available to employers in administering FMLA leave. The updated guide […]
O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing is pleased to announce that Joe Newbold was recently elected a shareholder of the firm. Mr. Newbold has been with the firm since 2011 and is a member of the Litigation Practice Group. Joe concentrates his practice in commercial litigation in both state and federal court. He manages a […]
This week, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on what “substantial fault” means in the context of unemployment compensation. In 2013, the Wisconsin legislature amended the unemployment insurance statutes to state that, in addition to discharge for misconduct and voluntary termination of work, employees would be denied unemployment benefits if they were […]
From 1997 to 2009 Sujata Sachdeva embezzled over $36 million from her employer, Koss Corporation, in one of the Top 10 Largest Embezzlements in U.S. history. The embezzlement was reported all over the world, including on the cover of The National Enquirer. Ms. Sachdeva was criminally convicted of embezzlement and is currently serving a prison […]
Our very own Trevor Lippman was 1 of 24 attorneys selected by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Leadership Development Committee to participate in this year’s Leadership Development Summit. This nomination follows up on Trevor’s recent three-year appointment by the State Bar President, Mr. Ralph Cagle, to serve on the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the […]
The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) has recognized attorney Gregory S. Mager, a shareholder at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., as a Board Certified Family Law Trial Advocate. The NBTA is the first American Bar Association accredited attorney board-certifying agency in the world. The organization certifies specialists, predicated on high standards of […]
As we discussed in a recent article, class action lawyers have been sending demand letters and filing lawsuits claiming that websites belonging to businesses and organizations are “places of public accommodation” and are in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because they are not accessible to people with visual and hearing impairments. On […]
