Arnstein & Lehr LLP Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi was interviewed for a Law360 article, “CVS Worker Weigh-Ins Should Survive Lawsuits,” published March 30. The article focuses on the possible legal challenges CVS might face due to its new health insurance wellness policy. The insurance will cost employees more money if they don’t commit to [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi provided his thoughts in the March 1 Law360 article “Following Yahoo On Work-From-Home Ban May Spell Trouble.” The article addressed lawyers’ concerns that companies that ban telecommuting need to act carefully to avoid being sued for violations of disability or discrimination laws. To read Mr. Spognardi’s comments [...]

  Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill recently authored an article that appeared February 4, online for Inside Counsel magazine.  The article, “Labor: NLRB makes pre-agreement discipline subject to bargaining with union” illustrates how the National Labor Relation Board’s decision could make a less flexible disciplinary policy [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill recently published an article, “Michigan right-to-work law continues to put labor on its heels,” in the December 24 issue of Inside Counsel. In the article, they discuss that Michigan became the 24th state to pass “right-to-work” legislation on December 11, amid [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill co-authored a November 26 article for Inside Counsel, titled “NLRB finds at-will employment clauses live to see another day.” The article explains how the National Labor Relations Board has taken unprecedented steps to renew the application of the National Labor Relations [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi was quoted in a November 28 article in Inside Counsel, titled “ADA requires reassignment as a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees.” The article discusses the 7th Circuit’s reversal of its own precedent on reassignment as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill have co-authored an article for Inside Counsel, titled “Labor: Wisconsin shootings remind employers to address domestic violence in the workplace.” The article discusses the fatal shooting of a Milwaukee employee by her husband at the wife’s place of employment on October [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill published an article in the October 29 issue of Inside Counsel entitled “Employee investigations—in some circuits, you can rely on what you know.” The article discusses how a recent decision by the 8th Circuit Court offers employers a reminder about the [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi, Milwaukee Partner Charles W. Pautsch, and Fort Lauderdale Partner Lori Adelson  participated in the North American Transportation Employee Relations Association (“NATERA”) 2012 Conference, which took place in Tampa, Florida on October 21 – 23. As program chair, Mr. Spognardi was responsible for organizing this year’s conference, which [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi  and Milwaukee Associate Jesse R. Dill published an article for the October 1 issue of Inside Counsel entitled “7th Circuit takes another look at reassignment as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA.” The article discusses the 7th Circuit opinion, EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc., which re-examined whether [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi recently wrote an article, “6 tips for complying with EEOC guidance when using arrest and conviction records,” that discusses the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s April 2012 revision of the Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi wrote an article for the September 3 issue of Inside Counsel titled “Legislation seeks to ban employer use of employee social media passwords: Companies could face privacy or discrimination suits for requesting personal log-in information.” The article discusses the recent legislative trend seeking to prohibit employers from [...]

Employers do not need to post the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) employee rights notice, at least for the time being.  On April 17 the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the Board be enjoined from Atlanta on implementing its notice posting rule, which had been due to go into effect at the end [...]

The annual release of Illinois Super Lawyers included two dozen Arnstein & Lehr attorneys. The list of attorneys honored for 2012 included 23 partners from Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office. They are: Roy L. Bernstein, Barry A. Chatz, Thomas P. Conley, Mark E. Enright, Michael L. Gesas, Kathleen M. Gilligan,  Allan Goldberg, David A. Golin, [...]

Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi spoke at the ICPAS event, “Employment Issues,” on Tuesday, December 13. During his presentation, “Minimizing Risks and Liabilities in Layoffs and Reductions in Force,” Mr. Spognardi discussed various employment labor issues and how they affect businesses today. He also covered the American Recovery & Reinvestment Tax Act, issues that exist [...]

Chicago Partner Mark A. Spognardi was recently elected 2012 program director of the North American Transportation Employee Relations Association, a national association established to provide a forum for the creation, exchange and dissemination of ideas and information concerning human resources and labor relations matters, issues, regulations, legislation and current laws.

Arnstein & Lehr Partner Mark Spognardi recently wrote the article, “Employers’ Summer of Disconnect: Obama Labor Board pushes anti-employer agenda,” which appeared in the September 20 issue of the Westlaw Journal. In the article Mr. Spognardi discusses how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has had a busy summer proposing and implementing rules and issuing [...]

Chicago Partner Mark Spognardi is the planning chair for tomorrow’s ALI-ABA teleseminar Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes: Lessons and Insights for the Employment Lawyer. The one-hour seminar scheduled for 12 p.m. CST is geared to employment lawyers and will evaluate the sexual discrimination lawsuit, which was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States [...]

Chicago Partner Mark Spognardi was interviewed for the article, “SEC Whistleblower Rules and Recent Case Stress Supervisor Education,” which appeared June 3 in BNA’s Corporate Accountability Report. In the article, Mr. Spognardi discussed the varying protections of whistleblower statutes. To read the article in full, please click here

Chicago Partner Mark Spognardi was recently interviewed for an article that was posted April 29 to the Web site of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The article addressed the concern that employers may be lulled into a false sense of informality when conducting video interviews that might lead to inappropriate questions. SHRM is [...]