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Pursuant to the Illinois Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, 765 ILCS 77/1, the Seller is required to disclose whether it has any knowledge of any defective issues in 23 different construction items (“Items”). This Disclosure must be provided before the closing upon the Property. If the Disclosure is not provided, then the Buyer is not required to purchase the Property. …

In January of this year, the Illinois legislature enacted a number of new or amended acts that will change Illinois employment law. First, the One Day Rest in Seven Act (“ODRISA”) has been amended to revise employees’ mandatory rest and to revise employe meal periods. Second, the Family Bereavement Leave Act (“FBLA”) has been updated. Finally, there has been updates…

  The start of 2023 comes with the start of new laws and regulations that will certainly affect your business. Another year means another round of changes to labor and employment laws in Illinois of which all employers must be aware. These new laws include a range of topics that include bereavement leave, rest and meal break periods, minimum sick…

If your company uses employee fingerprint or other biometric recognition technology in any portion of its business operations, then your company is subject to the requirements of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). “Biometric information” means any information, regardless of how it is captured, converted, stored, or shared, based on an individual’s biometric identifier used to identify an individual.…

In January of this year, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act 820 ILCS 90/1 (“Act”) was amended. The recent amendment will have an effect on employer’s non-compete and/or non-solicitation agreements with their employees. Notably, the changes to the Act increased the minimum income level for covenants not to compete to be applicable, the inclusion of covenants not to solicit, and…

Beware the Impact of the Lien Waiver Halloween is approaching next month and along with it, we will all be exposed to very scary things. For a contractor, sometimes there can be nothing scarier than a lien waiver. Our firm was recently involved in a case wherein a single lien waiver had the greatest impact of any of the evidence…

When people own real property with no written agreement, the individuals will need to resolve any issues by agreement or filing a partition claim. If by agreement, then no court intervention is required. There are several types of documents that can memorialize the agreement between people to deal with their real property issues. For example, to name a few: a…

Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, the issue of the Employer’s responsibility to its employees has been much discussed, but no specific guidance has been provided by the State as to what is actually required by the Employer. Accordingly, this lack of direction has provided fertile grounds for attorneys to assert claims in the Courts. Two recent cases have been filed…

On January 15, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 100-1177 which amended Illinois’ Prevailing Wage Act (the “Act”) in many ways. One noteworthy amendment to the Act is the requirement that the Illinois Department of Labor develop an online database for contractors to use to submit certified payrolls. The Department of Labor’s online certified payroll submittal site is now live…