On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2021 regulation by the U.S. Department of Labor restricting employers’ use of the tip credit for tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The ruling effectively […]
Thanks to a recent legislative change, the campaign season for those wishing to run for the school board now begins about a month earlier. Historically, the window set forth in the Election Code for filing nominating petitions with the county clerk […]
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, upending 40 years of judicial precedent holding that federal courts should defer to federal agencies when it comes to […]
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that James C. Franczek, Jr. and Michael Warner have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Erin Walsh has been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to […]
Many employers make the mistake of assuming that employees can be treated as exempt so long as they have certain job titles or are paid a salary rather than an hourly wage. That error is especially common in small businesses […]
The Illinois Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued its seventh binding opinion of the year, finding a Village Board of Trustees violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by taking improper action to authorize the purchase of a vehicle without adding it […]
Join Franczek attorneys Kaitlin Atlas, Kristen Kinast, and Brittany Begley for a webinar on Thursday, August 22 at 12 PM discussing legal updates related to residential placements. The 30-minute webinar will provide an overview of Senate Bill 3606, which was […]
Schools throughout the country are preparing to implement the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) long-awaited final 2024 Title IX regulations. These new regulations, which replace the 2020 regulations, took effect today. In the wake of their release, legal […]
