It's that time of year again for Chicago employers – with July 1 bringing updates to Chicago's key employment laws. Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective July 1, 2025, updates to several key Chicago employm...

In a significant shift in labor law enforcement, states and localities across the United States are increasingly treating wage theft not merely as a civil infraction, but as a criminal offense. Thi...

UPDATE: On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a notice to each E-Verify employer and E-Verify Web Services provider to instruct them to regularly log into the...

Recent labor reforms approved by the Colombian Congress, and signed by the Colombian president on June 25, 2025, introduce sweeping changes to employment regulations, including enhanced employee pr...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Acting Chair of the EEOC has been renominated to serve another term as commissioner, and testified at her confirmation hearing on June 18, 2025. Confirmation is required for ...

The European Commission has issued its first fine in a no-poach case in the labor market, and its first sanction of the anti-competitive use of a minority share in a competing business. With the f...

Drug fraud award could be trebled, increased by penalties Whistleblower said CVS caused insurers to misrepresent price CVS Caremark Corp. owes the government $95 million for making misrepresenta...

The Employment Rights Bill is unlikely to become law until at least the autumn as it remains subject to amendments in the House of Lords. The Bill is now at report stage in the House, and two ses...

As key cogs in our legal system, lawyers must follow the core principle that they engage in zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients but stay within the bounds of the law. Over the first five mo...

As key cogs in our legal system, lawyers must follow the core principle that they engage in zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients but stay within the bounds of the law. Over the first five mo...