Zinbryta (daclizumab) is a medication used to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that scars nerve tissue and causes a range of symptoms, including pain, vision loss, impaired coordination and paralysis. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. Zinbryta is not a cure for MS, […]
There is a basic premise under Illinois employment law that you can be filed at any time, for any reason, as long as it doesn’t violate a contract (e.g. you are in a union) or an illegal reason such as your race, religion, gender, age, etc. So you can be fired for an unfair reason, […]
Most people are happy with their lawyer or at least not so unhappy that they want to sue them. But when you lose a case you should win or pay a bunch of money and get no result, it’s not uncommon to want to sue. The best reason to sue a lawyer and the one […]
I hear a lot of stories that make me sad and some that piss me off. There are a lot of people who contact me looking to get a lawyer referral who have gotten a raw deal by the justice system and want to sue over it. In the last year or so I’ve had […]
Debt collection, when has it gone too far? For one debt collector, a fax to the debtor’s employer was the line. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was put in place to protect people who are being hounded by debt collection agencies. In the past, these collection agencies would not just call the person who […]
There is a difference between favoritism and harassment in the workplace. Many people don’t understand that simply because their boss is downright mean or offensive, that doesn’t mean you have been a victim of work harassment, or that you would have the ability to bring suit against that employer. Harassment in the workplace is unbearable. […]
You can be sued for negligence if you get into a car accident while driving your own children; IF the circumstances all line up and a judge agrees. One father found this out the hard way. He was driving the children back from what was supposed to be a Boy Scouts of America camping trip. […]
Your cell phone rings, you look over and see the dreaded “unknown caller” show up on caller ID. Thanks to a recently written opinion, those phone calls to your cellphone will no longer be allowed at all. In addition, it enables the go ahead to pursue class action lawsuits against those companies who break the […]
If you are in a car accident in Illinois that is clearly not your fault, you might be stunned when the insurance company for the other party or even for you, denies your case without reason. It shouldn’t happen, but does all the time. The paraphrased question I get all the time is “How can […]
President Obama and the Department of Labor have officially made a new overtime rule that will change the way employers will be able to pay their employees. The Labor Department has not made a rule or increase like this since 2004. This new rule means a huge bump in income for millions of people, and […]
In the US, there is a wage war going on that affects not just women workers in a traditional setting but also, have you noticed what is going on in the world of soccer? While soccer may not be “as big” of a sport as football or even baseball, soccer fans are always loyal. Those […]
A woman who contacted me works in a restaurant waiting tables. I used to be a waiter and know from experience that customer orders will get screwed up. It’s not on purpose of course, but things happen. You write it down wrong, the cook reads it wrong, the customer changes their mind. Things happen. At […]
We have a philosophy when it comes to recommending an attorney. Actually we have a few. But the overall one is that we try to recommend an attorney who gives you the best chance of success. These are attorneys who we would recommend to family members or friends. This for us means experienced attorneys who […]
In Cook County, the main courthouse is the Daley Center. It is the home to most of the civil matters and some traffic cases as well. It is considered the first district courthouse of Cook County. The Daley Center is at 50 W. Washington St. in Chicago. The following is a list of some of […]
Raise your hand if you hate spam or wasting time. Is your cell phone being inundated by telephone calls or texts from automated messages and telemarketers? In 1991, a law was passed that makes this process illegal. The law is called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA. TCPA encompasses a few items including telemarketing, […]
Generally speaking, attorney’s fees are the responsibility of the executor of the estate. The executor is the person assigned to carry out the terms of the will. The executor usually is authorized to pay the attorneys fees out of the estate before distributing the assets to the beneficiaries. As for the fee arrangements with the […]