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Class Action – Wage Payment
Plaintiffs David Cohan and Susan Schardt filed this putative class action suit against their former employers, Medline Industries, Inc., and MedCal Sales LLC (collectively, “Medline”), alleging violations of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 115/1 et seq. (“IWPCA”), and other state wage payment statutes, including the New York Labor Law and California La[...]
Joint Venture – Loan Guaranty – Permissive v. Compulsory Counter Claims
Nalco and David Chen conducted a joint venture to sell environmental equipment in China.
11th Amendment – Failure to state a claim
Sherry Katz‐Crank is a Michigan lawyer with a practice in cemetery management.
Plea Agreement – Sentencing Guidelines
On September 6, 2012, the defendant Walter Freeman was charged in a five-count indictment: in Counts 1 and 2, with distribution of 28 grams or more of a mixture containing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); in Count 3, with possession of a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); in Count 4, with distribution of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);[...]
Sentencing Guidelines – Procedural Error
Marcus Harris commit‐ ted three armed robberies in 2013, two in Indiana and one in Illinois.
Contract Interpretation – Damages Clause
“In this litigation Duke takes the position that, when MISO tells Benton to stop delivering power, it does not owe Benton anything.
Sentencing – Supervised Release
The appellant, Derek Ortiz, had been sentenced to prison for 135 months for three bank robberies.
Sentencing – Conditions of Release
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: United States of America v. Kristopher Warren Case No.: 16-1492 Officials: POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges. Focus: Sentencing – Conditions of Release Kristopher Warren pled guilty to transporting and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fifteen years’ super‐ vised release. The district […]
FLSA – Student Athletes
Former student athletes at the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) sued Penn, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”), and more than 120 other NCAA Division I universities and colleges alleging that student athletes are employees who are entitled to a minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Weekly Case Digests — Dec. 5-9, 2016
7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Maria N. Gracia v. Sigmatron International, Inc. Case No.: 15-3311 Officials: FLAUM, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges Focus: Retaliatory Termination – Sexual Harassment – Damages Maria Gracia sued her employer, SigmaTron, International, Inc., for sexual harassment and for terminating her in retaliation for reporting sexual [&hell[...]
Land Use – Venue – Zoning
Oak Park Quarry, LLC, appeals a circuit court order that affirmed a decision of the Dane County Board of Adjustment regarding Oak Park’s claim that its property has a legal non-conforming use status allowing mineral extraction without a conditional use permit.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Misstatement of Law
Gerrod Bell appeals the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, on multiple charges of sexual assault involving two victims, then aged 17 and 14, and the order denying his motion for a new trial.
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