Ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state-level disability laws, which require covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities unless doing so imposes undue hardship, remains a critical employer obligation. Despite decades of established guidance, ADA accommodation issues continue to drive a significant volume of claims and enforcement actions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state agencies. These disputes often arise not because employers refuse or are unable to provide accommodation, but because they mismanage the process or overlook key compliance steps.
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Point Counterpoint: Does AI Use Waive Work-Product Privilege?
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, a housekeeping matter. My daughter is coming in for spring break at the end of this week and then leaving at the end of the following week. So, it is unlikely I will have a blog entry next week. I certainly plan on a blog entry for the week after. Recently, we blogged on the case of U.S. v. Heppner, here, where the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a person faced with criminal proceedings who used AI as a tool for getting
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Union Membership Rate in U.S. Held Steady in 2025
Despite a new administration in D.C. and a push by the executive branch to reign in federal worker unions, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics finally released figures showing that the percentage amongst all U.S. workers who were part of a labor union ticked up ever so slightly from 9.9 percent in 2024, to 10 percent in 2025. With respect to the private workforce, that percentage held at 5.9 percent (same as 2024).
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3/19/26 Wage & Hour Webinar Moderated by Me
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ADA Compliance for Model Home Sales Offices: Solutions for Residential Home Builders
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination and guarantees persons with disabilities have equal access to purchase goods and services. Title II of the ADA governs places of “public accommodation,” which includes residential home builders sales offices. Although single family and model homes are not considered places of public accommodation, ADA complexities arise when home builders use some or part of a model home as a sales office.
In these common situations, Title II may apply, triggering accessibility requirements. Residential builders should consider how to minimize compliance costs and operational disruptions while meeting ADA obligations when using a model
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Register Today for Breakfast Briefing Series: Retaliation & Discrimination Claims: Prevention, Risk, and Best Practices for Employers
Join labor & employment partners Ann Hanneman and Stephanie Cantrell for a practical Breakfast Briefing focused on preventing retaliation and discrimination claims before they arise. This session will provide employers with guidance on identifying risk areas, responding appropriately to employee complaints, and implementing best practices that reduce exposure.
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Client Use of AI as an Organizing/Focusing Tool Blows Up Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, an update/supplemental information on a couple of prior cases that we have discussed previously. First, EEOC v. William Beaumont Hospital, which we discussed here, resulted in a consent decree. The hospital has to pay the plaintiff $30,000 in noneconomic and compensatory damages. Also, within 90 days after the decree and thereafter on an annual basis, the hospital must provide mandatory training on disability discrimination under the ADA to its Human Resources team members and its Talent Attraction staff. The training must be interactive and in person or through Microsoft
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The First Sanctions for AI Misuse in Court Are a Warning of What Comes Next
Artificial intelligence is entering litigation faster than courts can formally regulate it. Judges are not responding with panic. They are responding with discipline.
The first sanctions issued for AI misuse in legal filings reveal how courts are approaching this new reality. The issue is not the technology itself. The issue is responsibility.
Courts are drawing a clear line between AI used as a legal tool and AI used as a substitute for legal judgment.
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When AI-Generated Evidence Enters the Courtroom: A New Legal Risk for Businesses and Litigators
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how information is created. Now it is beginning to change how evidence appears in court.
Emails that were never written. Audio recordings that were never spoken. Reports that resemble expert analysis but were produced by a machine.
Courts across the United States are confronting a challenge they were never designed to solve. Evidence that looks authentic, sounds credible, and may never have existed in the real world.
Major Questions Doctrine Gets Shape
Previously, we had blogged on the Supreme Court decision that set forth the major questions doctrine, here. In reviewing that blog entry, there really wasn’t much meat on the bone so to speak in terms of just when the major question doctrine would be employed. That decision suggested that it could be employed any time desired since just about everything is a major question. That said, on February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court decided Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, here. From that majority opinion as well with the concurrences, we now have some idea as to how the
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What Is a Business Divorce? A Guide for Business Owners
What Is a Business Divorce?
A business divorce refers to the breakdown of a working relationship between business partners or co-owners that makes continued collaboration impossible.
Unlike personal divorces, business divorces involve disputes over control of the company, financial transparency, ownership rights, and fiduciary responsibilities.
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3/16/26 CLE: Dr. Ariel Gelblung Speaks on Uncovering Nazi Escape Networks Sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center & The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Gain exclusive insights into the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s groundbreaking effort that led Argentina’s President Javier Milei to recently declassify secret archives on Nazi fugitives. As modern antisemitic sentiment spreads throughout Latin America—including amid the ongoing situation in Venezuela—learn about revolutionary approaches through the justice system that are serving as a roadmap for combating hate across the globe.
Presented in partnership with The Decalogue Society of Lawyers.
You can receive CLE credits for your participation either in-person or Zoom. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the program and a kosher lunch will be avaliable for in-person guests.
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3/3 Chicago Bar Association Solo/Small Firm Committee Meeting
The Chicago Bar Association Committee Meeting Notice
Please join the Solo/Small Firm Practitioners Committee for the following meeting:
Date/Time: March 3, 2026, from 12:15pm-1:30pm CST
Topic: Codify Your Signature System: The competitive edge smaller firms use to stand out in crowded markets
Speaker: Marcel Krawczyk, Founding President, Little Jack
Description: Most small firms struggle because they’re trying to grow without the foundational clarity that makes growth actually work. Marketing feels scattered. Sales feels inconsistent. Delegation keeps failing. It’s easy to lower your fees, hire another vendor, or pour money into ads without knowing what’s actually driving results… and still feel stuck. In this session,
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Can Employers Block NLRB Proceedings? What the Circuit Split Means for Your Organization
There is a growing circuit split between the Third and Fifth circuits over whether employers can block National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proceedings while raising constitutional challenges. The disagreement centers on the Norris-LaGuardia Act (NLGA), a nearly century-old law designed to keep federal courts out of labor disputes, which is driving one of the biggest fights in labor and employment law at the moment. With two circuits now at odds, Supreme Court review is increasingly likely and the question is deceptively simple: Can a federal court order the NLRB to stop its proceedings while a lawsuit challenging the Board’s constitutionality
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Pinch Me! The ABA’s Summary of 2025 FMLA Court Decisions Is Now Available.
There are many holidays I cherish — Christmas, Fourth of July, even St. Paddy’s Day. But my favorite day of the year? There is no competition. The arrival of the American Bar Association’s summary of every FMLA case decided this past year.Yep, you read that correctly. Every little scrumptious FMLA decision. About mid-February or so, the ABA’s Wage and Hour Committee publishes a comprehensive report of all FMLA decisions handed down by the federal courts in the previous year. Although our little FMLA blog catches some of the big FMLA cases as they occur throughout the year, the ABA’s annual report includes all
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Attorneys Representing Federal Employees With Disabilities Need to Prepare for a Lot More Business
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, an update on the Beaumont Hospital case that we have blogged on twice before. See this blog entry. The update is a consent decree was signed requiring training and a $30,000 payment to the plaintiff. It also has a length of 18 months. I always wonder who does the training when lawsuits get resolved and how serious of an effort is made to ensure that the trainer is qualified to do the training. Turning to this week’s blog entry, it discusses the latest guidance issued jointly by the EEOC and
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