Category: Business Law

It’s nearly summer time again, and that means a whole lot of high school and college students are looking for something to do. Since the economy hit the skids in late 2008, one popular option has been the “unpaid internship.” What better way to get some experience if you are a struggling student? Well, getting paid would be a start. Private employers who want to create a summer intern program run a high risk of doing it wrong. There are more...

Beginning the first of the year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will administer the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).  The FCRA governs substantive and procedural requirements for employers who use consumer reports and records for employment purposes, among other things. In anticipation of this change, the CFPB issued an interim final rule in December 2011, which includes a variety of model forms.  As a practical matter, these...

As many of you know, I am an avid cyclist and fan of professional cycling.  To give you some context, this morning I watched a replay of Stage 7 of the 2009 Tour de France while riding my bike inside.  My office is adorned with cycling pictures, including a poster of Lance Armstrong dropping Marco Pantani on the slopes of Daux-Hautacam in the 2000 Tour. My idea of a fun vacation is a week on my touring bike, lugging my camping gear, food and...

For the past 12 years, the Seventh Circuit has held that the ADA does not require an employer to reassign employees to a vacant position as a reasonable accommodation.  The court has now retreated from that position in EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 11-1774 (7th Cir.  Sept. 7, 2012).  Back in 2000, the court ruled in EEOC v. Humiston-Keeling, 227 F.3d 1024 (7th Cir. 2000) that, while the ADA mentions reassignment as a reasonable accommodation,...