On June 9, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed HB 2907 and HB 3396 into law,amending the Illinois Labor Disputes Act(ILBA) to expand protections for striking workers effective January 1, 2024. Specifically, HB 2907 limits the amount an employer can recover for damages it suffers as a result of ...
Nearby Kentucky passed a right-to-work law last week and Missouri is expected to take up similar legislation in coming weeks. …this would leave Illinois, a non-right-to-work state, as an island with undesirable labor laws surrounded by states including Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin that pro...
Disney is the poster child for media consolidation, and when the company closed a $71.3 merger with 21st Century Fox this past March, the media landscape changed forever—Homer Simpson could become an Avenger if Disney said it should be so. The deal gave Disney unprecedented reach in the worl...