Category: Employment Litigation
Employee’s Threats Trigger Employer Liability
In Illinois, as a general rule, one person has no duty to prevent the criminal acts of another. There are exceptions however, such as an employer’s duty to act reasonably when hiring, supervising, and retaining its employees. An employer can be liable if it knew, or should have known, an employee was unfit for the
Corporations, Sexual Harassment, and the IGVA
In 2003, the Illinois General Assembly passed the “Gender Violence Act” (“IGVA”). The act stated that any person subjected to gender-related violence as defined by the act could bring a civil action for damages against a “person or persons.” While the Act appears to be relatively straightforward on its face, recent Supreme Court cases such
Fiduciary Duties To Employers And Non-Competes
A recent Northern District of Illinois decision, Instant Tech., LLC v. DeFazio, 12 C 491, 2014 WL 1759184 (N.D. Ill. May 2, 2014), has shed some light on the applicability of non-solicitation, non-recruitment and non-disclosure covenants in Employment Agreements. In Instant Tech, the court held that these types of restrictive covenants were unenforceable in certain